American - Writer | March 10, 1983 -
Curiosity is vital to the growth of our society.
Janet Mock
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Movies have always been spaces of refuge for me. For a few harmonious hours, I could escape my reality of being a girl living on the margins.
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The transgender community has always been a part of Hawaiian society, where people who don't conform to the binary system of man/woman, masculine/feminine are accepted or, at minimum, tolerated.
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As a visible and outspoken trans woman myself, I know that it's rare not to have your trans-ness lead the way for you in public spaces.
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I still have a YA-genre-series type of a book in me that I really want to tell.
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If I'm watching 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta,' there's a part of that that's just escapism. I'm not watching it with a political lens, but there is a part of me that certain things trigger and pull up, where I'm like, 'Oh, that was really problematic.'
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If we want to enlighten people or give them new thoughts and ideas, we have to be willing to do the work of educating them.
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Women are so policed and devalued and dehumanized when it comes to the work they do.
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For me, as an activist and a storyteller, I'm very centered in ensuring that we show the complicatedness of the human experience that happens to be rooted in my community's trans experiences.
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Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture.
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I'm an island girl, so I love super bronzy skin!
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We need space to discuss unspoken, uncomfortable dark truths.
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