Caitlyn Jenner, who made her debut to the world in a now-famous Vanity Fair cover story, has reprised her cover-girl status, with a feature in the February/March issue of The Advocate that calls her “the world’s best-known transgender person” who is also still facing criticism for “not getting her very public transition exactly right.”

“I am only a spokesperson for my own journey,” Jenner says in the cover story, rejecting the media’s depiction o her as a spokesperson for the trans community. “After that, I know nothing. Am I learning a lot? Absolutely. I’m just trying to do my best, that’s all.”

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And despite her frequent discussion of the fashion and beauty regimen of being female, and her admission in the Advocate article that Kim Kardashian West has helped her learn to look her best for the paparazzi, Jenner says, “There’s more to being a woman than hair and makeup.” And she’s actually been studying to learn what that means, including reading the book How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran.

“It’s actually very good and very funny,” Jenner says. “What I realized, when going through this book, is how my experience is so different than what a normal woman’s would be growing up — that’s obvious. The second chapter was about having your period. O.K.? I will never deal with that. So there is so much in life that I need to learn about who I am and be authentic with myself. But I never want to assume that this whole thing called womanhood, that I could ever experience all of that. I will be able to live authentically as female, but I’ve missed so much.”

Jenner has been credited with bringing much more visibility to trans people, and she tells The Advocate that she doesn’t take that position lightly—even if she still doesn’t feel like a spokesperson for anyone but herself. “I am certainly the exception to the rule. I am not the rule,” she says, citing the disproportionately high suicide and murder rates for trans people in the United States. “There’s just so much work to be done.”