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• I Want "Baby's First Year" Paper Dolls

  I'm both attracted and repulsed by the Pregnant Paper Dolls.  At first, it seemed like a minor sign of genius. And I was seconds away from buying 4 dozen just to have on hand for showers, birthdays and weddings.   Read More... Posted Aug 01 2008, 12:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: hipster, paper dolls, shower gift, sweatpants, pregnant bride

• Are You Raising a Douchebag?

  Details and GQ magazines’ blog recently asked a question that truly winds up concerning parents only with regard to the offspring of others: “Are you raising a douchebag?” But instead of providing a convenient checklist which will (1) make me laugh and (2) reassure me that the answer is “no,” the article winds up being yet another article on hipster parents. Sigh. Is it really so wrong to prefer Pumas to a bleached-white pair of kicky Keds? Anyway, let’s focus on the fun part. Kids who are douchebags! Here’s how to know, according to the author:   Read More... Posted Dec 03 2007, 06:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: hipster, alternadad, brats, advice

• Cupcake Jealousy or Neal Pollack's Wife Rocks

  As if there's not enough reason to dislike Regina Pollack, what with her ability to have sex with Neal "AlternaDad" Pollack" any time she pleases, now there's this: She's got skillz. Mad. baking. skilz. In this Epicurious blog post, Neal displays the creations of his "Hipster Homemaker" and I've got to say, I'm jealous. Deeply, insanely jealous. The cake shark? The cake whale? Call me Jonah and put on a bib, because I'm eating my eay out of that one.   Read More... Posted Oct 30 2007, 10:58 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with no comments Filed under: hipster, Neal Pollack, alternadad, hipster baking, Regina Pollack

• Maybe Your Child Can Be a World-Class Hipster

  We've talked alot about how you shouldn't shove all your sporty dreams on your kid and enroll them in some year-round sport because it's not good for their bodies or their emotional development. But that was before the Hipster Olympics. Now that I know about this, I'm scrutinizing my kid the way the East Germans used to, looking for the classic signs of disaffection and ennui that mark a true competitor. She also hates Prince, which I did not believe was possible and may be a nascent sign of hipsterosity. Clearly we have fallen short in the ironic t-shirt training, but I'm hoping she'll be scouted by one of the bored kids that hang out at the dive bar/tapas place near our house and be awarded a scholarship. And today she actually rolled her eyes and muttered, "Whatever." I'm trying not to get teary here, but I may just have a gold medalist on my hands. Check out the Hipster Olympics   Read More... Posted Aug 29 2007, 09:03 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: youtube, sports, hipster, olympics

• Alternadad: Not So "Alterna"?

  As the Mommy Wars give way to the "Hipster Parent" Global Conflagration (surely, it's no coincidence that so many pieces on "Hipster Parents" include references to Franz Ferdinand - really, haters, you expect us to let go of irony?), much ado has been made over a book entitled Alternadad, by one Neal Pollack. I'm over the ado, but I thought this review of/meditation on the book and the Somme River-esque battles being waged over its merits was worth mentioning. Michael Agger is a bit late to the front, but he brings a take on the book that's thus far been ignored by many reviews. (Full disclosure: he also mentions Babble, and gives a nod to DaddyTypes and some site called - hang on while I check the spelling - Metroid. Wait, sorry - MetroDad, by one "Pierre Kim". Sounds like a nom de plume to me.) Read More... Posted Feb 13 2007, 07:28 AM by JasonAvant with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Slate, alternative parenting, hipster dad, hipster, Neal Pollack, Gen X parents, hipster parents

• "Hipster" - A Dirty Word Now and Then. But Why?

  "Hipster." It’s a dirty word, these days.  Especially when used to describe a parent.  In fact, to some, the word “hipster” is synonymous with the word “douche bag.”  Originally, the term was coined in the 1940s, and used to refer to the jazz music subculture and those who identified with it.  In the 1950s, its definition grew to include the Beat generation.  In the 1960’s, “hipster” morphed into “hippie” and all that that encompassed.  And in the 1990s, it morphed back to “hipster”, and was used to describe those whose interests were devoted to vintage fashion, and independent music and film.  Lately, “hipster” is being used in conjunction with “parent” - frequently. Read More... Posted Feb 10 2007, 06:34 PM by Alisyn with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: media, blogosphere, hipster, hip parenting, grup

• Grups, Hipsters, Trendsters, Xers: Label Me, Label You, Uh Huh

  Z Recommends has a thoughtful post about Lisa Carver's review of Neal Pollack's Alternadad  (you can read Neal's response here), in which he points out that blogs with edgy, cynical, ironic takes on parenting seem to dominate the mommy and daddy blogosphere.  Reading the sniping comments on the Pollack and Carver pieces, you'd have to conclude that parents today -- at least those who are blogging and commenting -- are a bunch of angry, labeling, cliquish malcontents.   The labels thrown around with the most vitriol seem to be those associated with the likes of Babble, including "hipster," "grup," and "trendy."  Some of those labels are well-deserved, but as with all labels they tend to over-generalize and foreshorten real dialogue and debate. Read More... Posted Feb 05 2007, 11:17 AM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Babble, blogs, parenting advice, blogging, irony, Ada Calhoun, Lisa Carver, hipster, trendster, Neal Pollack