Tavi Gevinson, Retta & Michael Ian Black

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2012

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Tavi Gevinson talks about how weird it can get navigating the fashion world as a teenager. Then Retta – the comedian and actress you might have seen on Parks & Recreation – talks about how to steer clear of typecasting. And comedian Michael Ian Black reveals what happened when a trick-or-treater showed up at his door dressed as a cat's tail.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Lee from Dublin, Ireland.
0:01.8	I'm Nick Showtime Ballata from Rhode Island.
0:03.8	I'm Blake from Oakland, California.
0:05.6	Both I would Jesse Thorn has produced independently
0:07.9	and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:09.7	You should support the show like I did.
0:11.2	This visit maximumfund.org-donate.
0:14.9	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:16.2	In middle school, Tavi Gevenson was already
0:18.8	a superstar in the fashion blocking world.
0:21.3	I mean, I just kind of liked that I would go to school
0:24.3	and get bullied for how I was dressed or whatever,
0:26.6	but then, like, I would get photographed
0:29.3	wearing that outfit at Fashion Week.
0:30.8	Like, I just really relished in the irony of that.
0:33.4	It's Bullseye.
0:34.4	This week, Tavi Gevenson talks about how weird it gets
0:43.5	when you're a teenager in the world of fashion.
0:46.9	And why her website, Rookie, is alternative,
0:49.8	but not the way you'd expect.
0:51.7	It's subversive because there isn't really
0:54.2	another publication that speaks to teenagers.
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