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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... smiling , reach past me to pull open the door . In this fantasy , she is not like a man who ostentatiously opens a ... smiles back , agrees , takes my arm , says , " Shall we ? " and opens the door . Some- times I pull her through when ...
... smiling , reach past me to pull open the door . In this fantasy , she is not like a man who ostentatiously opens a ... smiles back , agrees , takes my arm , says , " Shall we ? " and opens the door . Some- times I pull her through when ...
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Minnie Bruce Pratt. The wrinkled white salesman at the paint store is smiling a question to me about you . He falters and swallows his pronouns , " And your , uh , uh , uh— ” I glance at you and say , " My honey ? " " Yes ! Your honey ...
Minnie Bruce Pratt. The wrinkled white salesman at the paint store is smiling a question to me about you . He falters and swallows his pronouns , " And your , uh , uh , uh— ” I glance at you and say , " My honey ? " " Yes ! Your honey ...
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... smiles , points to you , and says , “ Better have her hang onto your purse while you do that . It might walk out of ... smiling graciously , he of- fers , " Ladies , please come back again . " In my classroom , a Puertorriqueña student ...
... smiles , points to you , and says , “ Better have her hang onto your purse while you do that . It might walk out of ... smiling graciously , he of- fers , " Ladies , please come back again . " In my classroom , a Puertorriqueña student ...
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