S/HEMinnie Bruce Pratt expands the boundaries of gender and its theory in these sophisticated lyrical vignettes sited at the crossroads of feminist analysis, queer theory and transgender liberation. |
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Page 38
She was offended someone else had told her. Of my reticence, she'd said
abruptly, "Being afraid to tell is your problem, not mine." I have had other
arguments with this woman. I want the organization to back a Black woman who
is suing the ...
She was offended someone else had told her. Of my reticence, she'd said
abruptly, "Being afraid to tell is your problem, not mine." I have had other
arguments with this woman. I want the organization to back a Black woman who
is suing the ...
Page 46
Perhaps I could find someone else there, or perhaps be found. On summer
mornings, lying very still in bed, I closed my eyes, and waited for someone to
touch me. Hours dreaming someone stern, determined, almost rough, who could
break ...
Perhaps I could find someone else there, or perhaps be found. On summer
mornings, lying very still in bed, I closed my eyes, and waited for someone to
touch me. Hours dreaming someone stern, determined, almost rough, who could
break ...
Page 183
You don't belong here." She is speaking to someone who she has selected as
transsexual because of the slogan on her T-shirt. You turn to the angry woman
and ask quietly, "What about me? Do I have male energy? Am I a woman or a
man?
You don't belong here." She is speaking to someone who she has selected as
transsexual because of the slogan on her T-shirt. You turn to the angry woman
and ask quietly, "What about me? Do I have male energy? Am I a woman or a
man?
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| Title | S/HE |
| Author | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Publisher | Firebrand Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1563410605, 9781563410604 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General Social Science / Lesbian Studies |
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