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When being a rebel is sanctioned by
society, what is left to rebel against?
Hal Niedzviecki has a blunt message for
the army of tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, bloggers, skateboard
warriors, and anyone else walking around with the smug certainty
that they are one of a kind: Individuality is the new conformity.
Niedzviecki’s meditations touch
on everything from designer religions to webcasts, from reality
TV to the endless “Everybody Is A Star” platitudes
of global pop culture. He unearths the amateur underground
and shines a spotlight on the self-help industry, Hollywood,
and mainstream media. The result is a smart, witty, and impassioned
argument that shatters the you-can-do-anything pop myth and
exposes the paradox of individualism.
Hal Niedzviecki is the founder of Broken Pencil
magazine and the author of We Want Some Too: Underground
Desire and the Reinvention of Mass Culture.
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