Tuesday, March 25, 2008
"Stuff White People Like"
"Stuff White People Like" is a comedic blog which may have recently popped up in your inbox, forwarded to you by an enthusiastic friend (him or herself no doubt, like the blog's author, white).
For those few who haven't yet seen it, read about it in the Los Angeles Times, or heard about it on NPR, the blog was created by a 29-year-old aspiring comedy writer in L.A. and it is, by its own description, "devoted to stuff white people like," presented as numbered, encyclopedia-style entries.
As many people have already pointed out, Stuff White People Like isn't about white people in general, but rather about a very specific demographic sliver of left-leaning, city-dwelling white folk. These people have previously been trapped and tagged alternately as yuppies, or bobos, or grups. Basically, they embody the uneasy marriage of urban affluence and liberal (and/or progressive, and/or alternative, and/or "indie") ideals.
As someone who is not only a decendent of this targeted group, but a lover of much of the 'stuff'' mentioned on this blog, I find it to be an incredibly humorous excercise in self-reflexivity. However, as is evidenced in the user comments on the blog, many people do not share this view.
For those few who haven't yet seen it, read about it in the Los Angeles Times, or heard about it on NPR, the blog was created by a 29-year-old aspiring comedy writer in L.A. and it is, by its own description, "devoted to stuff white people like," presented as numbered, encyclopedia-style entries.
As many people have already pointed out, Stuff White People Like isn't about white people in general, but rather about a very specific demographic sliver of left-leaning, city-dwelling white folk. These people have previously been trapped and tagged alternately as yuppies, or bobos, or grups. Basically, they embody the uneasy marriage of urban affluence and liberal (and/or progressive, and/or alternative, and/or "indie") ideals.
As someone who is not only a decendent of this targeted group, but a lover of much of the 'stuff'' mentioned on this blog, I find it to be an incredibly humorous excercise in self-reflexivity. However, as is evidenced in the user comments on the blog, many people do not share this view.
Labels: blog, humor, stereotype
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