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He is the Technology Editor of the Huffington Post UK.

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newyorker: Stumptown Girl: An indie-rock star satirizes hipster culture, on “Portlandia.” “Portlandia,” which débuted last winter, on the Independent Film Channel, and returns on January 6th, is the rare sketch-comedy series that has a sustained object of satire. It’s about life in hipster enclaves, and the self-consciousness that makes hipsters desperately disavow the label. Many of its characters are caught up in the prideful culture of D.I.Y. entrepreneurship, in which people reject office jobs in favor of becoming, say, an appliqué-pillow designer with a page on Etsy. - This week, Margaret Talbot writes about Portlandia” and its unlikely star, indie rocker Carrie Brownstein: http://nyr.kr/tkB59a

newyorker:

Stumptown Girl: An indie-rock star satirizes hipster culture, on “Portlandia.”

“Portlandia,” which débuted last winter, on the Independent Film Channel, and returns on January 6th, is the rare sketch-comedy series that has a sustained object of satire. It’s about life in hipster enclaves, and the self-consciousness that makes hipsters desperately disavow the label. Many of its characters are caught up in the prideful culture of D.I.Y. entrepreneurship, in which people reject office jobs in favor of becoming, say, an appliqué-pillow designer with a page on Etsy.
- This week, Margaret Talbot writes about Portlandia” and its unlikely star, indie rocker Carrie Brownstein: http://nyr.kr/tkB59a

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    Portlandia in DC tonight. The last time I saw Carrie Brownstein onstage at 9:30 Club was during Sleater-Kinney’s...
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    gotta check this out, carrie brownstein is perfect
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    Currently - Portland, Oregon. Spent...Years day driving through the streets of Hawthorne,...
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    Platonic relationships for the win :)
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