Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out

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Four years ago today, exactly, actually,

Prije točno četiri godine

I started a fashion blog called Style Rookie.

počela sam pisati modni blog Style Rookie.

Last September of 2011, I started an online magazine

U rujnu 2011., osnovala sam online časopis

for teenage girls called Rookiemag.com.

za tinejdžerice, Rookiemag.com.

My name's Tavi Gevinson, and

Zovem se Tavi Gevinson,

the title of my talk is "Still Figuring It Out,"

a naslov mojeg govora je „Još shvaćajući“,

and the MS Paint quality of my slides

a MS Bojanje-kvaliteta mojih slajdova

was a total creative decision in keeping with today's theme,

je potpuno kreativna odluka u skladu s današnjom temom,

and has nothing to do with my inability

i nema ništa s mojom nesposobnošću

to use PowerPoint. (Laughter)

za rad u PowerPointu. (Smijeh)

So I edit this site for teenage girls. I'm a feminist.

Uređujem ovaj site za tinejdžerice. Ja sam feministica.

I am kind of a pop culture nerd, and I think a lot about

. Na neki način sam štreber za pop kulturu i mnogo razmišljam o tome

what makes a strong female character,

što čini snažan ženski karakter

and, you know, movies and TV shows,

i, znate, filmovi i TV programi

these things have influence. My own website.

, te stvari utječu. Moj vlastiti website.

So I think the question of what makes a strong female

I mislim kako pitanje o tome što čini snažan ženski

character often goes misinterpreted,

karakter često bude krivo protumačeno,

and instead we get these two-dimensional superwomen

i umjesto njega dobivamo dvodimenzionalne super žene

who maybe have one quality that's played up a lot,

koje možda imaju jednu istaknutu kvalitetu

like a Catwoman type,

kao što je tip Žene mačke,

or she plays her sexuality up a lot,

ili ističe svoju seksualnost

and it's seen as power.

i na to se gleda kao na moć.

But they're not strong characters who happen to be female.

Ali one su snažni karakteri koji su slučajno žene.

They're completely flat,

Potpuno su ravne

and they're basically cardboard characters.

i gotovo su kartonski likovi.

The problem with this is that then

Problem je u tome što ljudi

people expect women to be that easy to understand,

onda očekuju da žene budu lake za shvatiti,

and women are mad at themselves

a žene se izluđuju

for not being that simple,

jer nisu jednostavne,

when, in actuality, women are complicated,

jer su, u stvarnosti, žene komplicirane,

women are multifaceted -- not because women are crazy,

žene su mnogolike – ne zato što su žene lude,

but because people are crazy,

već zato što su ljudi ludi,

and women happen to be people. (Laughter)

a žene su slučajno ljudi. (Smijeh)

So the flaws are the key.

Mane su ključ.

I'm not the first person to say this.

Nisam prva osoba koja ovo govori.

What makes a strong female character

Što čini snažan ženski karakter

is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws,

je karakter koji ima slabosti, koji ima mane,

who is maybe not immediately likable,

koji možda nije neposredno privlačan,

but eventually relatable.

ali s kojim se moguće povezati

I don't like to acknowledge a problem

Ne volim obznaniti problem

without also acknowledging those who work to fix it,

bez da obznanim one koji rade na popravljanju istog

so just wanted to acknowledge shows like "Mad Men,"

pa sam samo htjela priznati emisije kao „Momci s Madisona“,

movies like "Bridesmaids," whose female characters

filmove poput „Djeveruše“, čiji su ženski likovi

or protagonists are complex, multifaceted.

i protagonisti složeni i mnogoliki.

Lena Dunham, who's on here, her show on HBO

Lena Dunham, koja je ovdje, njezin šou na HBOu

that premiers next month, "Girls,"

koji će biti premijerno prikazan sljedeći mjesec, „Djevojke“,

she said she wanted to start it because she felt that

ona je rekla kako ga je započela jer je osjećala

every woman she knew was just a bundle of contradictions,

da je svaka žena koju poznaje gomila kontradikcija,

and that feels accurate for all people,

i to se čini točnim za sve ljude,

but you don't see women represented like that as much.

ali ne vidite često da se žene takvima predstavlja.

Congrats, guys. (Laughs)

Čestitke, dečki. (Smijeh)

But I don't feel that — I still feel that there are some types

Ali ja ne mislim tako – još uvijek mislim da postoje tipovi

of women who are not represented that way,

žena koji nisu predstavljeni,

and one group that we'll focus on today are teens,

a grupa na koju ćemo se danas usredotočiti su tinejdžeri,

because I think teenagers are especially contradictory

jer mislim da su tinejdžerice posebno kontradiktorne

and still figuring it out,

i još shvaćaju,

and in the '90s there was "Freaks and Geeks"

a u 90ima postojali su „Freaks and Geeks“

and "My So-Called Life," and their characters,

] te „I to mi je neki život“, a njihovi likovi,

Lindsay Weir and Angela Chase,

Lindsay Weir i Angela Chase,

I mean, the whole premise of the shows

mislim, cijela premisa serija

were just them trying to figure themselves out, basically,

bila je u tome da se one pokušavaju shvatiti, u osnovi,

but those shows only lasted a season each,

ali te su serije trajale po sezonu svaka.

and I haven't really seen anything like that on TV since.

i od tada nisam vidjela ništa slično na TVu.

So this is a scientific diagram of my brain — (Laughter) —

I ovo je znanstveni dijagram moga mozga – (Smijeh) –

around the time when I was,

u vrijeme kada sam imala,

when I started watching those TV shows.

kada sam počela gledati te serije.

I was ending middle school, starting high school --

Završavala sam osnovnu školu, počinjala sam srednju.

I'm a sophomore now —

Sada sam druga godina,

and I was trying to reconcile

i dok sam se pokušavala izmiriti

all of these differences that you're told you can't be

sa svim tim razlikama za koje ti kažu da ne možeš biti

when you're growing up as a girl.

kada odrastaš kao djevojčica.

You can't be smart and pretty.

Ne možeš biti pametna i lijepa.

You can't be a feminist who's also interested in fashion.

Ne možeš biti feministica koja je zainteresirana za modu.

You can't care about clothes if it's not for the sake

Ne može ti biti stalo do odjeće ako to nije zbog mišljenja

of what other people, usually men, will think of you.

drugih, obično muškaraca.

So I was trying to figure all that out,

Pa sam to pokušavala shvatiti,

and I felt a little confused,

i osjećala sam se zbunjenom,

and I said so on my blog,

i to sam rekla na svom blogu,

and I said that I wanted to start

, i rekla sam da želim osnovati

a website for teenage girls

website za tinejdžerice

that was not this kind of one-dimensional

koji nije od vrste takvih koji opunomoćavaju

strong character empowerment thing

plošne snažne karaktere,

because I think one thing that can be very alienating

jer mislim da jedna stvar koja može biti vrlo otuđujuća

about a misconception of feminism is that

u lošoj interpretaciji feminizma je da

girls then think that to be a feminist, they have to live up to

djevojke misle da, ako žele biti feministice, moraju biti savršeno

being perfectly consistent in your beliefs,

dosljedne u svojim uvjerenjima,

never being insecure, never having doubts,

nikada nesigurne, bez sumnji,

having all of the answers. And this is not true,

imajući sve odgovore. A to nije istina

and, actually, reconciling all the contradictions I was feeling

istina i, zapravo, pomirba svih proturječja koja sam osjećala

became easier once I understood that feminism

postala je jednostavnija kada sam shvatila da feminizam

was not a rulebook but a discussion,

nije knjiga pravila, već rasprava,

a conversation, a process,

razgovor, proces

and this is a spread from a zine that I made last year

i to je stranica iz magazina kojeg sam napravila prošle godine

when I -- I mean, I think I've let myself go a bit

kada sam, mislim, mislim da sam se malo opustila

on the illustration front since.

na ilustracijskoj fronti od tada.

But, yeah.

Ali da.

So I said on my blog that I wanted to start this publication

Pa sam rekla na svom blogu da želim početi s tom publikacijom

for teenage girls and ask people to submit

za tinejdžerice i pitala sam ljude da prilože

their writing, their photography, whatever,

svoje tekstove, fotografije, bilo što,

to be a member of our staff.

da bi postali članovi osoblja.

I got about 3,000 emails.

Dobila sam oko 3 000 mailova.

My editorial director and I went through them and

Moj urednik i ja smo prošli kroz njih i

put together a staff of people,

skupili osoblje,

and we launched last September.

i pokrenuli smo se prošlog rujna.

And this is an excerpt from my first editor's letter,

I ovo je izvod iz mog prvog uvodničkog pisma,

where I say that Rookie, we don't have all the answers,

gdje kažem kako na Rookiju nemamo sve odgovore,

we're still figuring it out too, but the point is not to

da i mi još shvaćamo, ali bit nije u tome

give girls the answers, and not even give them permission

da djevojkama damo odgovore, ni da im damo dopuštenje

to find the answers themselves,

da ih nađu same,

but hopefully inspire them to understand that

već da shvate kako si

they can give themselves that permission,

same mogu dati to dopuštenje,

they can ask their own questions, find their own answers,

da mogu pitati vlastita pitanja,

all of that, and Rookie, I think we've been trying to make it

naći svoje odgovore, sve to, a Rookie, mislim mi smo se trudili

a nice place for all of that to be figured out.

stvoriti lijepo mjesto gdje bi se sve to moglo shvatiti.

So I'm not saying, "Be like us,"

I zato ne kažem, „Budite kao mi,“

and "We're perfect role models," because we're not,

i „Mi smo savršeni uzori“, jer nismo,

but we just want to help represent girls

ali samo želimo pomoći predstavljanju djevojaka

in a way that shows those different dimensions.

na način koji pokazuje te različite dimenzije.

I mean, we have articles called

Mislim, imamo članak s naslovom

"On Taking Yourself Seriously: How to Not Care What People Think of You,"

„O shvaćanju sebe ozbiljno: Kako da vam ne bude stalo do toga što drugi misle o vama“,

but we also have articles like,

ali imamo i članke kao,

oops -- I'm figuring it out!

ups, još shvaćam!

Ha ha. (Laughter)

Ha ha. (Smijeh)

If you use that, you can get away with anything.

Ako to koristiš, možeš se izvući iz svega.

We also have articles called

Također imamo članke kao što je

"How to Look Like You Weren't Just Crying in Less than Five Minutes."

„Kako izgledati kao da nisi plakala prije manje od pet minuta“.

So all of that being said, I still really appreciate

Kada je sve rečeno, zaista cijenim

those characters in movies and

one likove u filmovima i

articles like that on our site,

člancima kao što su oni na našem siteu,

that aren't just about being totally powerful,

oni nisu samo moćni,

maybe finding your acceptance with yourself

možda pronalazeći prihvaćanje same sebe

and self-esteem and your flaws and how you accept those.

i samopouzdanja i svojih mana te kako njih prihvaćaš.

So what I you to take away from my talk,

Ono što želim da ponesete od ovog govora,

the lesson of all of this, is to just be Stevie Nicks.

naučeno od svega ovoga jest samo biti Stevie Nicks.

Like, that's all you have to do. (Laughter)

To je sve što morate učiniti. (Smijeh)

Because my favorite thing about her,

Jer je moja omiljena stvar kod nje,

other than, like, everything, is that

osim svega, jest to

she is very -- has always been

da je vrlo – uvijek bila

unapologetically present on stage,

nepokorno prisutna na pozornici,

and unapologetic about her flaws

nepokorna u svojim manama

and about reconciling all of her contradictory feelings

i pomirena sa svojim kontradiktornim osjećajima

and she makes you listen to them and think about them,

i ona te prisiljava da ih slušaš i razmišljaš o njima,

and yeah, so please be Stevie Nicks.

i da, molim vas, budite Stevie Nicks.

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala vam. (Pljesak)