tavi gevinson // #ladyhero Posted by Helena

Sooo Tavi Gevinson. Ladyhero. Nevermind the fact that she's like a decade younger than me, she's still a ladyhero. Tavi was a keynote speaker at the Melbourne Writer's Festival (among others like London's mayor Boris Johnson, bless him). She spoke for about half an hour and then did a Q&A session.

Let me just say that Tavi essentially spoke about what she loves and about how her life is kind of like being a professional fangirl and being creative. Everything she said I've thought, but she says it so much more eloquently than I could ever do. When you have some spare time, check out her speech, because it's really truly great and I relate a lot. Any teenage girl, or anyone who's been a teenager really, would relate! Also, Benjamin Law chats to her in the above video, so that's #awesome!

Yes, Tavi referenced One Direction. And Bieber. Daria. Taylor Swift. The Virgin Suicides. Fleetwood Mac. Rashida Jones. All sorts of amazeball stuff. She makes me rethink my internet bio of "pop culture nerd".

love // dad's letter to his gay son Posted by Helena

i just discovered this beautiful letter from a dad to his son on mashable. i hope my gay friends will be able to legally marry in the next few years.

big issues // kony 2012 Posted by Helena

I know everyone's been tweeting, facebooking and talking about Kony 2012. It's been getting some criticism over sources of funding, facts about the LRA, why they're only petitioning the US government, etc, but it's still a very powerful piece of media and well worth watching.

Thanks to Jess who directed me to this interesting article about the legitimacy of the charity.