Oh, You Hipsters, You

Jan 5, 2010 | 3 Comments

When in doubt, never trust a hipster.

Hipsters are apparently on my radar lately. I feel like I’ve heard that word about 18 times in the last two days.

What do hipsters have to do with health? Well, nothing really. Other than they make me laugh. Where I’m currently living – Asheville, NC – is flooded with them. And I’m sure I’ve been called one at one point or another.

This is from the November issue of Paste Magazine, but in case you missed it, it’s a good evolutionary look at the development of a subculture (click on the picture to go to the original url and zoom in):

Hawt.

About the Author

Christine Garvin is a certified Nutrition Educator and holds a MA in Holistic Health Education. She is co-editor of Brave New Traveler and a featured author at Healthier Talk. When she is not out traveling the world, she is busy writing, doing yoga, and performing hip-hop and bhangra. She also likes to pretend living in her hippie town of Fairfax, CA is like being on vacation.