Fashion blogger turned publishing sensation Tavi Gevinson is framed by artist Minna Gilligan's psychedelic-inspired illustrations and photos of pop icons in a FaceTime-style exchange between the pair. The film comes as a visual response to the pair’s tête-à-tête for the fifth issue of Printed Pages, a foray into paper publishing from online platform It’s Nice That. Gevinson has become synonymous with the zine-toting digital revolution that juxtaposes feminist views and heartthrob collages across the web. She launched teen-focused online zine Rookie in 2010—itself in the second issue of it’s printed edition—and now reaches over four-million readers per week, boasting a global network of contributors including the 21-year-old Melbourne-based illustrator. The pair give NOWNESS the low down on their web-centric world.
What’s the one internet habit you have no intention of breaking?
Tavi: Just, like, tweeting things and then being like “ugh, why? Ugh, I hate myself” and deleting them after.”
Minna: I have a lot of internet habits, most of them bad. My most crazy one is obsessively checking eBay auctions even if I’m not bidding on it or anything. I love a bargain, so if it’s like the last five seconds of an auction I don’t want to miss out on something I don’t need.
You’re editing your fantasy issue of Rookie, Who are your fantasy contributors, dead or alive?
T: That’s so hard, ok—Beyoncé. Emily Dickinson would be great, Frida Kahlo and Zadie Smith. Madonna if we could go back a bit, before shit went down.
If you were a social media platform, what would you be and what’s trending?
M: It would be kind of a logistical nightmare to become a social-media platform as a human but I’ll bypass that and say that I’d probably be Instagram. I like the cleanness of it and the ability it gives you to curate this totally perfect rose-tinted dream world.
What do you consider to be the greatest internet invention?
T: @Seinfeld200 is my favourite Twitter account. It’s my favourite internet invention by far.
The Spring 2014 Issue of Printed Pages is available now.