{"id":6306,"date":"2010-11-12T23:36:25","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T07:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2010-11-13T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T04:00:12","slug":"tavi-rorshack-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/tavi-rorshack-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Tavi Rorschach Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader asked me to explain why I don’t like Tavi<\/strong>, and while thinking this over I wondered: Is it okay to not like her? By “okay” I mean, politically acceptable, if not politically correct.<\/p>\n

I just don’t like her! Sue me!<\/p>\n

Trying to examine the dislike is akin to examining why I don’t like cream cheese. \u00a0 It’s an immediate reaction, a matter of taste. Does it have to go deeper, I’m wondering? Is it so weird to not like a precocious little teenager that it calls for analysis?<\/p>\n

I once took issue with her over the notion that she should identify herself as being on the autistic spectrum. That didn’t go over very well. I don’t even agree with myself at this point. People are free to self-identify or not, as gay, autistic, bi-polar, what have you. I’m past giving a shit. Sorry! to everyone who took offense.<\/p>\n

Here’s an idea:<\/p>\n

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I will use this photo to illustrate my opinion, Taviwise. She is a kid who finds herself \u00a0 ironic. Her discussions of her schoolday strike me as full of self-irony disguised as faux innocence. Her stance of “Who me? I’m just a kid!” is contradicted by hiring a very effective publicist to put her in front of our eyes on an almost daily basis. She approaches these people to be part of their projects. She’s a brand seeking brand recognition.<\/p>\n

In this photo, she was asked to model the Ralph Lauren<\/strong> breast cancer awareness shirt, and she chose to style it with the famous ribbon hat, nudge nudge, that bothered some fashion editor. She’s too young to reference herself, but she’s doing it anyway. It’s irritating.<\/p>\n

I don’t even get why grown ups are supposed to want a kid telling them about fashion or anything else. If your all-time favorite TV show is “Daria,” and your all-time favorite magazine is “Sassy,” you need to stay in school and gain some perspective! Or get a show on Nikelodeon!<\/p>\n

Remember when<\/a> she turned down an invitation to be on Oprah, “because that\u2019s just not a crowd whose eyes I want on me?” Oprah is just too pedestrian. Screw Oprah. Oprah wouldn’t get it like Rad Hourani<\/strong> or the Rodarte<\/strong> girls.<\/p>\n

Is this a good enough explanation or am I just a big mean horrible old wrinkly meanie?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"