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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... look by a butch at someone else's femme once caused fistfights over that split second of possession . I did not say that if she had looked longer , and inclined her head toward the back room , I would have gone . What was I doing all ...
... look by a butch at someone else's femme once caused fistfights over that split second of possession . I did not say that if she had looked longer , and inclined her head toward the back room , I would have gone . What was I doing all ...
Page 141
... look at me . When he leaves , you bring in two more men to look me over , and then a fourth man comes , looks , leaves . I walk out of the bed- room , wander through the building's maze , and return . I say , " What were you doing ...
... look at me . When he leaves , you bring in two more men to look me over , and then a fourth man comes , looks , leaves . I walk out of the bed- room , wander through the building's maze , and return . I say , " What were you doing ...
Page 155
... look out at the camera , or at any of the other white people , or at the slaughtered men . She looks up and off into the air . She seems to pretend she sees nothing . She withdraws herself , yet she is there . A few young white women look ...
... look out at the camera , or at any of the other white people , or at the slaughtered men . She looks up and off into the air . She seems to pretend she sees nothing . She withdraws herself , yet she is there . A few young white women look ...
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