Style Rookie
Tavi Gevinson was on Ted Talks because her blog--Style Rookie--has attracted millions of views. She talked about how women are often seen as simple and flat, with particular characteristics played up. Tavi stresses that women don't fit into these pretty little boxes of consistency and there is much more to them--more paradoxes and contradiction. Style Rookie is a blog for teenage girls to "figure themselves out" and be themselves. It lets girls express themselves and their many characteristics--you can be a feminist and stylish, you can care about how you look and not care about what guys think of you. I liked her confidence as she talked to so many people. While some people may complain that she made generalizations or was vague, that seems to be her point. She doesn't know exactly where this is going, but the purpose of her new web community is for girls to figure it out. I think that her community may help them do this, as they articulate themselves and discover others who share their impressions, intuitions and dreams, girls will likely come to accept themselves. (Also her blog is awesome! You should take a look.)