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> [Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/feminism-to-me-means-fighting-it-s-a-very-nuanced-complex-thing-but/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

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> ["Girly" can be limiting if you're told it's the only option. I don't think the solution is to get rid of the girly stuff or decide it's oppressive and get mad at a singer or book for not ACCURATELY REPRESENTING…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/girly-can-be-limiting-if-you-re-told-it-s-the-only-option-i-don-t/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

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## More by Tavi Gevinson

> [I don't think I was ever thinking critically about my aesthetic, I think it's enough when you're little just to understand that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-don-t-think-i-was-ever-thinking-critically-about-my-aesthetic-i/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [That young people don't have valid thoughts about the world because they haven't been alive long enough is sadly a very popular and, frankly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/that-young-people-don-t-have-valid-thoughts-about-the-world-because/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/it-brings-me-no-joy-and-not-enough-comfort-to-dwell-too-much-on/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [I am a feminist - I just think the label reflects my beliefs - but, you know, we say 'Rookie' is a website for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-am-a-feminist-i-just-think-the-label-reflects-my-beliefs-but-you/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [I'm not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-m-not-obsessively-a-follower-of-fashion-in-the-way-i-used-to-be-but/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [A lot of people glorify and romanticize the idea of being an early bloomer: finding success very early and being a child star. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/a-lot-of-people-glorify-and-romanticize-the-idea-of-being-an-early/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-love-first-wives-club-and-death-becomes-her-and-movies-about-women/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-think-it-s-just-important-to-be-able-to-keep-things-to-myself-and/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [Since the age of 14, I have littered - excuse me, adorned - the Internet with Taylor Swift analyses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/since-the-age-of-14-i-have-littered-excuse-me-adorned-the-internet/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-did-community-theater-and-kids-programs-at-professional-theaters/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/there-are-moments-when-i-am-really-not-happy-with-how-i-look-or-i/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [So much about 'Rookie' has been very organically familial among our contributors, among our readers. Yeah, if I interview someone like Lorde, who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/so-much-about-rookie-has-been-very-organically-familial-among-our/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [I feel like now fashion is just part of how I think about everything. When I send out a mood board to our contributors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/i-feel-like-now-fashion-is-just-part-of-how-i-think-about-everything/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [What feels most productive to me isn't to think so much in terms of how I can be alternative, but how I can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/what-feels-most-productive-to-me-isn-t-to-think-so-much-in-terms-of/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

> [When I was younger, I always liked acting. You know, like, acting locally, or community theater at school. But it's not an especially insured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavi-gevinson/when-i-was-younger-i-always-liked-acting-you-know-like-acting-locally/)

[Tavi Gevinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavi-gevinson/)

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