Comments on: Racial ambiguity and the hipster aesthetic http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:16:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Merq http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6646 Merq Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:59:46 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6646 You and I, Marsha? We're "here." You and I, Marsha? We’re “here.”

]]> By: Marsha http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6642 Marsha Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:49:41 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6642 Oops! The web site posted before I had a chance to finish my thoughts. I agree that among hipsters it is "cool" and "hip" to be mixed. If you look at their lifestyle and what they think is cool, it all revolves around cultural appropriation: yoga classes, Buddha necklaces, henna tatoos, Vishnu babydoll shirts, "ethnic" prints, dreadlocks, bindis on the forehead, etc. I think it might have something to do with upper middle class kids trying to desperately shake off their bland white upbringing and to disassociate from their parents by adding a little "flava" to their style Oops! The web site posted before I had a chance to finish my thoughts. I agree that among hipsters it is “cool” and “hip” to be mixed. If you look at their lifestyle and what they think is cool, it all revolves around cultural appropriation: yoga classes, Buddha necklaces, henna tatoos, Vishnu babydoll shirts, “ethnic” prints, dreadlocks, bindis on the forehead, etc. I think it might have something to do with upper middle class kids trying to desperately shake off their bland white upbringing and to disassociate from their parents by adding a little “flava” to their style

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6640 Anonymous Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:40:09 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6640 I agree that among hipsters, it is "hip" to be biracial or racially ambiguous or whatever I agree that among hipsters, it is “hip” to be biracial or racially ambiguous or whatever

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6641 Anonymous Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:40:09 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6641 I agree that among hipsters, it is "hip" to be biracial or racially ambiguous or whatever I agree that among hipsters, it is “hip” to be biracial or racially ambiguous or whatever

]]> By: Lyonside http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6597 Lyonside Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:23:33 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6597 As obnoxious as that statement is, the irony is that it WOULD NOT EXCUSE the behavior the CEO is accused of - giving sexual items to workers, hitting on them, being IN HIS UNDERWEAR in meetings, etc. What is does, however, is make workers THINK that the bad behavior is covered. The only good advice my idiot-savant lawyer uncle ever gave me is that you can never really sign away your rights to sue. As obnoxious as that statement is, the irony is that it WOULD NOT EXCUSE the behavior the CEO is accused of - giving sexual items to workers, hitting on them, being IN HIS UNDERWEAR in meetings, etc.

What is does, however, is make workers THINK that the bad behavior is covered. The only good advice my idiot-savant lawyer uncle ever gave me is that you can never really sign away your rights to sue.

]]> By: mtevc http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6594 mtevc Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:06:37 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/04/24/racial-ambiguity-and-the-hipster-aesthetic/#comment-6594 What a contract! I use to draft contractual language, and anyone who signs that is an idiot. Besides, after a fun day in NYC, I found myself (and my two young daughters) staring up at the propped up as$ of a young, young, young woman on a monstrous billboard...all for American Apparel...and the young woman pictured (meant to look pre-teen) had on a skimpy tee and striped panties and was licking a lollipop...i am no prude, by any means, but the implications of this billboard offended me...all of a sudden, i wanted to become a graffiti artist, and paint some clothes on the child-model... What a contract! I use to draft contractual language, and anyone who signs that is an idiot. Besides, after a fun day in NYC, I found myself (and my two young daughters) staring up at the propped up as$ of a young, young, young woman on a monstrous billboard…all for American Apparel…and the young woman pictured (meant to look pre-teen) had on a skimpy tee and striped panties and was licking a lollipop…i am no prude, by any means, but the implications of this billboard offended me…all of a sudden, i wanted to become a graffiti artist, and paint some clothes on the child-model…

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