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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Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out

Tavi Gevinson: 一個自我探索緊嘅年輕人

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十五歲嘅 Tavi Gevinson 發現佢好難揾到年輕女生嘅榜樣,所以佢建立咗一個能夠畀大家互相認識嘅平台。喺青年 TED 會場上,佢介紹佢專為女生而設嘅熱門網上雜誌 Rookie,同點樣展現女性主義嶄新、多變同埋複雜嘅一面。
- 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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00:16
Four years ago today今日, exactly完全, actually講真,
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啱啱四年前嘅今日
我開咗個叫做 Style Rookie
嘅時尚博客
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I started初時 a fashion時尚 blog博客 called Style風格 Rookie新秀.
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Last September九月 of 2011, I started初時 an online在線 magazine雜誌
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2011 年 9 月
我又開咗個畀後生女睇嘅
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for teenage青少年 girls女孩 called RookiemagRookiemag.comCom.
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叫 Rookiemag.com 嘅網上雜誌
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My name's名稱的 TaviTavi GevinsonGevinson, and
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我係 Tavi Gevinson ……
00:33
the titletitle of my talk is "Still Figuring盤算 It Out,"
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我今日演講嘅主題係「仍在探索中」
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and the MS女士 Paint油漆 quality質素 of my slides幻燈片
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為咗配合今日嘅主題
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was a total creative創造性 decision決定 in keeping保持 with today's今日嘅 theme主題,
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我專登用咗微軟嘅畫圖程序做幻燈片
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and has nothing to do with my inability冇辦法
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我唔係唔識用
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to use PowerPoint幻燈片. (Laughter笑聲)
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微軟嘅投影片程序
(笑聲)
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So I edit編輯 this site網站 for teenage青少年 girls女孩. I'm a feminist女性主義.
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呢個網站係為少女度身製作
我係一個女權主義者
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I am kind一種 of a pop流行 culture文化 nerd, and I think a lot about
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我算係流行文化嘅狂熱擁躉
對電影、電視裡邊嘅
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what makes使 a strong female女性 character字符,
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and, you know, movies電影 and TV電視 shows顯示,
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女強人嘅角色好有研究
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these things have influence影響. My own自己 website網站.
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媒體對我嘅網站有好大嘅影響
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So I think the question個問題 of what makes使 a strong female女性
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所以,我認為女強人嘅定義
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character字符 often經常 goes misinterpreted誤解,
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經常俾人曲解
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and instead相反 we get these two-dimensional二維 superwomen女強人
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結果性格多面化嘅女超人
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who maybe have one quality質素 that's played發揮 up a lot,
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就變成只有一種特質,好似貓女
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like a Catwoman貓女郎 type類型,
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or she plays戲劇 her sexuality up a lot,
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佢專賣自己嘅性感
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and it's seen看到 as power權力.
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因為性感象徵力量
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But they're not strong characters字符 who happen發生 to be female女性.
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但係佢哋係強嘅女性角色
唔係女性嘅強人形象
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They're completely完全 flat,
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全都係平淡無奇
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and they're basically基本上 cardboard紙皮 characters字符.
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到好似個紙片人
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The problem個問題 with this is that then
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咁問題就嚟咗
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people expect期望 women婦女 to be that easy容易 to understand理解,
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啲人期望女人簡單易明
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and women婦女 are mad at themselves自己
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而啲女人就好希望
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for not being that simple簡單,
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自己真係咁簡單
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when, in actuality現狀, women婦女 are complicated複雜,
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現實中,女人係複雜嘅動物
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women婦女 are multifaceted多方面 -- not because women婦女 are crazy,
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女人係多面嘅,唔係因為佢哋癲
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but because people are crazy,
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而係有因為人就係癲嘅
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and women婦女 happen發生 to be people. (Laughter笑聲)
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而女人咁啱就係人
(笑聲)
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So the flaws缺陷 are the key關鍵.
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所以缺點其實就係關鍵
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I'm not the first person to say this.
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我唔係第一個噉講嘅人
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What makes使 a strong female女性 character字符
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女強人吸引人嘅地方就係
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is a character字符 who has weaknesses弱點, who has flaws缺陷,
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佢嘅弱點同缺點
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who is maybe not immediately即刻 likable得意,
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你開頭可能唔係好鍾意佢
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but eventually最終 relatable可信.
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但係佢最終會令你有同感
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I don't like to acknowledge承認 a problem個問題
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我既然提及呢個問題
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without also acknowledging承認 those who work to fix修復 it,
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就要提及有參與解決問題嘅人
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so just wanted to acknowledge承認 shows顯示 like "Mad Men男人,"
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譬如電視劇《廣告狂人》
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movies電影 like "Bridesmaids伴娘," whose female女性 characters字符
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同埋電影《最爆伴娘團》
佢哋有複雜同多面嘅女性角色
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or protagonists主角 are complex複雜, multifaceted多方面.
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Lena莉娜 Dunham, who's邊個係 on here, her show顯示 on HBOHbo
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屏幕上嘅人係莉娜.丹恩
佢嘅新作《紐約叻女》
下個月喺 HBO 首播
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that premiers總理 next month, "Girls女孩,"
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she said she wanted to start初時 it because she felt覺得 that
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佢講過,佢製作呢部戯
因為佢識得嘅女人
內心都係矛盾嘅
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every woman女人 she knew was just a bundle of contradictions矛盾,
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and that feels感覺 accurate準確 for all people,
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but you don't see women婦女 represented代表 like that as much.
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但係女人喺戲裏邊好少表現到咁
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Congrats恭喜, guys. (Laughs)
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各位男士,你哋好彩嘞
(笑聲)
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But I don't feel that — I still feel that there are some types類型
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但我覺得有幾類型嘅女性嘅內心矛盾
仲未俾戲塑造到
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of women婦女 who are not represented代表 that way,
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and one group that we'll我哋就 focus重點 on today今日 are teens青少年,
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其中一類係青少年
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because I think teenagers青少年 are especially尤其係 contradictory矛盾
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因為青少年會係特別拗
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and still figuring盤算 it out,
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同仲係喺度探索
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and in the '90s there was "Freaks怪胎 and Geeks極客"
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90 年代有《怪胎與宅男》
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and "My So-Called所謂 Life," and their佢哋 characters字符,
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同埋《我所謂的生活》同裡邊嘅角色
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Lindsay林賽 Weir and Angela安吉拉 Chase追逐,
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Lindsay Weir 同埋 Angela Chase
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I mean, the whole整個 premise前提 of the shows顯示
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成部戯嘅前設
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were just them trying試圖 to figure themselves自己 out, basically基本上,
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基本就係人物自我探索嘅過程
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but those shows顯示 only lasted持續 a season賽季 each每個,
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可惜呢兩套戯都只係播咗一季
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and I haven't really seen看到 anything like that on TV電視 since因為.
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從此之後,我再冇見到類似嘅電視節目
03:20
So this is a scientific科學 diagram of my brain大腦 — (Laughter笑聲) —
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呢個係我個腦
(笑聲)
喺我睇電視劇時嘅圖解
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around the time when I was,
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when I started初時 watching those TV電視 shows顯示.
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I was ending結束 middle中間 school學校, starting初時 high school學校 --
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我啱啱讀完初中升高中
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I'm a sophomore大二 now —
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宜家,我讀緊二年級
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and I was trying試圖 to reconcile調和
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我一直想
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all of these differences差異 that you're told you can't be
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從我收到嘅互相矛盾嘅信息裡邊揾到平衡
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when you're growing增長 up as a girl女孩.
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You can't be smart and pretty.
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你唔可以又聰明又靚
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You can't be a feminist女性主義 who's邊個係 also interested興趣 in fashion時尚.
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係女權主義者嘅話,就唔可以追求時尚
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You can't care護理 about clothes if it's not for the sake為咗
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如果你唔係在乎其他人
尤其係男人嘅眼光
你就唔會在乎扮靚
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of what other people, usually通常 men男人, will think of you.
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03:54
So I was trying試圖 to figure all that out,
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所以我一路都喺度諗
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and I felt覺得 a little confused困惑,
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我覺得有啲迷茫
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and I said so on my blog博客,
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我喺我嘅博客有提過
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and I said that I wanted to start初時
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我講過我想開設
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a website網站 for teenage青少年 girls女孩
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一個專為女仔設定嘅網站
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that was not this kind一種 of one-dimensional一維
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一個唔係一邊倒嘅
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strong character字符 empowerment授權 thing
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強勢嘅授權嘅嘢
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because I think one thing that can be very alienating疏遠
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因為噉會令女生卻步
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about a misconception誤解 of feminism女性主義 is that
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同令佢哋對女權主義產生誤解
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girls女孩 then think that to be a feminist女性主義, they have to live up to
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以為佢哋要成為女權主義者
就要同女權主義嘅信念完全一致
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being perfectly完全 consistent一致 in your beliefs信仰,
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never being insecure不安, never having doubts懷疑,
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唔可以冇信心,唔可以有疑慮
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having all of the answers答案. And this is not true真係,
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要識得所有嘢
現實唔係噉嘅
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and, actually講真, reconciling調和 all the contradictions矛盾 I was feeling感覺
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我明白咗女權主義唔係一本規則
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became成為 easier容易 once一旦 I understood理解 that feminism女性主義
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而係討論、對話、過程之後
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was not a rulebook手冊 but a discussion討論,
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a conversation談話, a process過程,
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我就冇覺得咁矛盾喇
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and this is a spread傳播 from a zine that I made作出 last year
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呢個係我上年整嘅雜誌嘅其中兩頁
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when I -- I mean, I think I've let myself自己 go a bit
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我開始自己搞啲插圖
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on the illustration插圖 front前面 since因為.
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04:53
But, yeah.
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呃,係噉
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So I said on my blog博客 that I wanted to start初時 this publication出版
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我喺博客度講過
我想開始為女生出版刊物
05:02
for teenage青少年 girls女孩 and ask問吓 people to submit提交
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亦邀請大家投稿,文章,攝影,咩都得
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their佢哋 writing寫作, their佢哋 photography攝影, whatever無論,
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to be a member成員 of our staff員工.
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然後成為雜誌社嘅一員
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I got about 3,000 emails電子郵件.
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我大約收到三千封電郵
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My editorial編輯 director導演 and I went through透過 them and
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總編同我睇過所有嘅電郵
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put together一起 a staff員工 of people,
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組咗一班員工
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and we launched推出 last September九月.
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係上年九月創刊
呢個係我哋第一封
編輯致讀者嘅信嘅摘錄
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And this is an excerpt節錄 from my first editor's編輯嘅 letter,
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05:22
where I say that Rookie新秀, we don't have all the answers答案,
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話 Rookie 雜誌唔係咩都識
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we're still figuring盤算 it out too, but the pointD is not to
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我哋仲係探索緊
重點唔係為女生提供答案
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give girls女孩 the answers答案, and not even give them permission許可
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更加唔係限制佢哋自己搵答案嘅自由
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to find the answers答案 themselves自己,
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05:34
but hopefully希望 inspire激發 them to understand理解 that
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而係鼓勵佢哋
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they can give themselves自己 that permission許可,
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使佢哋明白佢哋自己有話事權
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they can ask問吓 their佢哋 own自己 questions個問題, find their佢哋 own自己 answers答案,
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佢哋可以自己問問題
自己揾答案等等
05:41
all of that, and Rookie新秀, I think we've我哋都 been trying試圖 to make it
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我哋一直嘗試提供
05:44
a nice place地方 for all of that to be figured out.
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一個探索同解決唔同困惑嘅空間
05:49
So I'm not saying, "Be like us,"
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我晤係話:「你好似我哋咁。」
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and "We're perfect完美 role作用 models模型," because we're not,
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抑或「我哋係楷模」
因為我哋根本唔係
05:53
but we just want to help represent代表 girls女孩
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但我哋只想俾女生
一個展示唔同嘅性格特質嘅地方
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in a way that shows顯示 those different不同 dimensions尺寸.
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06:01
I mean, we have articles文章 called
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我哋有篇文章叫做
《認真看待妳自己:
點樣唔在意人哋嘅睇法》
06:05
"On Taking採取 Yourself自己 Seriously嚴重: How to Not Care護理 What People Think of You,"
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06:08
but we also have articles文章 like,
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但我哋都有文章,好似係
06:10
oops哎呀 -- I'm figuring盤算 it out!
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哎呀,我探索緊!
06:14
Ha醫管局 ha醫管局. (Laughter笑聲)
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哈哈!
(笑聲)
06:17
If you use that, you can get away with anything.
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呢一招真係免死金牌
06:21
We also have articles文章 called
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我哋都有文章
06:22
"How to Look Like You Weren't唔係 Just Crying in Less than Five Minutes分鐘."
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叫做《點可以喺五分鐘之內
扮成你冇淨係喺度喊》
06:25
So all of that being said, I still really appreciate欣賞
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以上全部,我真係好欣賞
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those characters字符 in movies電影 and
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電影中嘅角色
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articles文章 like that on our site網站,
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同我哋網站上嘅文章
06:34
that aren't唔係 just about being totally完全 powerful強大,
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所講嘅唔只做有力量嘅人
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maybe finding發現 your acceptance接受 with yourself自己
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仲要接受自己
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and self-esteem自尊 and your flaws缺陷 and how you accept接受 those.
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有自信心同埋接受自身嘅缺點
06:46
So what I you to take away from my talk,
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我希望你從今次演講中得到總結係
06:50
the lesson of all of this, is to just be Stevie史蒂夫 Nicks劃痕.
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要學習史蒂薇.尼克斯
06:54
Like, that's all you have to do. (Laughter笑聲)
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學佢就係你要做嘅嘢
(笑聲)
06:57
Because my favorite中意 thing about her,
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因為我最鍾意佢嘅就係
其實佢咩我都好鍾意
07:00
other than, like, everything, is that
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she is very -- has always been
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佢係好,一直
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unapologetically理直氣壯 present目前 on stage階段,
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喺台上好從容
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and unapologetic道歉 about her flaws缺陷
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and about reconciling調和 all of her contradictory矛盾 feelings感情
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亦唔會想調和自己互相矛盾嘅感情
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and she makes使 you listen to them and think about them,
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佢令你聆聽佢哋,令你思考
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and yeah, so please be Stevie史蒂夫 Nicks劃痕.
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冇錯,請學習一下史蒂薇.尼克斯
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Thank you. (Applause掌聲)
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多謝各位
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Translated by Tracy Wong
Reviewed by Sylvia He

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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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Tavi Gevinson | Speaker | TED.com

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