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Apathy and the American Way
By Sarah Jost Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote an article entitled Hippies v. Hipsters: The Generation the Revolution Died?. At the time, hipster culture was still young, a cool, but fringe subculture. Over the subsequent years, hipster culture has largely amalgamated … Continue reading
Hippies v. Hipsters: The Generation the Revolution Died?
By Sarah Jost In the 1950s, the Beat Generation renounced a focus on material possessions and conformity in favor of a life of bohemian creativity and experimentation. A direct result of the seriousness and repression of the World War II era, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, animal cruelty, anti-establishment, Arcade Fire, Beat Generation, civil rights movement, fixed-gear bicycles, folk, hippies, Hipsters, hunger and poverty, Iraqi War, Jack Kerouac, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, oil spill, polar bears, Punk, the draft, Vietnam War, white privilege, William S. Burroughs, World War II
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