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“Wait — aren’t pit bulls also popular among some people in the [upscale] Flatiron District, those brainless, image-is-everything youth who seem most fashionable, who appear at the cutting edge of youth culture? Seen as distinctly postmodern, they are called by some “ravers.” They see themselves as individuals, as rebels. How can their appropriation of pit bulls be explained? These postmodern youth, most of whom have middle- to upper-middle-class backgrounds, have also taken to wearing modified working-class clothing: Baseball hats that say DIESEL on them, used overalls that retain their original label: JOE’S AUTO REPAIR. Many wear tattoos as well…” Continue reading →