S/HE"In these lyrical vignettes, Pratt expands the boundaries of gender and its theory. She explores the inconsistencies, the infinities, the fluidity of sex and gender, and asks intriguing questions: How many ways are there to be girl, boy, man, woman? Is there a connection between feminine, masculine, lesbian, heterosexual, between desire and liberation? How many ways can the body's sex vary---by chromosomes, hormones, genitals? How many ways can our gender expressions multiply---between home and work, at the computer and when we kiss someone, in our dreams and when we walk down the street? What is our dream of who we want to be? Pratt's stories are part of new theory appearing at the intersections---of the feminism of U.S. women's liberation, the writings of women of color in the U.S. and internationally, the queer ideas of lesbian and gay liberation, and the emerging thought of transgender liberation. S/HE helps move these ideas into action by giving us theory that has flesh and breath, that exists in all of our eccentric, complicated, daily lives."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 43
The way my lover wakes up screaming from a nightmare , as a man opens his
knife again to rape her . I did not tell the audience that my lover , and the woman
who painted the pictures , and I who organized the conference , went to town one
...
The way my lover wakes up screaming from a nightmare , as a man opens his
knife again to rape her . I did not tell the audience that my lover , and the woman
who painted the pictures , and I who organized the conference , went to town one
...
Page 103
I wish I could believe I am the most fabulous lover of women ever , but it seems
unlikely . There have been the doubtful lovers who didn't want my touch after a
while , and the enchanted lovers who came to me only after deprivation . What
am I ...
I wish I could believe I am the most fabulous lover of women ever , but it seems
unlikely . There have been the doubtful lovers who didn't want my touch after a
while , and the enchanted lovers who came to me only after deprivation . What
am I ...
Page 148
Across the street , I begin to cry . Too many memories of harassment when I was
afraid and didn't know what to do . I'm ashamed that I wanted to run . But I'm also
still ashamed of the time I shouted instead , playing basketball with a butch lover
...
Across the street , I begin to cry . Too many memories of harassment when I was
afraid and didn't know what to do . I'm ashamed that I wanted to run . But I'm also
still ashamed of the time I shouted instead , playing basketball with a butch lover
...
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| Title | S/HE |
| Author | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Publisher | Firebrand Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1563410605, 9781563410604 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / General Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies |
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