Women are complicated...not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy, and women happen to be people.
Tavi GevinsonThe idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me.
Tavi GevinsonWhat makes a strong female character is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws, who is maybe not immediately likable, but eventually relatable.
Tavi GevinsonI have a lot of love for the resilience personified in so many achievements made by Americans. I feel not American when that idea of resilience is appropriated to justify discrimination, e.g., "Make America Great Again."
Tavi GevinsonSometimes people are so unbelievably vitriolic on the Internet because I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater. But you don't know who's behind the keyboard, and you don't really know if their complaint is about the topic at hand or if they're just bitter about something else.
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