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The Rise of the Subculture
The Devil Wears Prada era monoculture has fractured we are siloed within our own algorithmic preferences but still curiously nostalgic for some semblance of hierarchy gatekeepers of the fashion music and media industries have depended on certain old fashion notions of cool to stay relevant perhaps that is why we've clung to such data descriptors terms like it girl or indie to separate our taste from the masses. This doesn't mean we're any closer to understanding ourselves we simply have more options to pick from more micro trends to dress up as the same goes for it girls I think we've had subcultures in existence for a while right like even though we talk about the 60s mass culture around tw
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