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Hari Nef

Hari Nef

American Actress

Born: Oct 21, 1992

Me People Think Time Woman You

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It's time for the aesthetics of upwardly mobile feminist respectability to make room for the aesthetics of survival, particularly trans survival. Hari Nef

Time Survival Respectability Particularly Make Aesthetic Feminist Mobile Room

I like to let my skin breathe, I don't like to stress it out. I don't like to put it through very much. Hari Nef

Stress Skin Out Through Put Like Very Breathe Much

There have been moments where I've had to question the way I've used social media and change it. Not because anything was wrong or right but because my needs had changed, and my perspective had changed. Hari Nef

Needs Change Perspective Social Media Changed Way Had Wrong Because Been Question Where Anything Social Used Moments Media Right

I want to start the trans mafia one day. Hari Nef

Day One Day Mafia Want Start

What we really need to look at is gender fluidity and the idea that gender can be customised however you want. Hari Nef

You Gender Fluidity Idea Look However Want Really Need

I'm a much better actor as a girl than I was as a guy. Hari Nef

Better Girl Guy Better Actor Than Much Actor

Fashion gave me my start, and that will always be my home. I'll always be so grateful for all my collaborators and friends I've made there, but I'm so excited to dive head first into just being a working actor. Hari Nef

My desire to be an actor or a model precedes my identity. Hari Nef

Identity Precedes Model Actor Desire

What's infuriating is when cis people think celebrating me is celebrating transness. Hari Nef

Me People Think Celebrating Infuriating

I like shows for atmosphere. I don't know, I think a plot-driven show is so boring and masc4masc and gross. Hari Nef

Think Boring Atmosphere Like Know Gross Show Shows

People feel emboldened to say things on the Internet they wouldn't in person. Hari Nef

People Internet Say Feel Person Things

When you're a teenager, everything is amplified because everything is a first. The first time you feel othered, the first time you feel rejected, the first time you fall in love... it's the first time, so it's so vivid, and everything feels like the whole world almost, because it is your whole world; your world is small when you're a teenager. Hari Nef

I always think I look dead, but I never actually do. Hari Nef

Think Never Look Dead Always Actually

I was never good at being a boy, but I was always a good student. Hari Nef

Good Good Student Student Never Boy Always Being

If I get too glam and polished and pretty, people are like, 'Hari, why aren't you speaking up about issues?' And if I start speaking up about issues, people are like, 'Why can't you just be an actress?' Hari Nef

You People Just Be Too Pretty About Glam Like Polished Issues Up Get Just Speaking Actress Why Start

I couldn't remember when I'd stopped willing to be trans and started wanting to be trans. If there were a difference, I'd forgotten it. Hari Nef

Remember Willing Remember When Were Stopped Forgotten Difference Wanting Started

If I ever called myself an activist, I regret it, and I was cornered into it by an industry who couldn't justify me taking up space without saying that I had some kind of radical political agenda because they saw my participation as a radical political thing. Which it was not. Hari Nef

Saying Myself Me Regret Political Space Radical Cornered Saw Kind Some Had Taking Participation Industry Because Without Political Agenda Up Which Justify Agenda Who Activist Ever Thing

Fashion has always captivated me because, like I said, it has the potential to create narratives about what's beautiful, aspirational, chic, masculine, feminine, glamorous, etc. Generally, this power is dispatched in useless ways. Hari Nef

Trans-dating is hardcore, and it's really scary. And that's coming from me, someone who couldn't be dating in a more open-minded Manhattan pool of artsy boys and creative folk. Not saying it all sucks. I'm just saying it's not easy. Hari Nef

Saying Me Creative Pool Folk Easy Scary Someone More Dating Open-Minded Boy Coming Just Manhattan Really Who Sucks Hardcore

I had family who exposed me to all sorts of different media involving actors - films, theatrical productions touring through Boston. My grandparents, particularly my mother's parents, were huge fans of all the arts, and they took me to these shows and exhibits at a very young age, so I was just immersed in it. Hari Nef

Family Me Age Mother Fans Parents Young Films Took Immersed Boston Through Had Touring Particularly Involving Sort Were Huge Very Just Arts Young Age Different Theatrical Grandparents Productions Who Exposed Shows Media Actor

I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists. Hari Nef

Success Time Slow Practice Building Carefully Projects Favor Willing Easy Admire Toward Over Feels Commercial Commercial Success Artistic Artists Burn Choosing Who Exposure Actor Actress Specific Route

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