Week 7 - Barker 13

I liked what Braker had to say about youth sub culture. The idea of a sub culture existing anymore is some what of a misnomer because everything is marketed to. What is counter cultural is often tied to youth culture and club culture. However, that has become so marketed and consumed that it is no longer really subversive or counter cultural except to an illusion of what is mainstream, straight and majority. In this kind of youth sub culture, what you consume is seen as an expression of your creativity and individuality. The irony is that the opposite is actually true. Barker notices the resistance and danger plus fun aspect of what it means to be a teenager has been exemplified by the mainstream culture seen as, "youth sub culture."