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Dylan Mulvaney

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We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

And then maybe... 15 days into hosting, you know, Days of Girlhood videos, I got this offer. I think the first one I got was for like maybe OkCupid. It was like a dating app. And it had these numbers where I was like, oh my God. I was like... This is like, I could, what? So I started doing these ads thinking it felt creative. I was writing these little scripts.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

And then maybe... 15 days into hosting, you know, Days of Girlhood videos, I got this offer. I think the first one I got was for like maybe OkCupid. It was like a dating app. And it had these numbers where I was like, oh my God. I was like... This is like, I could, what? So I started doing these ads thinking it felt creative. I was writing these little scripts.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

And then maybe... 15 days into hosting, you know, Days of Girlhood videos, I got this offer. I think the first one I got was for like maybe OkCupid. It was like a dating app. And it had these numbers where I was like, oh my God. I was like... This is like, I could, what? So I started doing these ads thinking it felt creative. I was writing these little scripts.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I was making jokes and having the time of my life. And I didn't realize how they were kind of, I was their diversity hire. You know, a lot of these companies had never worked with a trans person before. And I think that was special, you know, when they did it right. And when they kind of let me make content that felt separate from my identity.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I was making jokes and having the time of my life. And I didn't realize how they were kind of, I was their diversity hire. You know, a lot of these companies had never worked with a trans person before. And I think that was special, you know, when they did it right. And when they kind of let me make content that felt separate from my identity.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I was making jokes and having the time of my life. And I didn't realize how they were kind of, I was their diversity hire. You know, a lot of these companies had never worked with a trans person before. And I think that was special, you know, when they did it right. And when they kind of let me make content that felt separate from my identity.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

But I remember doing this food delivery app where I like sent them a really funny script and they were like, could you actually just talk a little bit more about your childhood trauma and how it was really difficult growing up to like be, you know, a trans person. And I was like, we're talking about delivering like groceries to my house. Yeah. But I did because I thought I owed them that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

But I remember doing this food delivery app where I like sent them a really funny script and they were like, could you actually just talk a little bit more about your childhood trauma and how it was really difficult growing up to like be, you know, a trans person. And I was like, we're talking about delivering like groceries to my house. Yeah. But I did because I thought I owed them that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

But I remember doing this food delivery app where I like sent them a really funny script and they were like, could you actually just talk a little bit more about your childhood trauma and how it was really difficult growing up to like be, you know, a trans person. And I was like, we're talking about delivering like groceries to my house. Yeah. But I did because I thought I owed them that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

And I sort of became this little capitalist robot because I didn't know what was happening to me. And I didn't know that I was capitalizing on my identity. And so I got really comfortable. I talk about this in the book of like,

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

And I sort of became this little capitalist robot because I didn't know what was happening to me. And I didn't know that I was capitalizing on my identity. And so I got really comfortable. I talk about this in the book of like,

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

And I sort of became this little capitalist robot because I didn't know what was happening to me. And I didn't know that I was capitalizing on my identity. And so I got really comfortable. I talk about this in the book of like,

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

At times, I think because I was comparing myself to these other influencers that were cis girls online that were doing the same brand deals and going to the same events, and I would sometimes forget that I couldn't operate the same way they did and be as comfortable as they did because I didn't hold that level of privilege.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

At times, I think because I was comparing myself to these other influencers that were cis girls online that were doing the same brand deals and going to the same events, and I would sometimes forget that I couldn't operate the same way they did and be as comfortable as they did because I didn't hold that level of privilege.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

At times, I think because I was comparing myself to these other influencers that were cis girls online that were doing the same brand deals and going to the same events, and I would sometimes forget that I couldn't operate the same way they did and be as comfortable as they did because I didn't hold that level of privilege.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I have what I believe to be probably the highest level of privilege as a trans woman in this world, but it's still not... what some of these other girls can get away with. And so I love beer. I always have. It's kind of been like my go-to. And it was funny.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I have what I believe to be probably the highest level of privilege as a trans woman in this world, but it's still not... what some of these other girls can get away with. And so I love beer. I always have. It's kind of been like my go-to. And it was funny.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I have what I believe to be probably the highest level of privilege as a trans woman in this world, but it's still not... what some of these other girls can get away with. And so I love beer. I always have. It's kind of been like my go-to. And it was funny.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I even just a few weeks ago, a friend sent me a video of me shotgunning a beer when I was probably, you know, 21 in the backyard of like a college frat party. And I was like, see, I did take it for the right reason. But I took the gig not for one second thinking, oh, this could go south.

We Can Do Hard Things
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done

I even just a few weeks ago, a friend sent me a video of me shotgunning a beer when I was probably, you know, 21 in the backyard of like a college frat party. And I was like, see, I did take it for the right reason. But I took the gig not for one second thinking, oh, this could go south.