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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Minnie Bruce Pratt. VERA I go to the hospital every day and rub her feet with rose oil and lavender salve . Her big feet , size twelve at least , loom in my hands , with pale sole and arch , darker instep and ankle . Her skin , dry from ...
Minnie Bruce Pratt. VERA I go to the hospital every day and rub her feet with rose oil and lavender salve . Her big feet , size twelve at least , loom in my hands , with pale sole and arch , darker instep and ankle . Her skin , dry from ...
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... feet with yours and say , " These feet want to be working the control pedals . " I tell you maybe my spinster aunt gave me that book , the first book I read where a girl did something . Except , I tell you , there was another story ...
... feet with yours and say , " These feet want to be working the control pedals . " I tell you maybe my spinster aunt gave me that book , the first book I read where a girl did something . Except , I tell you , there was another story ...
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Minnie Bruce Pratt. BARE FEET T he three of us — all femmes - lean forward and into each other . Our sandaled right feet extend toward the camera's eye . Our painted toenails gleam through open toes . The woman to my left says , “ I ...
Minnie Bruce Pratt. BARE FEET T he three of us — all femmes - lean forward and into each other . Our sandaled right feet extend toward the camera's eye . Our painted toenails gleam through open toes . The woman to my left says , “ I ...
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