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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... feel I belong here , at my first women's dance . And now she and I dance one dance . No sparks with her except the thrill of asking for that dance . No conversation , although I wonder about her work as a graduate student who teaches ...
... feel I belong here , at my first women's dance . And now she and I dance one dance . No sparks with her except the thrill of asking for that dance . No conversation , although I wonder about her work as a graduate student who teaches ...
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... feel profes- sional . " I hardly see my companion from the car after our return . I hear she has complained to some men in the department that she rode all the way south and back with two women who " hated men . " That spring I go into ...
... feel profes- sional . " I hardly see my companion from the car after our return . I hear she has complained to some men in the department that she rode all the way south and back with two women who " hated men . " That spring I go into ...
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... feel again . " I did not know they had gone numb , armor of steel , breast- plate over my heart , stomach , lungs , to save me from cutting looks , slash of touch . No feeling in them unless a lover used rough touch and teeth . Now you ...
... feel again . " I did not know they had gone numb , armor of steel , breast- plate over my heart , stomach , lungs , to save me from cutting looks , slash of touch . No feeling in them unless a lover used rough touch and teeth . Now you ...
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