Anytime that we - and when I say "we," I mean feminine people, trans feminine folk, women - do anything that is… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Your disrespect for me is apparent. You never respected me when I think about it and you never liked me. But I’m… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
No matter how discouraged I get from the people who are being appointed in this next administration, how discouraged I feel to… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Like many teens, I struggled with my body and looks, but my despair was amplified by the expectations of cisnormativity and the gender binary… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Throughout the day, I like to spritz my face with a rose water for extra moisture. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“she cleaned, scrubbing to the staticky rhythm of Hawaiian music playing from her silver clock radio.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Hawaii was so integral to my journey. I was just there at the right time. — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I was a mixed black girl existing in a westernized Hawaiian culture where petite Asian women were the ideal, in a white culture where… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Trans folk, especially of color, should not be obligated to help cis folk play catch-up on our experiences. The effort can detract from our… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I grew up at a time in Hawaii where there were trans women around, so there were visible role models for me. At the… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
We have to take care of our people. That's our work now. And it's going to be a lot harder than it would have… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“The crux of our conflict lay in the fact that we each couldn't be who we wanted the other to be.” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
![“Anytime that we - and when I say "we," I mean feminine people, trans feminine folk, women - do anything that is centered on our own pleasure or desire, it's seen as frivolous. But learning how to love your own body and finding pleasure in something that has brought you pain [in the past] is so…” quote by Janet Mock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/56f/janet-mock-2947_desire_anytime-that-we-and-when-i-say-we-i-mean_1859176.jpg)
