Literature

Why do Jews love boring boardgames like bananagrams?

Boardgames suck. It’s why I’ve had the Words With Friends App (for free) on my iPhone for a month now, and I’ve only completed a total of 2 games. Nobody wants to play…

Wall Street Journal confuses ‘young hip Jews’ witih ‘trite cliched Jews’

This Barbie relates to today’s hip, modern, Jewish teens, right?!?! Meh. Another post by a crazy old dood from the Wall Street Journal who is totally out of touch with today’s youth, trying…

NYC putting up poetic hipster traffic signs in the name of ‘art’ and ‘safety’

Looks like NYC decided to hire a few of the 1.5 million graphic designers that live within city limits. Seriously, these signs look less like something Big Government would ever be involved with,…

GQ has a weird ‘thing’ for Hipsters

GQ wants to dress, act, and have the musical taste of hipsters. They first wrote about their favorite Hipster musicians/fashionistas. Then they got all hot and bothered by the Hipster Cop (Who was…

Prose Before Hoes

Early modern hipster, Old Billy Shakespeare, has been getting some press recently because of this fancy new movie coming out about the authorship debate. Being the resident English lit. major at HJ I…

“The perfect primer for the trendy yenta”

A friend of mine gave this to me today. I had to share. Now I will quote to you the blurb on the back: WARNING: THIS IS NOT YOUR BUBBE’S BRISKET Like Manischewitz…

Word of the Week: JAP; Jewish American Princess

Jewish-American Princess or JAP: A stereotype of a subtype of Jewish-American female. The term implies materialistic and selfish tendencies, attributed to a pampered or wealthy background. Normally shortened to “Jap” this girl dresses…

LATF pre-Hipster Andy Warhol writing children’s books

Every Hipster has to start by taking a few corporate shit jobs. You gotta work for the man, save enough money, and then risk it all to fund your own gallery devoted to…

Word of the Week: Shmooze

Shmooze Verb: Talk intimately and cozily; gossip. Noun: A long and intimate conversation. Example: “Wow, look at that shiksa. Shmoozin time.” or “was just shmoozin with my bubby” warning: may sound grosser than intended

How hard is it to get a book deal via tumblr these days?

Getting book deals through tumblr is the new fad making its way through the internet. But not just the regular internet. Specifically the “I’m a Hipster making fun of Hipsters but I’m not…

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