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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... wears frilly Sunday - go - to - meet- ing clothes too feminine for the university where we teach . We both have our ... wear my body as awkwardly as I do my clothes , the handmade dresses my mother still sends me , the jeans and cast ...
... wears frilly Sunday - go - to - meet- ing clothes too feminine for the university where we teach . We both have our ... wear my body as awkwardly as I do my clothes , the handmade dresses my mother still sends me , the jeans and cast ...
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... wear a blouse open over a man's white undershirt . When I pay for my gas , the attendant points to a sixteen- wheeler in the lot and asks , “ Is that your truck ? " If he's joking , I don't care . Maybe I can drive into a third space ...
... wear a blouse open over a man's white undershirt . When I pay for my gas , the attendant points to a sixteen- wheeler in the lot and asks , “ Is that your truck ? " If he's joking , I don't care . Maybe I can drive into a third space ...
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... wear jeans or shorts to school . This assembly was the only day of the year , except Halloween , that a boy could wear a skirt in public . And only if he agreed to ridicule femininity , even if he dreamed secretly of taffeta . " I tell ...
... wear jeans or shorts to school . This assembly was the only day of the year , except Halloween , that a boy could wear a skirt in public . And only if he agreed to ridicule femininity , even if he dreamed secretly of taffeta . " I tell ...
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