false 239985 10 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.<br> <br>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.<br> <br><b>Hal Niedzviecki</b> is the founder of <i>Broken Pencil</i> magazine and the author of <i>We Want Some Too: Underground Desire and the Reinvention of Mass Culture</i>.<br><br>"Hal Niedzviecki is one of the wisest, funniest and most acute cultural critics writing today."-Naomi Klein, author of <i>No Logo</i> 232473 1998 Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity total:104|5:18|4:29|3:37|2:14|1:6| 104 351 210 25 1 5 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 02 11:43:35 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 11:45:07 -0700 2007
Hal Niedzviecki is the guy who bums a ride with you and then criticizes the way you drive, tells you when to turn, and tells you where to park. He is the guy who walks into your kitchen and asks to be shown what you are cooking, an...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 19 13:27:27 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 13:27:41 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 20:29:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 20:32:50 -0700 2009
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Anyway, though there are many truths in what the author is saying, his structure was so sporadic and self-serving that I had a hard time absorbing his point. The end of the book is inc...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue May 20 11:03:34 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 11:04:19 -0700 2008
Niedzviecki has published The Big Book of Pop Culture as an antidote. Through cultu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 04 10:09:11 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 04 10:11:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 20 19:57:38 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 20:03:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Dec 27 10:50:57 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 09:19:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 13:00:06 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 13:07:59 -0800 2008 3 0 true false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 06:02:06 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 06:32:41 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu May 03 09:21:47 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 09:23:49 -0700 2007 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 08:06:39 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 08:10:15 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Thu Jun 28 06:17:32 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 07:59:30 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat May 30 20:06:29 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 19:02:30 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 20:06:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Oct 17 10:57:49 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 10:58:24 -0700 2007