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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Page 41
... give me a few weeks , and decide that one definition of a lesbian is a woman with a job . When he slams out of the house , I sit down in a red kitchen chair and wish I were back in the auditorium , sweating and waiting for the show to ...
... give me a few weeks , and decide that one definition of a lesbian is a woman with a job . When he slams out of the house , I sit down in a red kitchen chair and wish I were back in the auditorium , sweating and waiting for the show to ...
Page 55
... give them some- thing to do . Later in the week , as we cruise the shopping malls , she exclaims over the beauty of women who saunter past , but only the ones who are small energetic brunettes . She says they remind her of the woman she ...
... give them some- thing to do . Later in the week , as we cruise the shopping malls , she exclaims over the beauty of women who saunter past , but only the ones who are small energetic brunettes . She says they remind her of the woman she ...
Page 94
... give her a giant steam shovel . She scoops up all the shadows , and makes them live again . I snuggle in your arms and say this is the best part of the book . Not that wrong is made right , but that the girl is given unquestioned power ...
... give her a giant steam shovel . She scoops up all the shadows , and makes them live again . I snuggle in your arms and say this is the best part of the book . Not that wrong is made right , but that the girl is given unquestioned power ...
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