Hipsters

If you have lived in Sydney for the past three years you cannot have missed the rise of the hipster sub-culture. Hipsters, according to the ever reliable Wikipedia are:

"...urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly alternative music, indie rock, independent film, magazines such as Vice and Clash, and websites like Pitchfork Media."

So can you like Bat for Lashes, read Vice and (without any irony) love George W. Bush (junior and senior)? Can you be a hipster and an ultra right wing conservative?

If you're a hipster, please answer.

Am I a hipster? No, I've never been cool enough to claim any sub-culture tag. Except maybe nerd.

What the fuck are hipsters? I eschew Wikipedia's definition. Hipsters are "I-wanna-live-in-Surry-Hills-and-ride-a-push-bike-while-reading-Proust-listening-to-Charlotte-Gainsbourg-on-my-iPod" people who have become a great new marketing tool.

See below.