I have a problem with people saying feminine means anti-feminist, and I think it's counter-productive to immediately associate anything "girly" with vanity or stupidity. I also think it takes away from girls' agency to say that girls who are interested… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can be very alienating about a misconception of feminism is that girls then think that to… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
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… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
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,… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
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… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I am a feminist - I just think the label reflects my beliefs - but, you know, we say 'Rookie' is a website for… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
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… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
A lot of people glorify and romanticize the idea of being an early bloomer: finding success very early and being a child star. But… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that. — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
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… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
Since the age of 14, I have littered - excuse me, adorned - the Internet with Taylor Swift analyses. — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped because it was so time-consuming. But then I realized that I had access to this world where I could go on auditions. And there wasn't too much of an identity crisis when I started acting professionally because I… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share
There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
So much about 'Rookie' has been very organically familial among our contributors, among our readers. Yeah, if I interview someone like Lorde, who I… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
