ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tavi Gevinson - Blogger and fashion icon
Tavi Gevinson is a fashion blogger and a feminist who encourages everyone to embrace their complexity and look cool doing it.

Why you should listen

Born in April 1996, Tavi Gevinson started blogging at age eleven – then rapidly became a bona fide fashion icon. In 2009 she was featured on the cover of Pop magazine and was invited as a special guest to New York Fashion week. Her site for teenage girls, Rookie, broke the one-million page views within five days of launching in September 2011. She’s currently the editor-in-chief and founder of RookieMag.com and writes thestylerookie.com and has written for several publications including Harper's Bazaar, Jezebel, Lula, Pop, and GARAGE magazine.

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TEDxTeen

Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out

Tavi Gevinson: 青少年探索进行时

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15岁的Tavi Gevinson致力于找出强大的女性青少年典范 -- 所以她设立了一个空间供大家交流。在TEDxTeen,她为大家阐述了她广受欢迎的青少年网络杂志Rookie是如何赋予现代女权主义一种新的毋庸辩护的不确定性及丰富的多元面孔的。(摄于TEDxTeen)
- Blogger and fashion icon
Tavi Gevinson is a fashion blogger and a feminist who encourages everyone to embrace their complexity and look cool doing it. Full bio

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Four years年份 ago today今天, exactly究竟, actually其实,
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四年前的今天,恰巧是同一天
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I started开始 a fashion时尚 blog博客 called Style样式 Rookie新秀.
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我开办了一个时尚博客,名叫菜鸟风尚(Style Rookie)
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Last September九月 of 2011, I started开始 an online线上 magazine杂志
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2011年9月,我创立了一本在线杂志
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for teenage青少年 girls女孩 called RookiemagRookiemag.comCOM.
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面向青少年女生,名叫Rookiemag.com
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My name's名字的 Tavi塔维 GevinsonGevinson, and
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我叫泰薇·盖文森(Tavi Gevinson)
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the title标题 of my talk is "Still Figuring塑造 It Out,"
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我今天演讲的题目是“探索进行时”
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and the MS女士 Paint涂料 quality质量 of my slides幻灯片
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我用微软画图板画的这些图
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was a total creative创作的 decision决定 in keeping保持 with today's今天的 theme主题,
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完全是为了配合今天主题的大胆创举
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and has nothing to do with my inability无力
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和我使用PowerPoint的水平
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to use PowerPoint幻灯片. (Laughter笑声)
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没半点关系(笑声)
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So I edit编辑 this site现场 for teenage青少年 girls女孩. I'm a feminist女权主义者.
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这个网站是为青少年女生做的。我是个女权主义者
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I am kind of a pop流行的 culture文化 nerd书呆子, and I think a lot about
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我是个流行文化迷
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what makes品牌 a strong强大 female character字符,
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对如何成为女强人深有研究
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and, you know, movies电影 and TV电视 shows节目,
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众所周知,那些电影和电视节目
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these things have influence影响. My own拥有 website网站.
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是有影响力的。对我的网站也是
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So I think the question of what makes品牌 a strong强大 female
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所以我认为女强人的定义
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character字符 often经常 goes misinterpreted曲解,
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通常被人们曲解了
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and instead代替 we get these two-dimensional二维 superwomen女超人
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取而代之的是平面的女超人
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who maybe have one quality质量 that's played发挥 up a lot,
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要么鼓吹她某一种特质
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like a Catwoman猫女 type类型,
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比如猫女之类
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or she plays播放 her sexuality性欲 up a lot,
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要么夸大她的性欲
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and it's seen看到 as power功率.
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还被视为能力
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But they're not strong强大 characters人物 who happen发生 to be female.
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但这些都不是女强人形象
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They're completely全然 flat平面,
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这简直无聊至极
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and they're basically基本上 cardboard纸板 characters人物.
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充其量是些纸片人
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The problem问题 with this is that then
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那么问题就来了
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people expect期望 women妇女 to be that easy简单 to understand理解,
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人们希望女人简单易懂
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and women妇女 are mad at themselves他们自己
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女人因为没那么简单
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for not being存在 that simple简单,
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而大伤脑筋
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when, in actuality现实, women妇女 are complicated复杂,
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而实际上,女人是复杂的
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women妇女 are multifaceted多方面的 -- not because women妇女 are crazy,
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女人是多面的 - 并非因为女人很疯狂
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but because people are crazy,
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而是人类很疯狂
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and women妇女 happen发生 to be people. (Laughter笑声)
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而女人正巧是人类(笑声)
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So the flaws破绽 are the key.
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所以缺陷也是关键
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I'm not the first person to say this.
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以前也有人这样说过
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What makes品牌 a strong强大 female character字符
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女强人
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is a character字符 who has weaknesses弱点, who has flaws破绽,
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有弱点,也有缺陷
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who is maybe not immediately立即 likable讨人喜欢,
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或许你一开始不喜欢她
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but eventually终于 relatable听上去很像.
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但最终会欣赏她
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I don't like to acknowledge确认 a problem问题
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我喜欢在认识一些问题的同时
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without also acknowledging承认 those who work to fix固定 it,
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也去了解那些努力解决问题的人
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so just wanted to acknowledge确认 shows节目 like "Mad Men男人,"
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所以我喜欢看“广告狂人”(Mad Men)这类电视剧
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movies电影 like "Bridesmaids伴娘," whose谁的 female characters人物
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和“伴娘”(Bridesmaids)这类电影,这些女性角色
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or protagonists主角 are complex复杂, multifaceted多方面的.
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或主人公是复杂的,多面的
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Lena莉娜 Dunham邓纳姆, who's谁是 on here, her show显示 on HBOHBO
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屏幕上写的莉娜·杜汉姆(Lena Dunham),她在HBO的新作
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that premiers总理 next下一个 month, "Girls女孩,"
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“都市女孩”(Girls)将于下个月首映
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she said she wanted to start开始 it because she felt that
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她说之所以拍这部作品是因为她觉得
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every一切 woman女人 she knew知道 was just a bundle of contradictions矛盾,
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她认识的所有女人都是非常矛盾的
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and that feels感觉 accurate准确 for all people,
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而所有人也都这么觉得
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but you don't see women妇女 represented代表 like that as much.
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但女人的这一特点并没有被充分表现出来
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Congrats恭喜, guys. (Laughs)
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祝贺你们了(笑声)
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But I don't feel that — I still feel that there are some types类型
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但我不觉得 - 我认为仍有一些女人的类型
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of women妇女 who are not represented代表 that way,
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是未曾被展现的
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and one group that we'll focus焦点 on today今天 are teens青少年,
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今天我们要关注的一类就是青少年
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because I think teenagers青少年 are especially特别 contradictory矛盾
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因为我认为青少年是尤其矛盾的
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and still figuring盘算 it out,
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仍在不断探索当中
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and in the '90s there was "Freaks怪胎 and Geeks极客"
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90年代的“怪胎与书呆”(Freaks and Geeks)
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and "My So-Called所谓 Life," and their characters人物,
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和“我所谓的生活”(My So-Called Life)中的角色
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Lindsay林赛 Weir and Angela安吉拉 Chase,
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琳赛·威尔(Lindsay Weir)安吉拉·切丝(Angela Chase)
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I mean, the whole整个 premise前提 of the shows节目
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整部剧的前提
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were just them trying to figure数字 themselves他们自己 out, basically基本上,
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基本上就是她们自我探索的过程
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but those shows节目 only lasted历时 a season季节 each,
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可惜那两部剧只播了一季
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and I haven't没有 really seen看到 anything like that on TV电视 since以来.
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自那以后我再也没看到过类似的电视剧
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So this is a scientific科学 diagram of my brain — (Laughter笑声) —
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这是一张描述我大脑的科学简图(笑声)--
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around the time when I was,
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是在我看那些电视剧时的
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when I started开始 watching观看 those TV电视 shows节目.
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写照
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I was ending结尾 middle中间 school学校, starting开始 high school学校 --
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我那时刚从初中升入高中 --
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I'm a sophomore二年级 now —
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我现在高二了 --
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and I was trying to reconcile调和
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我一直在设法调和
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all of these differences分歧 that you're told you can't be
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那些女孩长大过程中
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when you're growing生长 up as a girl女孩.
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行为规范的各种意见分歧
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You can't be smart聪明 and pretty漂亮.
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你不能既聪明又漂亮
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You can't be a feminist女权主义者 who's谁是 also interested有兴趣 in fashion时尚.
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做女权主义者就不能追逐时髦
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You can't care关心 about clothes衣服 if it's not for the sake清酒
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要不是为了别人的眼光,通常指男人
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of what other people, usually平时 men男人, will think of you.
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你就不能在乎穿着打扮
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So I was trying to figure数字 all that out,
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所以我一直都想弄清楚这是怎么一回事
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and I felt a little confused困惑,
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我感到有些困惑
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and I said so on my blog博客,
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也有写在博客上
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and I said that I wanted to start开始
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我说我想
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a website网站 for teenage青少年 girls女孩
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为青少年女生办一个网站
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that was not this kind of one-dimensional一维
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不是那种只展现单一的
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strong强大 character字符 empowerment权力 thing
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强势特点的
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because I think one thing that can be very alienating异化
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因为我认为对女权主义的误解
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about a misconception误解 of feminism女权主义 is that
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会让女孩们望而却步
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girls女孩 then think that to be a feminist女权主义者, they have to live生活 up to
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她们会认为作为女权主义者,必须做到
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being存在 perfectly完美 consistent一贯 in your beliefs信仰,
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对自己的信仰始终如一
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never being存在 insecure不安全, never having doubts疑惑,
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绝不能缺乏自信,绝不能心存疑虑
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having all of the answers答案. And this is not true真正,
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要无所不知。但其实并非如此
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and, actually其实, reconciling调和 all the contradictions矛盾 I was feeling感觉
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实际上,一旦我明白了女权主义
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became成为 easier更轻松 once一旦 I understood了解 that feminism女权主义
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不是一本规则手册,而是一种探讨
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was not a rulebook规则手册 but a discussion讨论,
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一场对话和一个过程
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a conversation会话, a process处理,
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我对各种矛盾的调和就变得容易多了
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and this is a spread传播 from a zine杂志 that I made制作 last year
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这是我去年办的一本杂志里的两页
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when I -- I mean, I think I've let myself go a bit
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我是说,打那时起我就已经
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on the illustration插图 front面前 since以来.
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进军插图界了
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But, yeah.
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不过,好吧
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So I said on my blog博客 that I wanted to start开始 this publication出版物
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所以我就在博客上说我想
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for teenage青少年 girls女孩 and ask people to submit提交
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为青少年女生办一本读物,并邀请大家投稿
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their writing写作, their photography摄影, whatever随你,
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文章,照片,什么都行
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to be a member会员 of our staff员工.
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来加入我们的团队
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I got about 3,000 emails电子邮件.
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我收到了大约3千封邮件
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My editorial社论 director导向器 and I went through通过 them and
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我和我的编辑主任读了这些信
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put together一起 a staff员工 of people,
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并组建了一个团队
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and we launched推出 last September九月.
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于去年九月创刊
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And this is an excerpt摘抄 from my first editor's编者 letter,
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这是一段我首位编辑来信的摘录
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where I say that Rookie新秀, we don't have all the answers答案,
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上面说我们“菜鸟”杂志不是无所不知
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we're still figuring盘算 it out too, but the point is not to
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我们也在探索当中,但重点不在于
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give girls女孩 the answers答案, and not even give them permission允许
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为女孩们提供答案,更不是为了向她们颁发
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to find the answers答案 themselves他们自己,
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自己寻找答案的许可
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but hopefully希望 inspire启发 them to understand理解 that
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而是希望能让她们了解
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they can give themselves他们自己 that permission允许,
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探索的主动权在她们自己手里
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they can ask their own拥有 questions问题, find their own拥有 answers答案,
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她们可以提出自己的问题,找出自己的答案
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all of that, and Rookie新秀, I think we've我们已经 been trying to make it
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我相信以上种种,以及“菜鸟”杂志
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a nice不错 place地点 for all of that to be figured想通 out.
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为我们解决各种困惑提供了很好的平台
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So I'm not saying, "Be like us,"
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所以我不是在说,“学我们的样子”
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and "We're perfect完善 role角色 models楷模," because we're not,
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和“我们是完美的典范”,因为我们不是
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but we just want to help represent代表 girls女孩
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我们只是想帮助展现女孩们
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in a way that shows节目 those different不同 dimensions尺寸.
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多姿多彩的另一面
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I mean, we have articles用品 called
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比如我们有文章名为
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"On Taking Yourself你自己 Seriously认真地: How to Not Care关心 What People Think of You,"
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《关注自我:如何忽视别人的眼光》
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but we also have articles用品 like,
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但我们也有文章例如
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oops哎呀 -- I'm figuring盘算 it out!
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《啊噢 -- 我正在探索》
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Ha ha. (Laughter笑声)
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哈哈(笑声)
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If you use that, you can get away with anything.
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这招真是屡试不爽啊
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We also have articles用品 called
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我们也有文章名为
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"How to Look Like You Weren't Just Crying哭泣 in Less than Five Minutes分钟."
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《哭脸瞬间消融术》
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So all of that being存在 said, I still really appreciate欣赏
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那么以上所有,我仍然十分感谢
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those characters人物 in movies电影 and
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那些电影里的角色
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articles用品 like that on our site现场,
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和我们网站上的文章
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that aren't just about being存在 totally完全 powerful强大,
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他们不仅仅是关于强大
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maybe finding发现 your acceptance验收 with yourself你自己
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还包括自我认同
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and self-esteem自尊 and your flaws破绽 and how you accept接受 those.
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自尊和自身缺点,以及如何对待
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So what I you to take away from my talk,
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那么我希望我的演讲带给大家的是
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the lesson of all of this, is to just be Stevie史蒂维 Nicks尼克斯.
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这一切的启示是,请学习史蒂薇·妮克丝(Stevie Nicks)
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Like, that's all you have to do. (Laughter笑声)
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学她就对了(笑声)
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Because my favorite喜爱 thing about her,
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因为我最欣赏她的是
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other than, like, everything, is that
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不同于所有的,就是
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she is very -- has always been
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她非常 -- 从来都是
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unapologetically辩解 present当下 on stage阶段,
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霸气地出现在舞台上
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and unapologetic毫无歉意 about her flaws破绽
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从不为她的缺点辩护
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and about reconciling调和 all of her contradictory矛盾 feelings情怀
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能调和她所有矛盾的感受
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and she makes品牌 you listen to them and think about them,
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并能让你倾听,让你思考
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and yeah, so please be Stevie史蒂维 Nicks尼克斯.
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所以,请学习史蒂薇·妮克丝
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Thank you. (Applause掌声)
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谢谢大家(掌声)
Translated by Jenny Zhou
Reviewed by Karen SONG

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tavi Gevinson - Blogger and fashion icon
Tavi Gevinson is a fashion blogger and a feminist who encourages everyone to embrace their complexity and look cool doing it.

Why you should listen

Born in April 1996, Tavi Gevinson started blogging at age eleven – then rapidly became a bona fide fashion icon. In 2009 she was featured on the cover of Pop magazine and was invited as a special guest to New York Fashion week. Her site for teenage girls, Rookie, broke the one-million page views within five days of launching in September 2011. She’s currently the editor-in-chief and founder of RookieMag.com and writes thestylerookie.com and has written for several publications including Harper's Bazaar, Jezebel, Lula, Pop, and GARAGE magazine.

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