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Dear Jaded New York Hipsters,

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hello

Even after appealing to your circumaural headphone craze in the previous post, we still received a criticism from some  (meaning at least one) of you about Aphera’s ability to remain unique. You complained that we blend in among all the other music blogs and you asked us to try harder to stand out; you asked us to give you a reason to read this blog. We ‘need a brand,’ you said.

Well, we now understand what you hipsters want. You want Aphera to personalize our posts because, in your world, there is no ‘one size fits all’. If some of you prefer to wear black-plastic wayfarers then others prefer to sport horn-rimmed frames. And if we sense that you crave something outrageous and new, well, we’ll suggest you fashion a pair of 3-D glasses from a recent showing of Avatar.

Cheers,

Larissa

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 11:56 PM and is filed under Larissa's Rants. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Dear Jaded New York Hipsters,”

  1. January 8th, 2010 at 1:40 AM

    WH says:

    Indeed.

  2. January 8th, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    Jaded NY Hipster says:

    Oh please. Avatar is anti-feminist.

  3. January 8th, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    JFGI says:

    @ Jaded NY Hipster
    http://jezebel.com/5428827/is-avatars-james-cameron-a-feminist-ally

    uh maybe kind of a BS article but JFGI.

  4. January 13th, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    Jaded NY Hipster says:

    JFGI. What does that mean?

    In response to your post, the answer is no. James Cameron is not a feminist ally. See:
    http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/12/sigourney_weavers_avatar_chara.html

    The film is also demeaning to indigenous peoples, and falls prey to the fallacy of the “ecologically noble savage”. See: http://io9.com/5422666/when-will-white-people-stop-making-movies-like-avatar

    The plot is a) hackneyed and b) plagarized. See: http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/zz4b70bcca-550×535.jpg

    And I think it’s universally agreed that the portrayal of the military is really unfair.

    The fact that James Cameron has had five wives does not qualify him as a feminist. Nice try, though.

    P.S. I can use google too!

  5. January 22nd, 2010 at 1:20 AM

    JFGI says:

    Well, if you use google, then you should know what JFGI means. anyways, it won a golden globe. so pfffffttttt.
    and i find that the female characters that cameron has come up with are pretty kick ass. just saying. GIRL POWER!

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