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 77
I got tired of waiting. Waiting gets tiresome." When you turn your face to kiss me at
a certain angle, I am caressed by an edge of roughness, a rasp of hair at your
chin's edge, a reminder of why on the street you're sometimes still taken for a
man ...
I got tired of waiting. Waiting gets tiresome." When you turn your face to kiss me at
a certain angle, I am caressed by an edge of roughness, a rasp of hair at your
chin's edge, a reminder of why on the street you're sometimes still taken for a
man ...
Page 127
Outside the Ritz movie theater in thick summer night, I am a slightly plump
teenager, self-conscious in white short-shorts and sandals, waiting with friends to
see Pillow Talk or Where the Boys Are. You are a stranger, the only person no
one ...
Outside the Ritz movie theater in thick summer night, I am a slightly plump
teenager, self-conscious in white short-shorts and sandals, waiting with friends to
see Pillow Talk or Where the Boys Are. You are a stranger, the only person no
one ...
Page 142
I was the only woman there when the other person waiting, a man, walked up
and leaned over me. I said, "I don't want to talk to you," several times. He
persisted, I repeated. Pissed off, he snapped his fingers at me, "Tighten it up,
baby, tighten ...
I was the only woman there when the other person waiting, a man, walked up
and leaned over me. I said, "I don't want to talk to you," several times. He
persisted, I repeated. Pissed off, he snapped his fingers at me, "Tighten it up,
baby, tighten ...
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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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