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Redefining realness

Redefining realness (2014)

288 pages 4.2/5 Goodreads

With unflinching honesty and moving prose, Janet Mock relays her experiences of growing up young, multiracial, poor, and trans in America, offering readers accessible language while imparting vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of a marginalized and misunderstood population. Though undoubtedly an account of one woman’s quest for self at all costs, Redefining Realness is a powerful vision of possibility and self-realization, pushing us all toward greater acceptance of one another—and of ourselves—showing as never before how to be unapologetic and real.

Author: Janet Mock

ISBN: 9781494564766

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Ableism (depicted) Hate crimes (depicted) Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Mental Health & Emotional

Grief / bereavement (major focus) Suicide (discussed or ideation)

Sexual Content

Age-gap relationships (predatory) Explicit sexual content / nudity Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations

Substance Use

Drug use (depicted)

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Sexual assault / rape
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