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" Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music. "

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" I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself. "

Tavi Gevinson

Want

Feel

Herself

" With the release of her fourth album, 'Red,' in 2012 and a handful of highly publicized romances, Taylor was criticized by the press and other entertainers for such sinful acts as dating people and writing songs about it, gaining a reputation as boy-crazy and love-ridden. "

" I've witnessed so many meetings and conferences where people are trying to figure out what young people think, and my feeling has consistently been that you should just ask them. "

" The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me. "

Tavi Gevinson

Confident

Feeling

" 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. "

" One of my intentions with 'Rookie' is for the girls reading it to know that they are already cool enough and smart enough and pretty enough. "

" It was always in the back of my mind while we were working on the first year of 'Rookie' that we'd do a print version at some point. "

" Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids. "

Tavi Gevinson

Think

Sometimes

" 'Rookie' is not your guide to Being a Teen. It is, quite simply, a bunch of writing and art we like and believe in. "

Tavi Gevinson

Writing

Teen

" So much about 'Rookie' has been very organically familial among our contributors, among our readers. Yeah, if I interview someone like Lorde, who I do know outside of work - sometimes I'm just so happy; it's so cool that this is organically, effortlessly, the warm, supportive friend vibe that we want here. "

" As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait. "

" Before 'This is Our Youth', I did a week of table reading 'Airline Highway' at Steppenwolf in Chicago while the author, Lisa D'Amour, workshopped it. "

" I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter. "

" 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. "

" I go through periods where I don't really care what I look like, because I feel more focused on the work that I'm doing, and I don't want to think about it. And then sometimes it feels like the biggest part of my day is getting dressed. "

" I'd seen 'The Sopranos,' but I wasn't a faithful viewer because I can't handle it. "

" Every day, I kind of have in my brain a few slots of what I want to do. Like school, sleep, homework, 'Rookie,' hanging out with friends, mindless relaxation time, and then trying to do my own creative things. "

" People ask me about the decision to transition from fashion to 'Rookie' magazine. But it wasn't a decision. I was 14, and my interests were changing. "

Tavi Gevinson

People

Changing

" I actually never liked writing on my own or in school until I'd had my blog for a while and realized I'd been writing every day for years. "

" Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop. "

" I am a Justin Bieber fan, but I am also so fascinated by how weird pop music can be and how manipulated it can be, so I enjoy thinking about that side of it too. I feel bad for him. I could never imagine growing up that way. "

" Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face. "

" I am a feminist - I just think the label reflects my beliefs - but, you know, we say 'Rookie' is a website for teenage girls, not a feminist website for teenage girls. That's not because I'm not proud to call myself a feminist, but when you're calling attention to a project, you can very easily be pigeonholed by choosing certain identifiers. "

" Since the age of 14, I have littered - excuse me, adorned - the Internet with Taylor Swift analyses. "

Tavi Gevinson

Swift

Since

" I feel lucky in that I don't really have to go to college to study something job-specific. I just want to go to learn about what is interesting to me and learn about the classes that you don't really get to take in high school because you have to take the basics. "

Tavi Gevinson

You

School

" When you work online, staying on the Internet more than you need to feels like being at the office after hours. "

" I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater. "

" Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together. "

" I get kind of sad when I look at all of my magazines and think about how at one time I was much more impressed with a certain fashion editorial, or how I feel like I can't really relate to being that excited about fashion anymore. Maybe it's being jaded, but I honestly like that now, when something's really good, I feel more affected by it. "

" If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, and I don't write it down, then I could be at lunch with you, and it's like there's a pile of laundry in my brain that I haven't put away, and I struggle to really listen, so that's always been important to me. "

Tavi Gevinson

Struggle

Lunch