Results tagged “hipsters”

First, hipsters were going to spell the end of western civilization. And, now, western civilization is going to spell the end of hipsters. In the latest edition of NOW, Joshua Errett (Torontoist's co-founder, for what it's worth) argues that hipsters are so totally over, thanks in no small part to a certain Barack Obama. Maybe Errett's just being ironic (or post-ironic?). Or maybe Sarah Nicole Prickett—justifiably cited as something of an expert on hipsterdom in NOW's article—was sorta right.

It seems that the mere presence of teenagers is enough to herald the downfall of a neighbourhood. The Star quoted a mid-Scarborough building superintendent commenting on the harbingers of doom: "We've seen a big change in this area. In the last six months, we've started to see young people hanging around in groups." After two stabbings (one fatal) in three weeks, the Star now describes the area as a "new trouble spot" that's "violence-racked." No word on what the local hipster hordes think.

Today's Star has a great article about hipsters (thanks Mark Jull for sending it in), which quotes Stillepost, cites Vice's Gavin McInnes, and contests an Adbusters article declaring that "the hipster represents the end of Western civilization." As part of her argument defending those-who-ought-not-be-named, writer Sarah Barmak notes that "the way people communicate deep involvement—in social change, in discourse, in subculture—has gone from being a below-ground, analogue language of worn, spray-painted or stitched symbols to the daylight of blogs, message boards and other digital mouthpieces." So it seems only fitting that, just two days ago, a Craigslist Missed Connection posting popped up addressed to a certain female Star reporter, comparing her to Ninja Turtles reporter April O'Neil. Deep.

"Hordes of Annex hipsters watched in disbelief last night while police cordoned off the intersection at Bloor St. W. and Brunswick Ave. and questioned witnesses about a shooting that took place at 11 p.m., wounding two young people."

Photo by Daniel Kahn.