Authentic Subculture? Not So Much.

It is hard to say what is authentic about our teen subculture because we are constantly changing our standards about what is socially acceptable. The more we are revealed to on television and through ads, makes us more susceptible to believing its okay. We are constantly building off of other culture items because of the American mindset that nothing is ever good enough. It is because of this that I do not really think we have much that we can call our own, strictly because everything that we have will eventually be transformed into something bigger, better, and or just more ridiculously outrageous so that we as Americans can keep highering our standards for the next big thing. This idea frustrates me because I wish I could be able to talk about what is truly authentic about the culture that I live in, but it is more complex than it seems. Advertisers only listen to us as teenagers to benefit their companies, and develop the next new thing, or build off and advance of something that is already probably fine as it is. All of the authenticity about our subculture just relates back to the standards that we create for society.