Guardian interview with Janet Mock

[hackmum]

This is what Simon Hattenstone says about transwoman Janet Mock:

"Mock is gorgeous – tall, curvy, with brown, almond-shaped eyes, a perfect smile and cheek-bones so high you could hoist a flag on them."

I was surprised. The Guardian is usually careful not to write about women's appearance in a way that objectifies them.

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/15/janet-mock-id-never-seen-a-young-trans-woman-who-was-thriving-in-the-world-i-was-looking-for-that

That is sick.

Fucking sick bastard 😡

Janet Mock is quite pretty. What does that have to do with anything?

If male journalists would stop writing articles with their penises that would be great. It's not really ideally designed for typing, guys.

@UpstartCrow - where's that quote from? I can't quite believe anyone would say that!

That quote is appalling

Regardless of who he was writing about, isn't that description just like those examples of bad male writing which were parodied recently?

Did Mock boob boobily down the stairs too? It's ridiculous.

How could anyone interview Mock and not raise those comments about supporting paid child abuse as "liberatory"? It's a huge omission. This is just a puff piece about how great Mock is. Totally poor journalism.

Where is that quote from? Couldn’t find it in the aerial.

Article*

citation please

It isn't in the article - I put it into Google and it took me to Lipstick Ally where a poster wrote it and later said it was from a blog. I'll look for the link. I can't say that Janet Mock has actually expressed that view however.

Janet Mock's article interpreted by gendertrender
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/gendertrender.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/janet-mock-on-the-underground-railroad-into-child-prostitution-for-transgender-youth-and-why-he-thinks-thats-a-good-thing/amp/

That quote doesn't appear anywhere online (not even though this web page which is worrying). Is it definitely genuine?

janetmock.com/2014/01/30/janet-mock-sex-work-experiences/ The original article

I'd just found it too Janie - without reading Janet's actual words rather than an interpretation I don't know if that is actually what she said.

She didn't in the way portrayed by Gendertrender

Oh Guardian. It's like watching a once-respected colleague get pissed and grope the intern at the Christmas party.

This is her actual essay - I don't have time to read it right now. At first glance it seems to be about de-stigmatising sex work for those who had to do it, but that is first glance.

janetmock.com/2014/01/30/janet-mock-sex-work-experiences/

She didn't in the way portrayed by Gendertrender

I skim read it, but I agree with you, that's what I thought too.

@upstartcrow - do you have the original source for those comments re child exploitation?
I see Mr Hattenstone has a Twitter account.....

Two articles have been linked Suited One by JM

That is a terrible article in Gendertrender. It completely distorts what Janet Mock was saying.