Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity

Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity

Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity

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Book Description

"Hal Niedzviecki is one of the wisest, funniest and most acute cultural critics writing today."-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo

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. 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.



About the Author
Hal Niedzviecki's writings on culture have appeared in newspapers and magazines across North America. He is the founder of Broken Pencil, a magazine covering zine culture and the indie arts. In addition to three novels and a story collection, Niedzviecki is the author of We Want Some Too: Underground Desire and the Reinvention of Mass Culture.

Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity,Hal Niedzviecki,City Lights Publishers,0872864537,Anthropology - Cultural,Conformity,Essays,Individuality,Mass Media - General,Multicultural Education,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Popular culture,Social Science,Sociology,Social Science / Popular Culture

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