Tavi Gevinson is a nineteen-year-old fashion blogger and
feminist from Chicago Illinois. Despite her young age Miss Gevinson is dedicated
to bringing awareness to the issues that women face specifically teens. Though I
have grown out of my teenage years, Tavi’s presentation
on ted.com titled “A teen just trying to figure it out” really inspired me as
an older sister of three current teenagers. She explains the stereotypical roles
of women and the harsh reality that they aren’t always represented the best
way. She uses her own experiences to tell her audience that she is also “still
trying to figure it out”. Her bold statements and monotone humor captured me as
she began to explain her master plan of making a change in her life and the
lives of other young women. She is the current editor in chief of rookie magazine where she is
dedicated to help other young women be comfortable in their own skin and to
relieve the pressure that society places on young women every day. As I witness
my sisters grow and evolve as young women I am able to see the pressures that
fall on their shoulders. They feel that they have to live up to a specific
standard instead of living up to their own standard. They are pressured to
dress a certain way, act a certain way and even talk a certain way in order to
attract a specific crowd. Speeches like Tavi Gevinstons is a relief to big
sisters, mothers and leaders of young women around the world because she is
proof of what can happen when you are absolutely confident in yourself and
comfortable in the world around you.
TaKaiya Nia
