“None of these things is a “guilty pleasure”—I don’t think anyone should feel guilty about feeling pleasure—[…]”

“There is nothing more exciting than being surrounded by people who are freaking out collectively about a piece of culture.”

“Is there some official document that declares what’s respectable and what’s trashy? NO! That document does not exist!”

“These days on top of band pins we have Pinterests, Tumblrs, and Facebook profiles dedicated to telling people about the people, music, movies, animals, food groups, etc., that we love.”

“But why would you want to reduce people to stereotypes? When you reduce people to one-dimensional stereotypes, you limit the way you see the world, and limit your LIFE! In reality, people are BEAUTIFUL MULTIFACETED GEMS, and if you like Best Coast as much as you like One Direction, that’s great! And, more than that, who cares?! People who care about that are scared of your LAYERS. They want you to be easy for them to understand, but you are large, you contain multitudes.”