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The Hipster Effect at TEDx Gramercy

April 30, 2012 Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom, Identity
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Sophy Bot at TEDxGramercy

In March 2012, I was invited to speak about the hipster effect at the inaugural TEDxGramercy event. Without further ado, here is a video of my TEDx talk: on identity, personal transformation and the hipster effect.     I highly recommend checking out some of the other talks from TEDxGramercy. Quite enlightening all around.  

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A new definition of hipster

April 2, 2012 Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom, Identity
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When was the last time you heard the word hipster being used? For most of us, not more than a few days pass in between encounters of the commonly used insult – and, for the most part, it is an insult. Yet despite its exceedingly common and widespread usage, publications continue to release articles declaring the hipster phenomenon over. Last week, Flavorwire published…

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Your Facebook identity: comic edition

March 23, 2012 Posted by Sophy Bot under Identity, Internet culture
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Facebook identity comic 2 - The Joy of Tech

So apparently Facebook no longer has a privacy policy. Yep, that’s right – what was once its “Privacy Policy” has now become its “Data Use Policy,” which, to be fair, is a more accurate assessment of the policy’s actual content. After all, what Facebook is talking about here is all the different ways it’s going to use the mounds of personal data we…

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Book excerpt: Translate my outfit

February 29, 2012 Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom, Identity
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Translate my outfit

“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.” – Steel Magnolias Well, that and walk-in closets. After all, is there any better indication of the modern obsession with personal appearance than our need to have an entire room dedicated to housing our threads, kicks and baubles? There’s clothes for work, clothes for working out, clothes for going…

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Sharpie and the self-expressing life

September 20, 2011 Posted by Sophy Bot under Customization, Identity
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A new TV ad by Sharpie asks a simple question: what would life be like without self-expression? Maybe a better question is this: at what point in our cultural evolution did self-expression become such a big part of our lives? Sharpies were originally reserved for architects, advertisers, businesspeople, artists… specialists, in other words, often in creative fields. The new ad implicates that we’ve…

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Sophy Bot is the author of the new book "The Hipster Effect: How the Rising Tide of Individuality is Changing Everything We Know about Life, Work and the Pursuit of Happiness" and has spoken about the hipster effect at TEDxGramercy. Hit me up for more details, or to start a conversation:

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