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Janet Mock on Metro Weekly

Most Recent

• New York Times: “The Growing Transgender Presence in Pop Culture” by Jacob Bernstein

• Washington Post: “Trans advocate Janet Mock dreams bigger after ‘Redefining Realness’” by Dan Zak

• The Colbert Report: Janet sits down with Stephen Colbert for a segment on media, trans identity and Redefining Realness

• The Feminist Wire: “Writing Herstory and Resisting Invisibility: A Review of Janet Mock’s Redefining Realness” by Darnell L. Moore

• For Books’ Sake: Janet chats with Bethany Rose Lamont about defining oneself

• The Atlantic: “Creating a ‘Living Image’ of a Transgender Woman” by Jake Flanagin

• Metro Weekly: Janet Mock’s cover interview about the release of her book to Will O’Bryan

• LogoTV’s New Now Next: Janet Mock discusses impact of pop culture on her book with host Ryan Brockington

• Vitamin W: Janet is named 2013′s Woman of the Year

• Out Magazine’s OUT 100: Janet is named one of 2013’s most compelling LGBT individuals

 
Redefining Realness

• Kirkus Reviews: “Contributing to a Revolution By Telling Her Own Story” by Christopher Carbone

• Canada AM: Janet Mock discusses ‘Redefining Realness on the Canadian morning show with host Marci Len

• HuffPost Live: Janet Mock Discusses ‘Redefining Realness with Marc Lamont Hill

• Bitch Magazine: “Mock & Awe” by Tina Vazquez

• BuzzFeed: Janet gets gif’d in a piece about her ‘Redefining Realness’ video series

• Slate: Janet Mock’s Journey to Womanhood in ‘Redefining Realness’ by Christopher Carbone

• The Isis Magazine: Janet discusses writing, activism and being visible as a trans woman of color with Oxford University’s esteemed student-run magazine

• The Feminist Wire: “A Review of Janet Mock’s Redefining Realness” by David B. Green Jr.

• For Books’ Sake: A review of Redefining Realness by Bethany Lamont

• CBS The Couch: Janet Mock Opens Up About Her Courageous Journey

• Colorlines: “Janet Mock Talks Transgender Sisterhood, Visibility and #GirlsLikeUs” by Jamilah King

• Tagg Magazine: “She Came to Liberate the Girls” by Michelle Alexander

• About.com: “Janet Mock on ‘Redefining Realness’” by Cory Silverberg

• Feministing: “Not Oprah’s Book Club: Redefining Realness” by Jos Truitt

• Upworthy: Joseph Lamour features Janet’s statements on “passing” as part of her Redefining Realness video series

• The Frisky: “Frisky Q&A: Author of Redefining Realness” by Avital Norman Natham

• Daily Xtra: “Janet Mock In Her Own Words” by S Bear Bergman

• Vada Magazine: Janet Mock chats with Jonathan Pizarro about her memoir

• Jezebel: Janet Mock’s Book Is All About ‘Redefining Realness’

• Autostraddle: Janet Mock’s Storysharing Tumblr Project for ‘Redefining Realness’

• AfterEllen: Janet Mock’s Storygiving Campaign for ‘Redefining Realness’

• Bold Italic: #REDEFININGREALNESS Is A Hashtag SF Can Really #GetBehind

Profiles

• Marie Claire, June 2011: Janet Mock opens up about her journey to womanhood

• HBO’s The Out List: Janet stars in the documentary with Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris and Wanda Sykes

• London Times Magazine, Oct. 2011: Profile of Janet and her boyfriend Aaron by Hermione Hoby

• LOOK UK Magazine, Dec. 2011 (pdf): Profile of Janet focused on her life as a writer in New York

• The Telegraph, Nov. 2012: Janet is profiled for the Wonder Women’s section

Radio & Podcasts

• BuzzFeed Books, February 2014: “Life Stories: An Interview With Janet Mock” by Beatrice.com creator Ron Hogan

• Sex Out Loud, February 2014: “Janet Mock on Identity, Visibility, and Redefining Realness” with host Tristan Taormino

• CBC Radio, March 2014: “Janet Mock on self-actualization and Redefining Realness” on Q with Jian Ghomeshi

• The Kitty Bella Show, February 2014: A discussion about Redefining Realness with host Katrina Goodlet

• NPR, June 2011: Tell Me More’s Michel Martin interviews Janet about her “coming out” story

• This Week in Blackness, June 2013: Interview with Janet and Aaron about their relationship

• I Like You Podcast: Interview with Janet and Aaron about their relationship

• Strange Fruit for WFPL News 89.3 FM: Interview with Janet about her work and book

• Becky Juro Show, July 2013: Interview about her work and HBO’s The Out List

Interviews

The lyrics to the Mary Tyler Moore Show were written several decades too early–or really, really prescient. I contend that the woman in those lyrics refer to Janet Mock.
—Andrea Plaid, Racialicious

• Feministing: “The Feministing Five: Janet Mock” by Suzanna Bobadilla

• Autostraddle: Janet discusses “keeping it real” in an “Idol Worship” column

• OPMag: Conversation with Chris Mosier about Redefining Realness

• Colorlines, Oct. 2012: Janet discusses (re)framing how trans women of color in media

• Saint Heron, October 2013: Janet discusses the power of storytelling on Solange Knowles’ website

• Racialicious, April 2013: Interview with Janet for Crush of the Week

• Vanity Fair, June 2013: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ portrait of Janet for The Out List

• Loop21, March 2013: Interview with Janet about the #Girlslikeus campaign

• Metro New York, June 2013: Interview with Janet for the premiere of HBO’s The Out List

• Afrobella, June 2011: Interview with Patrice Yursik about Janet’s hair and beauty routine

• PQ Monthly, November 2013: Interview with Janet about Trans Day of Remembrance

• The Root, July 2013: Interview with Janet about the ongoing fight for trans people of color

TV & Video

You have been at the forefront of doing this work. You stand on many shoulders and have been been a passionate warrior for this movement.
—Marc Lamont Hill

• Huffington Post Live, June 2013: Janet is interviewed by Marc Lamont Hill about trans advocacy and HBO’s The Out List.

• MSNBC Google Hangout, June 2013: Janet chats with Melissa Harris-Perry about the fight beyond marriage

• MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts, Feb. 2012: Janet sits down for her first TV interview with the openly gay anchor. She has a follow-up interview in March.

Janet’s giving voice to a marginalized part of the LGBT community unlike any other.”
—Thomas Roberts, MSNBC Anchor

• Huffington Post Live, September 2013: Janet speaks out alongside Laverne Cox about trans women, sexuality and relationships with cisgender men

• The Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC, March 2013: Janet speaks out on trans-inclusive advocacy and redefining equality. Watch segment two here.

• The Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC, April 2013: Janet becomes the first openly trans person to discuss something other than being trans on national TV with a Scandal watch party.

• Huffington Post Live, October 2013: Janet is interviewed by Alex Berg about media images and depictions about trans peoples.

• In The Life Media, July 2012: Janet has a conversation about representations of trans women in media with America’s Next Top Model Isis King

• dot429, Nov. 2011: Janet sits down with Rich Adler of the LGBT social netowrk dot429

Honors, Lists & Awards

By putting her story in the national spotlight, Janet, previously known as just another young, black professional woman, has challenged the stigma surrounding gender identity.
—The Grio

• Fast Company, August 2013: Janet is named one of the smartest women on Twitter

• Out 100, November 2013: Out magazine names Janet among “the year’s most compelling LGBT individuals”

• The GOOD 100, May 2013: GOOD magazine names Janet among “100 individuals we should rally behind in 2013″

• BuzzFeed LGBT, April 2013: Janet is named to the inaugural Trans 100 list

• Ad Week, September 2013: Janet is given the ADCOLOR Catalyst Award

• Autostraddle, May 2013: Janet is named one of the “Eleven women of color you should know and admire”

• Bustle, October 2013: Janet’s #girlslikeus is named one of the “five women’s movements worth watching”

• Next Magazine, September 2013: Janet is given the Anti-Violence Project’s Courage Award

• The Huffington Post, March 2013: Janet is named among 23 Women Blazing Trails for the LGBT Community with Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnell, Staceyann Chin and more

• The Center for American Progress, March 2013: Janet is named one of the Top 13 Women of Color to Watch in 2013 with Shonda Rhimes, Geeta Rao Gupta, Joy-Ann Reid and more

• The Huffington Post, Oct. 2012: Janet is named an “LGBT History Month Icon of the Day”

• The Grio 100, Feb. 2011: MSNBC’s African-American site honors Janet as an emerging leader and advocate

• Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Oct. 2012: Stephen Ira profiles Janet as an SRLP 10 Honoree

• The Sundance Channel, June 2012: Janet is named No. 3 on Top 10 Who’s Who in LGBT America

• GBM News, April 2012: Janet is named No. 4 on the 15 Most Powerful LGBT Celebrities