You know Tumblr right? Well, Molly Soda is at its epicentre. She’s got tribute sites (!) thousands of followers (!!) and gets regular shout outs from big-name bloggers like Tavi(!!!)This NY based student/artist/filmmaker is quite possibly the ultimate Tumblr icon. Molly Soda’s latest creation ‘Tween Dreams’, what she describes as a “crazier version of Lizzie Mcguire” in which Molly Soda plays every character, is a series of short films loosely based on her own tweenage experience growing up in Indiana, being insecure and going to the mall. 

MS: tween dreams was my senior thesis for nyu tisch

MS: i wanted to make a crazier version of lizzie mcguire using myself as every character. it’s loosely based on my tweenage experience growing up in indiana, being insecure and going to the mall

MS: i’m working on writing the next installment of tween dreams and hopefully will star shooting it in a few weeks when i’m back in indiana

AK: Indiana is random

MS: yes indiana is random but my parents are both professors and indiana university is there

AK: was there a lot of discipline in your house-hold, or was creativity something to embrace… What was your high-school experience like socially?

MS: my parents were pretty lax about stuff growing up

MS: they’re very liberal and were always cool with whatever my interests were

MS: although i did have a 1030pm curfew until i was 18 which was pretty annoying

MS: i didn’t have a lot of friends in my high school i was pretty angsty and felt i was above everyone ~*no one gets me*~ syndrome i guess

AK: Haha, did any pop-punk bands treat the syndrome?

MS: They probably just made it worse ha

MS: Times have changed i guess i’ve stopped caring about what other people are wearing/doing though

AK: Omg, did you go to prom?

AK: Prom scares me like after watching Jawbreaker, I am officially not down for prom…

MS: hahahaha

MS: jawbreaker is a great movie

MS: prom isn’t how they make it out to be in the movies though

MS: i went to my junior prom but not my senior prom

AK: Lol, did you wear a dress like Bianca Stratford from 10 Things I hate About You?!

MS: oooh I wish I had worn a dress like hers I love that dress

MS: prom was pretty lame, but everyone should go anyway

MS: I wore a vintage 1850s dress, i still have it it was so beautiful

MS: egg shell blue, lots of tulle, sweetheart neckline, a bow

AK: Do some people in your family and some friends not know you as Molly Soda?

MS: my friends definitely do and im pretty sure my parents are aware of it too

AK: what did they think of the video of you spitting and the one of you sucking your fingers

MS: i hope they havent seen those

MS: but they cant really do anything about it IM AN ARTIST MOM N DAD

AK: AHAHHAAHAHA!

AK: Do you think Tumblr- in a sense- has ruined any subcultures by exploiting them?

MS: if tumblr didnt do it something else would

MS: i try not to think about that sort of stuff the internet is supposed to be fun… right???

MS: i like people

MS: i love going out

MS: so no im not scared of the real world

AK: Yay, you don’t have Daria syndrome!

AK: Many teens do!

AK: You should write the cure to it

MS: i think it just depends on your personality

MS: i kind of hate being on the internet for too long now

MS: i get antsy

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Interview: Alex Kazemi