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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... shirt and mourns the bloodstains that will never wash out . As you read , I am the woman who touches the shirt , startled to be so translated to a place I think I've never been . Yet later I remember that when I got to the trailer she ...
... shirt and mourns the bloodstains that will never wash out . As you read , I am the woman who touches the shirt , startled to be so translated to a place I think I've never been . Yet later I remember that when I got to the trailer she ...
Page 86
... shirt unbuttoned half - way open , your white T - shirt stretched tight over your chest . “ And I don't think it's possible to cross - dress even once in this culture and not think about it . But people are uncomfortable with the ...
... shirt unbuttoned half - way open , your white T - shirt stretched tight over your chest . “ And I don't think it's possible to cross - dress even once in this culture and not think about it . But people are uncomfortable with the ...
Page 138
... shirt . You went out to the road , still couldn't see me , and began to run . You knew I had been dragged into the ocean of grasses . You called silently to me , " Hold on , honey , I'll be there soon . " Then I popped up from a workout ...
... shirt . You went out to the road , still couldn't see me , and began to run . You knew I had been dragged into the ocean of grasses . You called silently to me , " Hold on , honey , I'll be there soon . " Then I popped up from a workout ...
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