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Overview
An illustrated pocket guide to the hip characters populating “cool neighborhoods” across America, Hipster Animals helps readers identify these urban wildlife in their natural habitats. Including details on the creatures’ identifying characteristics, diets, mating behavior, and calls, this parody reference guide provides a snarky glimpse into the foreign—yet all too familiar—world of the trendsetters among us.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781607747918 |
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Publisher: | Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed |
Publication date: | 09/22/2015 |
Pages: | 112 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d) |
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Author’s Note
Depending on when in the cycle of coolness you bought/stole/downloaded this book, you might find it to be a razor-sharp codification of people you know, hopelessly out of touch, a charming time capsule of your youth, or on the verge of experiencing a comeback.
Welcome.
The species included within are not meant to represent the full spectrum of youth cultures (no dudebros, no mainline geekery, no music-genre-specific cults) but rather a narrow sliver of beasts of the postcollege upwardly mobile special-snowflakes animal kingdom and those who want to be them.
The author does not wish to convey judgment or imply that one species (mentioned or unmentioned) is better than another but rather to say that we all are equally repulsive. Everyone is the worst.
Table of Contents
Authors Note 1Food & Drink
Farm-to-Table Waiter 3
Kraft Brüe Know-It-All 4
Dandy Mixologist 5
City Boy BBQ Pitmaster 6
Pho Authenticity Police 7
Know Your Food Trucks 8
Experimental Coffee
Gastronomist 10
Tomorrow’s Coffee Trends 11
Vegan Gelato Scooper 12
New Wave Pizzaiolo 13
Community Vegetable
Advocate 14
Trivia Smörgåsbord 15
On the Scene
Ugh This Guy Again 17
Recreationally Homeless 18
Brazen Kidult 19
Self-Elected Arbiter of Taste 20
Twenty-First-Century Gentry 21
Proximity Irritant 22
Feman-ish Flamewarrior 23
Rogue Biketavist 24
Trustafarian Dickwad 25
Globe-Trotting Seeker-of-Self 26
Portmanteau-N-Appétit 27
Fashion & Style
Fashion Plate Photo Diarist 29
Sneaker Freak 30
Nail Art Tutorial Queen 31
Filth Fashion Model 32
Street-Level Trend-Spotter 33
Most Popular Haircuts 34
Pseudo Retro Barber 35
Party Crasher Photog 36
One Step Behind 37
Festifest! 38
I Love A Parade 39
Tech & Online
Apple Update Early Adopter 41
Web Series Line Producer 42
Social Media Branding Network
Analyst or Whatever 43
Mobile App Brogrammer 44
Social Network “Friend” 45
Still-Cool Daddy Blogger 46
Instagram Narcissist 47
Clickbait Angler 48
Internet Celebrity 49
140 Caricature 50
Why We Tweet 51
Music
Lead Ukulele in Gangsta
Rap Cover Band 53
Band (Condensed) 54
’80s Nite Karaoke Star 55
Festival Queue-Cutter 56
The Opening Act’s Opening Act 57
Neofolk Busker 58
Oh No! I Forgot My Tattoos! 59
O Pioneers! A Gentrification Cycle 60
friends & Lovers
Weed Delivery Guy 63
Way-Too-Sex-Positive Crusader 64
Spazzy Puckish Crush Girl 65
Regrettable One-Night Stand 66
Internet Blind Date 67
Moocher on Your Couch 68
Your Coffee Shop Crush 69
Entertainment & recreation
Outdoor Screening Heckler 71
Empowered Burly-Cutie 72
Stand-Up Storyteller 73
Comedy Scene Dork 74
Film Festival Rejectee 75
Hungover Yogi 76
Beer League Bocce Champ 77
Thrift Store Quarterback 78
Roller Derby Rage Torrent 79
Harsh Realm: The Mass Extinction 80
make & hoard
Kombucha Brewmaster 83
Total Immersion Crafter 84
Rooftop Apiarist 85
Hacker/Maker/Builder/Better/
Faster/Stronger Toolmaster 86
Vintage Ephemera Curator 87
Outmoded Game Hoarder 88
Obsolete Media Fetishist 89
Found Audio Excavator 90
Designer Toy Aficionado 91
Architectural Salvage Upcycler 92
Sustainable Landscape Architect 93
The finers Arts
Immersive Theater Theatre Auteur 95
Public Literary Show-Off 96
Public Transit Art Prankster 97
Advertising Collagist Graffiteur 98
Pop Culture Picasso 99
Independent Book Reshelver 100
The Hot Literary Prospect 101
Blog-to-Book Editor 102
Dream Journalista 103
Outfit-of-the-Day en Papier 104