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 38
... thighs . Sometimes she mocks me when she fights with me , her hand and voice mimicking mine . With bitter laughter , she calls me queer . I wonder what kind of woman I would be past these bound- aries . Maybe someone naked in a silk ...
... thighs . Sometimes she mocks me when she fights with me , her hand and voice mimicking mine . With bitter laughter , she calls me queer . I wonder what kind of woman I would be past these bound- aries . Maybe someone naked in a silk ...
Page 71
... thigh . Why do we start talking about danger ? I say that sex is the most physical risk I've ever taken , the femme ... thighs . " You tease , " I bet you could do that with butches too . " I arch my neck and say , " Some of them ...
... thigh . Why do we start talking about danger ? I say that sex is the most physical risk I've ever taken , the femme ... thighs . " You tease , " I bet you could do that with butches too . " I arch my neck and say , " Some of them ...
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... thighs are bloody . Her eyes are fixed on the wall . Her obsidian imagination sees , miles away , everything that will be in the photograph . When I open my eyes , rain falls on unpaved clay roads . I am a woman watching the rain ...
... thighs are bloody . Her eyes are fixed on the wall . Her obsidian imagination sees , miles away , everything that will be in the photograph . When I open my eyes , rain falls on unpaved clay roads . I am a woman watching the rain ...
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