http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2012/12/04/how-tavi-gevinson-restored-my-love-of-gramsci-and-hope-for-feminism/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2012/12/04/how-tavi-gevinson-restored-my-love-of-gramsci-and-hope-for-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-375761 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:59:18 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=16919#comment-375761 Thanks Jessalyn–I would love to dish more on Tavi with you and am so very pleased that you’re doing a chapter on her! I think what I enjoy–quite literally–so much about the work that emerges from her efforts is that it is collective without being “band-wagony” (how’s that for an academic term?:D). I plan on introducing her in my Teens and TV class this spring–I’d love to get your 2 cents on how you frame her work in your disss to help guide my students with regards to a critical perspective!

]]> http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2012/12/04/how-tavi-gevinson-restored-my-love-of-gramsci-and-hope-for-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-375343 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:44:14 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=16919#comment-375343 Hi Sharon,
Thanks for this great piece on Tavi! I’m actually in the midst of writing a chapter on her as part of my diss, so I’m glad others find her an interesting cultural figure! I think your point about her being problematically presented as counter-cultural (or alternative?) is especially pertinent… I’m even arguing that it is her commercial presence that’s so important to her status, as she’s publicly living a feminist girlhood subjectivity that’s accessible to girls (although of course, not necessarily all girls)… Thanks again for bringing Tavi into the conversation! 🙂
cheers, jessalynn

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