“What feels most productive to me isn't to think so much in terms of ho...” — Tavi Gevinson Quote

“What feels most productive to me isn't to think so much in terms of how I can be alternative, but how I can be subversive in a way that feels organic, how I can connect with people, and how I can just be myself, which may be the hardest thing to be.”

“I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.”

“People don't know what to do when writing a story with teens that takes place now - they think you have to make a bunch of references to Facebook.”

“Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.”

“Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.”

“It's important to recognise that opposing racism isn't just about presenting an alternative set of values; it's about looking at how the far right play on people's hardships in order to nurture a sense of enmity between white people and those racialised as migrants.”