Janet Mock Quotes
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There's power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a difficult step for many transgender people because it's also a very visible one.
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As an activist who uses storytelling to combat stigma, I have always been adamant that we tell our own stories.
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A staple in my makeup bag is Black Opal's True Color Skin Perfecting Stick Foundation, which offers a range of colors with many undertones.
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When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.
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When I was 12, my brother and I moved back to Honolulu to live with our mother. Hawaii felt like another universe, and reflecting on it, I am struck by how much more open and accepting it was.
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I don't have to explain anything to trans women. Trans women know exactly what's going on.
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I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.
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My personal style really started in my teens when I gained purchasing power to actually buy my own damn clothes. For so long, my parents dictated what I wore, which largely was their way of containing me within the gender binary.
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I wrote 'Redefining Realness' because not enough of our stories are being told, and I believe we need stories that reflect us so we don't feel so isolated in our apparent 'difference.'
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I just love to glow, glow glow, so with my skincare and makeup routine, I gravitate to products that help me achieve that sun-kissed, dewy look.
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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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There's nothing more mundane than sitting across from a celebrity in a sterile gray conference room. But when the star sitting across from you is Taraji Penda Henson, you are being treated to a master class in the art of the hustle.
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We are all part of a larger collective looking to create a more beautiful and just world.
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By the time I was a sophomore in high school, it had become routine for me to be sent home for wearing dresses. My mere presence in a skirt became an act of protest that would get me called out of class and into the vice principal's office.
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I just am trans. That's just the way it is. I knew this as a child. But I was told that because I expressed femininity in a boy's body, I needed to be silent about it. To be ashamed. That led to isolation, which then made it easier for me to be prey to a predator in my own home.
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The Internet has introduced me to some of my closest friends.
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In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup.
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Trans people are not a monolith.
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We must have the audacity to turn up the frequency of our truths.
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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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Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture.
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It's great to engage with the mainstream media to get messages out, but the most empowering tool is to create records of our lives, and our own images, which are not filtered through judgements, biases, or misunderstandings.
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What helps me when someone puts me down or aims to offend me is to not take what they say personally. I try my best to not internalize their comments.
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To say that I loved school would be an understatement. It was my oasis, my sanctuary.