This evening I hauled two big bags of worn literature down Damen to sell at Myopic Books, the mega used books store and Kaaba of the Hipster Mecca that is the 6 Corners of Wicker Park. I got two major things out of the experience:
a) $35 for the books they wanted, which I greatly appreciated
b) [...]
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The Changing Identity of Mari, or “Why She Thinks She’s Better Than Hipsters,” or “Why She Wishes She Were Latina”
Posted in Chicago, growing up, hipsters on April 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A Demand for Honesty (and men who read “Details”)
Posted in hipsters, poetry, relationships, romance on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Out with the precious gems of films, poems, and books who see life through such a thick veil of post-irony that they cannot handle their own honesty! I won’t pretend I didn’t like “The Darjeeling Limited” and “Juno,” but enough with the genre that can only be described as “quirky and heartwarming!” Out with male screenwriters [...]
