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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... rape you . He thinks we will have handsome children and tells me : You can take care of them by yourself . In our daily life together since we married , he has shared housework half - and - half , and childcare the same since the birth ...
... rape you . He thinks we will have handsome children and tells me : You can take care of them by yourself . In our daily life together since we married , he has shared housework half - and - half , and childcare the same since the birth ...
Page 38
... rape , some of us go out to a bar . One woman was raped by a male friend , two others by their fathers . We get loud , noisy , annoying . Three white men in suits walk past us . One stops , puts his hand on the shoulder of one of the ...
... rape , some of us go out to a bar . One woman was raped by a male friend , two others by their fathers . We get loud , noisy , annoying . Three white men in suits walk past us . One stops , puts his hand on the shoulder of one of the ...
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... 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 night to go dancing at a new bar , but couldn't get in . The police were at the door ...
... 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 night to go dancing at a new bar , but couldn't get in . The police were at the door ...
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