The term "hipster" might have been mainstreamed in part by Brooklyn resident Robert Lanham's 2003 book, "The Hipster Handbook," but the term has a lon...

The rise of "hipsterdom" has turned cool on its head. All of a sudden you have people making throwbacks to all parts of historic culture in an attempt to be "authentic." You can pickle things or do urban beekeeping... and all of a sudden it's cool.

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As some Americans obsess over whether to brine or deep-fry their Thanksgiving turkeys, others are goi...