The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Tuesday, September 30, 2003  

BLUE-COLLAR “CHIC”
Andrew Sullivan, the Bears, and the Village Idiot

You know, if I wrote a 2,100-word essay extolling the virtues of a predominantly blue-collar gay subculture, including a paean of praise to hairy backs, beer guts, and televised sports -- along with the obligatory quotes from Philadelphia’s very own village idiot, Camille Paglia -- and soon thereafter saw an article in the New York Times addressing the sudden appreciation of hipster-wannabes for low-down white trash culture, I might be pretty embarrassed too.

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