It's all been done

I don’t think our teen generation does have its own subculture. I think what separates us (to an extent) is the blend of subcultures that we have, but that it’s all kind of already been done. I think a lot of kids today don’t really have one subculture that they fit into—they go into a lot of them. For example there are plenty of preppy kids who like rap, or grunge rock kids who like pop and peppier clothes. I don’t necessarily think our lack of our own subculture makes us less authentic, just less unique to an extent. I like being exposed to all these different subcultures and picking and choosing which ones I want to associate myself with. It’s fine if we don’t have one specific thing to call our own, and I think it would make it less authentic if we made something up. Besides, we do have new issues to deal with—mainly global warming. I was flipping through a catalogue I get, and there were a bunch of shirts that had stuff like “Green is the new black” and “More trees please” written on them, promoting planet conservation. I think that’s kind of a subculture—I mean every generation has its main issue, and global warming is kind of ours.