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 55
... hands to 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 ...
... hands to 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 ...
Page 79
... hands around my waist . The last time he touched me without thinking first , he held my hand , was three or four , and I was his . He tipped his panama hat to every- one he met as they admired his baby , too young to be a girl , who ...
... hands around my waist . The last time he touched me without thinking first , he held my hand , was three or four , and I was his . He tipped his panama hat to every- one he met as they admired his baby , too young to be a girl , who ...
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... hands , anony- mous . We walk away from the Broadway theater , toward the subway , toward home . The streets still run wet from a thunderstorm that rocked the stage just before the brass walls fell clanging down , and Medea stretched ...
... hands , anony- mous . We walk away from the Broadway theater , toward the subway , toward home . The streets still run wet from a thunderstorm that rocked the stage just before the brass walls fell clanging down , and Medea stretched ...
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