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Janet Mock

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2018-02-07

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2018-02-07

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1. “Oh my God, I remember that was the first time in my life where I had to, where I was told this is where you're supposed to be. This is the box, the literal box where you literally supposed to exist in. Even though I had an inclination or wanting to draw towards the boxes that said, Darlene or Cavehi, all the people that were my, all the girls that were my friends who I played hopscotch with and played Jacks with. And so to be. Put in this blue box labelled Charles. None of these decisions I made. There was a, I guess a chasm between that. Wanting to step across that line that I knew. I knew from everyone else was wrong to want to even cross that and to go and remove that name, put a new name there, and put my shoes in this box.”

   2018-02-07 · Oprah's Super Soul · Janet Mock: Redefining Realness · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “I do. I think that we're all searching for truth. I think that there is. There's so much that people are telling you about who you are. And I think that's where the othering comes in. I was constantly, as a person, going through this society trying to figure out who I was. In relation to what people were telling me, I should be. And so for me redefining realness was about tapping into my most authentic self. Who am I to me? And I think that for me, realness is about authenticity. It's about searching and seeking truth. It's about... Being okay in the nuance of the messiness of figuring out who you are when you may not have the answers yet.”

   2018-02-07 · Oprah's Super Soul · Janet Mock: Redefining Realness · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

3. “I don't know if I've transcended it yet. I still think that for most people, the most interesting part about me is my transness. And so for me, I still feel like there is an othering about that. But I think there's a lot of power in saying that I will proudly and unapologetically embrace that part of my identity for once. The one part of my identity that I was taught growing up to be silent and shamed about, right? And so to own that label and to say that it is mine and I will stand here in that complicatedness of like existing as a person. As a trans person, as a trans woman, I think that there is power in that, but there's still an othering attached to any kind of labels. I think that kind of qualifies personhood or human.”

   2018-02-07 · Oprah's Super Soul · Janet Mock: Redefining Realness · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source