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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... sexual intercourse , to get rid of sexual images and acts she believed would perpetuate male- ness and femaleness , and therefore domination and submission . I found these theories persuasive . Maybe eliminating sex dif- ferences or ...
... sexual intercourse , to get rid of sexual images and acts she believed would perpetuate male- ness and femaleness , and therefore domination and submission . I found these theories persuasive . Maybe eliminating sex dif- ferences or ...
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... sexuality and gender expression . They were condemned as " sexual deviants " and " sluts " by a group of women organizing against pornography , who identified themselves as " real feminists . " At about this time , I was teaching ...
... sexuality and gender expression . They were condemned as " sexual deviants " and " sluts " by a group of women organizing against pornography , who identified themselves as " real feminists . " At about this time , I was teaching ...
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... sexual inver- sion , " she consulted Una , Lady Troubridge , her wife , her lover of many years . She thought the ... sexuality spread their tendrils through our lives and wrench us open , like the kudzu vine that heaves up asphalt from ...
... sexual inver- sion , " she consulted Una , Lady Troubridge , her wife , her lover of many years . She thought the ... sexuality spread their tendrils through our lives and wrench us open , like the kudzu vine that heaves up asphalt from ...
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