Tavi Gevinson : (11) " A lot of people glorify and romanticize the idea of being an early bloomer: finding success very early and being a child star. But it can also be quite dangerous. " - Tavi Gevinson " I’d seen ‘The Sopranos,’ but I wasn’t a faithful viewer because I can’t handle it. " - Tavi Gevinson " One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film. " - Tavi Gevinson " I love art, but I don’t think I’m especially good at it. Fashion I think I could imagine, but I’m not really sure. I think it’s easiest for me to picture myself in music. " - Tavi Gevinson " The idea of being a ‘child star’ always sounded awful to people my age, and so I was just very aware that these things are kind of fleeting and that a lot of it didn’t have to do with me: it had to do with my age; it had to do with whatever came to mind when people thought of a young internet sensation. " - Tavi Gevinson " I so think it’s limiting to define an audience ahead of time. This is something I’ve brought on myself by being like, ‘There are no ‘real’ teen publications! That’s what I’ll do!’ But then it’s like, well, if I want ‘Rookie’ to be successful and popular, then people will invalidate the realness by saying it’s popular and mainstream. " - Tavi Gevinson " I think that when you make yourself vulnerable, the thing that you do next is better. It’s not like you have to inflict pain on yourself in order to make yourself better, but I think it helps. The thing that bonds you to a new friend isn’t that you went to a really fun party; it’s ’cause you had a really weird, sad conversation. " - 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 the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books. " - Tavi Gevinson " Sometimes you want something really serious that makes you feel emotional and makes you think, and sometimes you do just want a pop song. What I love about Taylor Swift is that she offers both. " - Tavi Gevinson " If I’m extremely bored and I don’t have a book with me and I’m being an obnoxious teenager, I’ll read ‘BuzzFeed’ on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that. " - Tavi Gevinson