I am Not a Hipster

Disclaimer: I am not a sociologist, nor do I have any sociological qualifications. This is my blog and these are personal opinions which are dynamic and subject to change. I am open to other perspectives, opinions, or even CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. This is simply how I felt at this moment, which may or may not be representative of my overall beliefs and views. Thank you.
I have been called a hipster twice this week. The purpose of this post isn't to hate on hipsters, I don't have an issue with anyone who identifies themselves as a hipster. Personally, having a stereotype imposed on me, makes me very uncomfortable. I do not perceive myself as a hipster, which makes it frustrating that, apparently, others do. For the most part, I like to believe that people belong to the stereotype or culture that they personally identify with and when others try to tell me which stereotype they feel I fit it is as if they have taken away my choice to define and express my individuality. Obviously this is a problem with stereotypes in general, it isn't specific to my situation. However, since this is my blog and I feel compelled to rant about my undesired loss of identity I want to look at my particular situation in a bit of a, very miniature, "case study".
A stereotype is an over simplified idea of a particular person. If it helps a person to think of me as a stereotype (example: hipster) then that is fine, I cannot control their internal thought processes and schemas. But when a person says to me "you are a hipster" then they have made a decision about my identity for me. Some individuals do identify with a single stereotype, and if that works for them than there is nothing wrong with that. I have not been able to find a stereotype that I feel encompasses who I am and I do not want to receive that definition from someone else. I find myself to be a little mainstream, nerdy, and, yes, even a little hipster (among other things). According to this website, I best fit the schema of an Indie Jesus, which I was not aware was a stereotype or culture (I am using the terms culture and stereotype rather interchangeably because, in this post, they serve the same purpose).
Culture is contested so to try to define hipster, in an attempt to decide why I was considered hipster, my friend and I took to the internet. We began with the standard Wikipedia search which led us to a definition by TIME magazine: "Hipsters are the friends who sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay. They're the people who wear t-shirts silk-screened with quotes from movies you've never heard of and the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer. They sport cowboy hats and berets and think Kanye West stole their sunglasses. Everything about them is exactingly constructed to give off the vibe that they just don't care." This definition was pretty far from what I expected to find and not something that I identify with, but as my dear friend said "what the fuck does TIME know about hipsters." We then progressed to Urban Dictionary which had A LOT more information. I felt the first definition that we encountered was very well written. Some standout points were that hipster is a counter-culture, which I had never considered but I think it's a fairly accurate generalization, I've always believed myself to be more of a sub-culture person.  It also included sections that made me rethink my own ideas of a hipster, reminding me of the importance of flexible stereotypes and open mindedness.
In closing, hipsters are cool, I'm okay with stereotypes as descriptors but not identities and I am, still, not a hipster. So I gave myself the night off from studying and ended up doing sociological research, wow. At least I learned some lessons about personal identifications, stereotypes and associated paradigms. I'll consider those later though, I'm going to bed now.