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Article Evaluation: Hipster Sexism

Hipster sexism

While the substance of this Wikipedia entry is all relevant, there is some repetition that may be resolved by sentence merging or deletion, namely the statements repeatedly tying Hipster Sexism to irony after such has been clearly established. For example, the final two sentences of paragraph one are working toward the same idea and could be better presented to readers; they also, however, are uncited. I am unsure whether the “citation needed” tag at the end of the first paragraph is referring to both of these sentences or the final one exclusively. Either way, seeking for the source of this information, or for validation or invalidation of it, will be a good place for me to start when I begin researching to contribute to the entry. Also, I took note that the final sentence of paragraph two is both unclear and contains incorrect verb use.

Many sources for this Wikipedia entry are opinion based articles, such as the one from “Bitch Media’s” website, and the one from New York Magazine’s subsite “The Cut.” These opinion pieces maintain validity as mainline examples of the discourse from which Hipster Sexism originated as a term, but they are disproportionately featured. While there are an equal amount of book sources listed in the bibliography, the book sources are featured in only a few sentences of the entry. Because of this, the entry’s paraphrases adopt a degree of the opinion pieces’ tones, occasionally losing neutrality. The most prominent example of this is the second sentence of the entry, which refers to Hipster Sexism’s “use of irony in a satirical manner to subjugate women,” implying with no alternative that Hipster Sexism is an intentional device of oppression. The source from “The Cut” clearly demonstrates otherwise, discussing also the dangers of Hipster Sexism as a broadly employed device of humor which has been wrongfully uncontested, resulting in widely negative and damaging social patterns.

Hipster Sexism’s Talk page is largely focused on debates of notability. One user proposed that it be merged with Wikipedia’s entry on Hipster Racism, or that both could be merged into the general Hipster (Contemporary Subculture) entry. Another user argues for its notability, saying that enough reliable sources have discussed the topic for it to stand on its own. While the debate never met a clear conclusion, the entry appears stable, as the last Talk post was from the 27th of January of this year. I agree that Hipster Sexism is a topic deserving of its own Wikipedia entry, but there are clear areas for improvement. Paraphrases can be altered for more comprehensive perspectives which better communicate the ideas of their sources, and academic/research based sources can be discovered and featured more thoroughly throughout the article.

Article Edit Notes

Edited paragraph 2, merging/reorganizing ideas from other paragraphs, more clearly crediting Calder-Dawe, citing a new source, and adding these new sentences/ideas:

1. She notes this form of sexism as having a particular public admissibility, saying that it perpetuates sexism in general due to a public tolerance based upon reasoning that instances of hipster sexism are humorous.
2. Hipster sexism relates to postfeminism in that it downplays sexism at large by casually normalizing it on the basis that sexism has been eradicated and thus is not appropriate for serious consideration or discussion.
3. Distinguishing socially critiquing comedy from hipster sexism, feminist discourse discusses hipster sexism as humor which, rather than offering critique, employs an evasive methodology which maintains stereotypes and prejucdice.