Janet Mock: 'Unlearn The Things This World Has Thrust Upon You': BUST Interview

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Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! Check out this flashback from the BUST archive with writer, director, and activist Janet Mock. TransDayOfVisibility janetmock girlslikeus womenshistorymonth

In-person, Janet Mock shines brighter than the Hawaiian sun she was born under. The woman TIME called “one of the most influential people on the planet” started her career as editor of People.com in 2006, then went on to work as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and as a contributing editor for Marie Claire, where she came out publicly as a trans woman in an article in 2011.

ADVERTISEMENT After reading your book, I’ve been thinking about how you’ve been able to get to this point of saying, “This is who I am.” I’m wondering if you have gone through periods of hyper-perfectionism and hyper-vigilance? Why is it that me or Laverne [Cox] have to comment on every single issue when there’s an army of trans women of color who have been doing this work for a long time? Go to their Twitter feeds, they’re there, they exist. It’s up to cisgender women to help [Chimamanda] process, and to speak out, and to stand alongside their trans sisters.

I was sad I missed your speech at the Women’s March. I was standing too far away. Tell me about your experience there.

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