Dylan Marron is an IFP Gotham Award & Drama Desk-nominated writer, performer, and video maker. He is the voice of Carlos on the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale, an alum of the New York Neo Futurists, and the creator of Every Single Word (Tumblr's "Most Viral Blog" of 2016; Shorty Award Nominee), a video series that edits down popular films to only feature the words spoken by people of color.

He is a writer & correspondent at Seriously.tv, where he createdSitting in Bathrooms with Trans People, Shutting Down Bullsh*t, and the Unboxing series. 

Dylan Marron

Dylan Marron

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Janet Mock talks about her new book Surpassing Certainty

Janet Mock talks about her new book Surpassing Certainty

After writing her memoir about coming of age as a black trans woman in Redefining Realness, Janet Mock spoke at colleges around the country, where she said she received a common question: How can I fully be myself in the “real” world? And so the seeds were planted for Mock’s follow-up book Surpassing Certainty, an open road map through the highs and lows of her twenties that ultimately lead her to where she is today. Before Mock speaks at live performance venue the Greene Space on June 26, writer and video maker Dylan Marron caught up with the activist about her new LGBT book, her love of Destiny’s Child and more. Dylan Marron: Your new book Surpassing Certainty is something like a love letter to your twenties. What do you wish you had known then that you know now?Janet Mock: Oh, God! That’s like the whole book! Just one thing. It’s so easy![Laughs] I wish I would have known that I could take my time. So much of my younger years I felt such a sense of urgency to accomplish and achieve that I wasn’t really present enough to just enjoy the process of being young, of learning, of being in school, of hanging out with my peers, and having leisurely time before these obligations come into your life. So I wish I would have said “girl, slow down, just take your time.” Today’s younger generation can get a bad rap sometimes. Is there something you think the younger generation is doing right?Oh my god! I spend so much of my time— whether that’s in online conversations with younger peopl