![]() ![]() If I didn't know it was from Weetzie Bat, I would have thought "dang hipsters!" because I've seen a lot of photos of hipsters in headdresses, in feathered earrings, fringed clothing, or moccasins. Dated September 16, 2010, the post is about a screenplay of Weetzie Bat and the photo is of someone playing the part of Weetzie Bat. The source for the photo is a Weetzie Bat blog post at an art blog, A Beautiful Party. While writing up this review, I did an image search of "Weetzie Bat." In the grid of images I got (using Google image search), the first image in the second row I got is this one: ![]() Reading it today, what comes to mind is the hipster culture of the last few years and its appropriation of Native culture. Weetzie Bat was published in 1989 and won several awards. "They were here first and we treated them like shit." I made it," she said, snapping her strawberry bubble gum. Weetzie was wearing her feathered headdress and her moccasins and a pink fringed mini dress.Weetzie replies: Her friend, Dirk, who has "chiseled" features compliments her outfit: Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress. 'She' is Weetzie Bat. Years ago I started reading Weetzie Bat but put it down, in part, because of these passages in the first few pages of the first chapter (note: To write this post, I read an e-book that doesn't provide page numbers): ![]()
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