Twee is pervasive, genteel and hard to bear, pixie-haired, wide-eyed and precocious. Twee is also out of hand, and more complicated than it seems.

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Modern twee rejects commercialism and the thinness it used to glamorize in the millennium, focusing more on diversity and body positivity, Anna Pompilio, ...

If you thought the Indie Twee movement had been left in the early 2010s, we’re here to burst your bubble. ... modern Twee girls tend to replace the brogue with a pair of patent Mary Janes.

Whenever people asked me what my next book was about, I answered: “Twee.” This mostly happened in loud bars. In 2011 it was quite possible that Twee only existed as a movement in my head. I ...

Modern twee rejects commercialism and the thinness it used to glamorize in the millennium, focusing more on diversity and body positivity, Anna Pompilio, ...