Tavi Gevinson on Influencers, Old vs New Media & Performativity

The Polyester Podcast

Society & Culture, Arts

4.5 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week Ione and Gina are joined for an extra special long episode with writer, actor, producer and all round internet legend Tavi Gevinson! The three centre their conversation around class differences in the dying days of influencer culture, the changing face of fandom, and the performance of life online.

Tavi's newest project, the Audible Original series Glimpses Of The Moon, an adaptation of the 1922 Edith Wharton novel of the same name, is available to listen to now.

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0:00.0	Hi Ioni, hi everyone, I'm Gina, the senior editor of Polyester.
0:04.5	And I'm I'm Iione, the founding editor-in-chief of Polyester, and this is The Polyester podcast,
0:08.5	a feminist pop culture podcast dissecting the discourse on a weekly basis.
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0:37.2	We're not going to read out of you today, but we would love if you'd still leave one. exclusive podcast episodes once a month on The Boy of the Hour.
0:41.6	We're not going to read out a review today, but we would love if you'd still leave one.
0:45.6	Yes, please leave a review, especially of this very extra special episode.
0:49.6	So today we are speaking to Friend of the Pod, Tavi Gavinson.
0:53.6	Yes, the one, the only... Babbba-da-ba-bo-bo!
0:54.8	Enjoy the conversation.
0:56.8	Have a lovely time.
0:58.1	Love you.
1:03.7	Hello.
1:04.9	Hi.
1:05.2	That was the craziest hello.
1:06.5	Hi.
1:08.6	How are you?
1:11.2	I'm doing well. How are you guys doing? Fine. Hi. How are you? I'm doing well.
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