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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Page 79
... side by side , but he does not touch her . His eyes are cautious under his fedora . In his double - breasted suit , cigarette in hand , he is a man of the world , debonair . I meet his eyes , and my heart shuts and opens under my ...
... side by side , but he does not touch her . His eyes are cautious under his fedora . In his double - breasted suit , cigarette in hand , he is a man of the world , debonair . I meet his eyes , and my heart shuts and opens under my ...
Page 122
... side by side on the frumpy plaid sofa . I began to flirt with my friend , wordlessly , letting my eyes linger on her silk - stocking ankles , on her powerful hips clearing a space around us , on the profusion of her coiled dredlocks and ...
... side by side on the frumpy plaid sofa . I began to flirt with my friend , wordlessly , letting my eyes linger on her silk - stocking ankles , on her powerful hips clearing a space around us , on the profusion of her coiled dredlocks and ...
Page 167
... side . How to negotiate the metaphors of blade , flesh , commun- ion ; mother , father , children ; maleness , femaleness , domination , sub- mission . Are my son and this woman our children ? Are they the par- ents of the others ? Am I ...
... side . How to negotiate the metaphors of blade , flesh , commun- ion ; mother , father , children ; maleness , femaleness , domination , sub- mission . Are my son and this woman our children ? Are they the par- ents of the others ? Am I ...
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