The hipster subculture typically consists of white millennials living in urban areas.[1][2] The subculture has been described as a mutating, trans-Atlantic melting pot of styles, tastes and behavior[3] and is broadly associated with indie and alternative music, a varied non-mainstream fashion sensibility (including vintage and thrift store-bought clothes), generally progressive political views, organic and artisanal foods, and alternative lifestyles.[4][5][6] Hipsters are typically described as affluent or middle class young Bohemians who reside in gentrifying neighborhoods.[7][8] The term in its current usage first appeared in the 1990s and became particularly prominent in the 2010s,[9] being derived from the term used to describe earlier movements in the 1940s.[10] Members of the subculture do not self-identify as hipsters, and the word hipster is often used as a pejorative to describe someone who is pretentious,[11] overly trendy or effete.[7][12] Some analysts contend that the notion of the contemporary hipster is actually a myth created by marketing.[13] In a Huffington Post article entitled Whos a Hipster?, Julia Plevin argues that the definition of hipster remains opaque to anyone outside this self-proclaiming, highly-selective circle.[14] In Rob Hornings April 2009 article The Death of the Hipster in PopMatters, he states that the hipster might be the embodiment of postmodernism as a spent force, revealing what happens when pastiche and irony exhaust themselves as aesthetics. In a New York Times editorial, Mark Greif states that the much-cited difficulty in analyzing the term stems from the fact that any attempt to do so provokes universal anxiety, since it calls everyones bluff.
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