It’s inevitable. Hipsters happened, and now they’ve gone mainstream. If you’re a hipster with sensitive food and reading allergies, you should probably stop here. Before you read our issue, here’s what we’re covering:
We’re talking about gentrification – or what many people bill as the ‘new colonialism’ – which affects more than just latte prices. Read about the processes of gentrification through articles contributed by Prabhu Silvam (p. 4), Eshwaran (p. 20), and Cheryl Koh (p. 18).
If you happen to be a hipster (at heart), we’ve got some Instagram gems from Eugene Soh (p. 17), and Kirstin Sow lays out some pretty-looking hipster dishes to take Instagram pics of (p. 7).
It’s not all about hatin’ on hipsters – we are also seeing some good things come out of it. Like how dandy men in Iraq and Africa are changing the way society views them (p. 22), or how being a hipster means you have to read your literature (we’ve got recommended books on p. 24). And if you speak Spanish, you can even check out some of the trendiest hoods in the Spanish-speaking world (p. 12).
If you’re confused as to how hipsters went down this route, you can read about the evolution of a hipster (p. 19) and how they’re now simply part of an equation that’s dubbed the ‘hipster code’. As Violet Koh points out in page 8, when everyone is hipster, is anyone really hipster?
You can pick up our Hipster Issue (Issue #46) at locations here, or read online here.
