S/HeThis brave memoir chronicles Pratt’s struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg. Minnie Bruce Prattis the author ofWe Say We Love Each Other,Rebellion,Crime Against Nature,Walking Back Up Depot Street, andThe Dirt We Ate. |
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... desire to defeat the other . How had we survived to meet again ? Sur- vived to grow up to be women for whom the word woman did not adequately describe the twists and turns our bodies , our lives , took through sex and gender ? No one ...
... desire to defeat the other . How had we survived to meet again ? Sur- vived to grow up to be women for whom the word woman did not adequately describe the twists and turns our bodies , our lives , took through sex and gender ? No one ...
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... desire to something else , a sport , a hobby , a story , an object , a sensation . We took our bright dangerous energy , the crescent horns , the blade , and hid it somewhere so safe we almost could not find it again . Where had I ...
... desire to something else , a sport , a hobby , a story , an object , a sensation . We took our bright dangerous energy , the crescent horns , the blade , and hid it somewhere so safe we almost could not find it again . Where had I ...
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... desire . Tonight I could walk through the snow naked and warm , and everyone would follow the melted prints of my bare feet . Later that night I sleep with you in a strange , cold room . You warm me , neck to feet , with your length ...
... desire . Tonight I could walk through the snow naked and warm , and everyone would follow the melted prints of my bare feet . Later that night I sleep with you in a strange , cold room . You warm me , neck to feet , with your length ...
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