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 Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate. |
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Minnie Bruce Pratt. POCKET WATCH I go with her to my first gay bar , by the
railroad tracks in Fayetteville . An old white bulldagger comes to our table and
politely asks me to dance . I think to myself wildly , But I have a lover . Doesn't it
show ?
I sit , a still - married woman , next to my first woman lover , watching how to be a
lesbian . The next day my lover complains of how I relate to her around other
women : I introduce her too possessively , I exclude her in conversations , I
decide ...
The way my lover wakes up screaming from a nightmare , as a man opens his
knife again to rape her . I did not tell the audience that my lover , and the woman
who painted the pictures , and I who organized the conference , went to town one
...
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User Review - ehough75 - LibraryThingAmazing. Loved every aspect of this book. She shows how her thoughts and process have developed and changed over the years with both conversaitons, debates, and encounters with the people she has met ... Read full review
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User Review - dancingwaves - LibraryThingAn amazing book of vignettes that explore the ideas and intersections of love, sexuality, gender, and identity. A beautiful love letter to her partner, Leslie Feinberg. Read full review
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| Title | S/He |
| Author | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Alyson Books, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 155583888X, 9781555838881 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Women Social Science / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies |
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