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With Rookie, Tavi created a place for girls to be themselves and explore feminism without the judgments that often come up in real life. One article from Rookie that changed my life was about how adult men look down at teenage culture by Hazel Cills. As someone who creates very personal art that often comments on femininity, I was always worried that my art was "girl art" and that some how lowered my artistic integrity. That article, and the Rookie culture in general showed me that "girl art" (whatever that means) should be celebrated. My friends are often annoyed when an article calls us The Tavi Generation, and I don't think that title is quite right. I see us as The Rookie Generation. We are rookies because of the articles written about us saying we are lazy, that we will die sooner then our parents, and because of the online magazine created by Tavi that gave us a place to become ourselves. She did it, and now she is growing up, just like me and everyone else I know.
Tavi Grows Up
When I first started following Tavi Gevinson she was a thirteen year old kid with grey hair, a lipstick kissed Miu Miu skirt and a style blog. I'm not going to lie, I was totally jealous. She got to go to fashion week and meet all of these people I admired while I was at home watching TV. When I said to my Mom, "I could have done that, what is so special about her?" she rolled her eyes and said "Yup, it could have been you, but you didn't start a fashion blog. She did it! That's what makes her special." My Mom was totally right and Tavi continues to keep doing things, and doing them in an amazing way.
also, there's this...
Sorry, we are not discussing this one.