Matthew Bizer’s Reviews > Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion > Status Update

“As someone with average-or-worse charisma, looks, and athletic ability, who'd never had much to brag about besides my grades, I bought into the snobbery that often seemed inextricable from indie-rock fandom. ‘Hipster’ was an aspirational status for me, albeit one I always felt too sheepish and basic to fully achieve.”

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