Tavi Gevinson: A teen just trying to figure it out

Prevodilac: Maja Malinov Lektor: Ivana Korom

Four years ago today, exactly, actually,

Pre četiri godine, tačno na današnji dan

I started a fashion blog called Style Rookie.

osnovala sam blog o modi pod nazivom Style Rookie.

Last September of 2011, I started an online magazine

Prošlog septembra, 2011. osnovala sam internet časopis

for teenage girls called Rookiemag.com.

za tinejdžerke pod nazivom Rookiemag.com.

My name's Tavi Gevinson, and

Zovem se Tavi Gevinson

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

a naslov mog govora je "Još pokušavam da shvatim"

and the MS Paint quality of my slides

a to što su slajdovi napravljeni u MS Paintu

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

je samo kreativna odluka u skladu sa današnjom temom,

and has nothing to do with my inability

i nema veze sa mojom nesposobnošću

to use PowerPoint. (Laughter)

da koristim PowerPoint. (Smeh)

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

Uređujem sajt za tinejdžerke. Feministkinja sam.

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

Na neki način sam zaluđenik za pop kulturu i često se pitam

what makes a strong female character,

od čega je sačinjena jedna snažna ženksa ličnost,

and, you know, movies and TV shows,

i znate, filmovi i TV emisije, te stvari imaju uticaja.

these things have influence. My own website.

Pa i moj sajt.

So I think the question of what makes a strong female

Mislim da je pitanje, šta čini jednu žensku ličnost snažnom,

character often goes misinterpreted,

često pogrešno protumačeno,

and instead we get these two-dimensional superwomen

zato imamo ove dvodimenzionalne super žene

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

koje možda imaju jednu istaknutu osobinu,

like a Catwoman type,

kao što je Ženamačka

or she plays her sexuality up a lot,

ili previše koristi svoju seksualnost

and it's seen as power.

a mi to vidimo kao moć.

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

Ali one nisu jake ličnosti koje su slučajno žene.

They're completely flat,

One su potpuno prazne,

and they're basically cardboard characters.

one su prosto kartonski likovi.

The problem with this is that then

Problem je, onda, u tome

people expect women to be that easy to understand,

što ljudi smatraju da je žene lako razumeti,

and women are mad at themselves

a one su ljute na sebe

for not being that simple,

jer nisu toliko jednostavne

when, in actuality, women are complicated,

zato što su, u stvari, žene vrlo komplikovane,

women are multifaceted -- not because women are crazy,

žene su višeslojne - ne zato što što su one lude

but because people are crazy,

već zato što su ljudi ludi,

and women happen to be people. (Laughter)

a žene su slučajno ljudi. (Smeh)

So the flaws are the key.

Dakle, mane su ključ.

I'm not the first person to say this.

Ja nisam prva koja ovo govori.

What makes a strong female character

Ono što čini jednu snažnu žensku ličnost

is a character who has weaknesses, who has flaws,

jeste ličnost koja ima slabosti, koja ima mane,

who is maybe not immediately likable,

koja možda, na prvi pogled i nije prijatna,

but eventually relatable.

ali u kojima se možete pronaći.

I don't like to acknowledge a problem

Ja ne volim da govorim o problemu,

without also acknowledging those who work to fix it,

a da ne pomenem one koji rade na njegovom rešenju,

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

pa bih zato istakla serije kao što su: "Momci sa Medisona",

movies like "Bridesmaids," whose female characters

filmove kao što su "Deveruše", gde su ženski likovi,

or protagonists are complex, multifaceted.

glavne uloge, kompleksni i višeslojni.

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

Lena Danam, koja govori ovde, u svojoj emisiji na HBO ‚‚Devojke'',

that premiers next month, "Girls,"

koja se premijerno emituje sledećeg meseca,

she said she wanted to start it because she felt that

rekla je da želi da je emituje jer oceća

every woman she knew was just a bundle of contradictions,

da je svaka žena koju poznaje samo gomila suprotnosti,

and that feels accurate for all people,

a to se odnosi na sve ljude,

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

ali tako predstavljene žene ne viđamo često.

Congrats, guys. (Laughs)

Čestitam, društvo. (Smeh)

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

Ali ja ne mislim da - i dalje smatram da postoji tip

of women who are not represented that way,

žena koje nisu predstavljene na taj način,

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

a jedna takva grupa o kojoj danas govorimo su tinejdžeri,

because I think teenagers are especially contradictory

jer ja misim da su tinejdžeri naročito kontradiktorni

and still figuring it out,

i još uvek pokušavaju da shvate.

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

Devedesetih godina, serija "Freaks and Geeks"

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

i "Moj takozvani život" i njihovi likovi

Lindsay Weir and Angela Chase,

Lindzi Vir i Anđela Čejs,

I mean, the whole premise of the shows

mislim, sama osnovna ideja ovih serija,

were just them trying to figure themselves out, basically,

je da se oni, jednostavno, trude da upoznaju sebe,

but those shows only lasted a season each,

ali sve te serije su trajale samo po jednu sezonu,

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

i od tada nisam videla ništa slično na televiziji.

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

Ovo je naučni prikaz mog mozga - (Smeh) -

around the time when I was,

iz perioda kada sam

when I started watching those TV shows.

počela da gledam te serije.

I was ending middle school, starting high school --

Završila sam osnovnu školu i krenula u srednju,

I'm a sophomore now —

sada sam na drugoj godini studija,

and I was trying to reconcile

pokušavala sam da prevaziđem

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

sve te suprotnosti za koje kažu da su neostvarive

when you're growing up as a girl.

u odrastanju jedne devojčice.

You can't be smart and pretty.

Ne možeš da budeš i lepa i pametna.

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

Ne možes da budeš femistkinja koju se interesuje za modu.

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

Ne možeš da brineš o odeći, ako to nije zbog toga

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

šta će drugi, obično muškarci, da misle o tebi.

So I was trying to figure all that out,

Pkušavala sam da sve to razumem,

and I felt a little confused,

osetila sam se pomalo zbunjeno,

and I said so on my blog,

pisala sam o tome na svom blogu

and I said that I wanted to start

i rekla sam da bih želela

a website for teenage girls

da osnujem vebsajt za tinejdžerke

that was not this kind of one-dimensional

koji neće predstavljati ovu vrstu

strong character empowerment thing

snažnih jednodimenzionalnih likova

because I think one thing that can be very alienating

jer smatram da pogrešno doživljen feminizam

about a misconception of feminism is that

može da postane veoma odbojan devojkama

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

jer misle da se od njih, kao od feministkinja, očekuje

being perfectly consistent in your beliefs,

budu uvek potpuno istrajne u svojim uverenjima,

never being insecure, never having doubts,

da nikada nisu nesigurne, da nikada ne sumnjaju

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

i da uvek imaju odgovor.

A to nije istina, u stvari, mirenje svih tih suprotnosti koje sam ja osećela

and, actually, reconciling all the contradictions I was feeling

became easier once I understood that feminism

postalo je mnogo lakše kada sam shvatila da feminizam

was not a rulebook but a discussion,

nije pravilnik već rasprava

a conversation, a process,

razgovor, proces,

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

a ovo je deo iz mog porošlogodišnjeg izdanja

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

gde sam - mislim da sam malo preterala

on the illustration front since.

sa ilustracijama od tada.

But, yeah.

Ali da.

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

Napisala sam na blogu da želim da pokrenem ovo izdanje

for teenage girls and ask people to submit

za tinejdžerke i da zamolim ljude da pošalju

their writing, their photography, whatever,

svoje tekstove, fotografije i te stvari,

to be a member of our staff.

da bi postali član našeg 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 ih sve pregledali

put together a staff of people,

i sastavili smo osoblje

and we launched last September.

i pokrenuli ga prošlog septembra.

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

Ovo je isečak iz mog prvog pisma urednika

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

u kome sam naglasila da Rookie nema odgovore na sva pitanja

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

i da i mi pokušavamo da shvatimo, ali suština nije u tome

give girls the answers, and not even give them permission

da devojkama damo odgovore, nije čak ni da im damo dozvolu

to find the answers themselves,

da same dođu do odgovora,

but hopefully inspire them to understand that

nego u nadi da ćemo ih insipirsati da razumeju

they can give themselves that permission,

da same sebi mogu da dozvole

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

da postave svoja pitanja, da nađu svoje odgovore,

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

uz sve ovo i Rookie, mislim da smo pokušali da stvorimo

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

prijatno mesto za sve što tek treba razumeti.

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

Ne želim da kažem: "Budite kao mi."

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

ili "Mi smo svršen uzor", zato što nismo,

but we just want to help represent girls

samo želimo da pomognemo u predstavljanju devojaka

in a way that shows those different dimensions.

na način koji prikazuje sve te različite dimenzije.

I mean, we have articles called

Imamo članke koji se zovu:

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

"O shvatanju samog sebe ozbiljno:

Kako da vas ne zanima šta drugi misle o vama",

but we also have articles like,

ali imamo i članke kao,

oops -- I'm figuring it out!

ups - pokušavam da shvatim!

Ha ha. (Laughter)

Ha ha. (Smeh)

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

Ako koristite ovo, iz svega ćete se izvući.

We also have articles called

Takođe imamo članak koji se zove

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

"Kako da izgledaš kao da nisi upravo plakala, za manje od pet minuta".

So all of that being said, I still really appreciate

Pošto sam sve ovo rekla, ja stvarno cenim

those characters in movies and

sve te likove u filmovima

articles like that on our site,

i člancima kao što su ovi na našem sajtu

that aren't just about being totally powerful,

koji ne govore o posedovanju potpune moći,

maybe finding your acceptance with yourself

već možda o pronalaženju i prihvatanju samog sebe

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

o samopoštovanju i manama i kako da ih prihvatimo.

So what I you to take away from my talk,

Ono što želim da upamtite iz mog govora je,

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

lekcija o svemu ovome, samo budite Stivi Niks.

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

To je sve što treba da uradite. (Smeh)

Because my favorite thing about her,

Jer moja omiljena stvar kod nje,

other than, like, everything, is that

osim svega, je da

she is very -- has always been

je ona vrlo - i uvek je bila

unapologetically present on stage,

bez pardona prisutna na sceni

and unapologetic about her flaws

i bez pardona za svoje mane

and about reconciling all of her contradictory feelings

i za mirenje svih svojih suprotstavljenih osećanja

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

i prosto vas tera da ih saslušate i da razmislite o njima,

and yeah, so please be Stevie Nicks.

i da, molim vas, budite Stivi Niks.

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala. (Aplauz)