UCSB RCSGD

Thanks @janetmock for gracing UCSB with your words. We hope you enjoy the rest of SoCal #RedefiningRealness tour!

"The reductive nature of the media & our stories." #JanetMockUCSB

"Media engagement has been the most difficult. Interviewers haven't read the book, but think they know what it's all about."

Biggest positive of this memory is for communities that aren't mine to identify with my story. #JanetMockUCSB

"As staff, intervene in those moments & advocate for your students." #JanetMockUCSB

"Young people know exactly what they want. My peers weren't intolerant, admin was." #JanetMockUCSB

"I think I get hit on by everyone." Yassss. #JanetMockUCSB

Short Q&A

Redefine Realness and stop the interrogation of trans* people's bodies & identities. #JanetMockUCSB

"Realness is a community word. Redefine Realness because it is a perfect word to validate our authenticity." #JanetMockUCSB

Q: Why did you choose your book title?

Respectability politics are bullshit. The mainstream LGBT movement is for white, cis, men. #JanetMockUCSB

"Recognize that legacy of resilience and survival" -@janetmock on the stonewall rights. #JanetMockUCSB

We can start by recognizing it as work. Not arresting sex workers, but giving them rights. #JanetMockUCSB

"Underground economy has been a form of survival. It is not a space I want to celebrate, but not stigmatize either." Janet mock on sex work.

College is not built for TWoC and PoC. These systems were not made for you. #JanetMockUCSB

"She made me love being brown." #JanetMockUCSB

"It fed me to see Beyoncé in that video...I was not represented in the video but Beyoncé & Destiny's Child were..." #JanetMockUCSB

"I felt like it was a chapter in which I could be all of me." #chapter14 #JanetMockUCSB

Reading Chapter 14 #JanetMockUCSB