Meet The Hipsters: Ethically Sourced And Sustainable (Signed Copy)

Meet The Hipsters: Ethically Sourced And Sustainable... A Field Guide To A Species In Its Habitat

Atticus keeps up with the latest trends, though he insists the trends kept up with him. Astrid's Instagram model fantasy has not yet collided with her actual follower count in a way she's acknowledged publicly. Together and separately, the hipsters of this book move through the world with a certainty about their own taste that is unassailable because it is self-referencing. This is their story. It is illustrated in cartoon art that captures the aesthetic they would have chosen for the illustration of their own story, which is part of the joke.

This adult parody book is a cultural field guide to a type that everybody recognizes and half the readers of this description have at some point partially been. The satire is specific enough to sting and affectionate enough to survive. Atticus and Astrid are not villains. They are people who have made an identity out of their consumption choices in a world that encouraged them to do exactly that and then decided to be amused by the result. The book is amused. Atticus would say the book doesn't understand his vision. The book accepts this.

This Book IS For:

• Adults who have attended a farmer's market and noticed the specific social ecosystem that forms around artisanal cheese
• Anyone who went through a phase they can now look back on with humor and mild recognition
• Fans of cultural satire that takes a real type and renders it in cartoon form without losing the accuracy
• Gift-givers who know exactly one person this book describes and want them to have it

This Book Is NOT For:

• People who are currently in the phase being satirized and lack the distance to find it funny yet
• Anyone whose pour-over coffee ritual is a deeply held practice and not a personality, and for whom the distinction matters
• Readers who feel that a love of quality, independent products should be respected rather than examined
• Atticus, who will not find this funny, which is exactly what Atticus would do

Appropriate For:

• Gifts for the friend who just opened an Etsy shop, a sourdough Instagram, or any small batch anything
• White elephant exchanges in cities where this type has critical mass and the recognition is immediate
• Housewarming gifts for someone who has described their new apartment's aesthetic as "curated"
• Any occasion where you want to give something that says "I see you and I find you hilarious and also I support you"

Why Buy This

A book about hipsters sold at a mass market price point to be given as a gift is a hipster paradox that the book itself would appreciate if it didn't need to maintain ironic distance from its own appreciation. You can think about that as long as you want. The book is not waiting. It's already at a pop-up market in a repurposed shipping container.

Buy it for the Atticus in your life. Buy it for someone who used to be Atticus and has since gotten a real job and gained perspective. Buy it for yourself if you have ever described anything you consume as "small batch." The hipsters are ethically sourced. They are sustainable. They are very well documented here. The field guide is now available and it is, somewhat problematically, a mass market product.