S/HEMinnie Bruce Pratt expands the boundaries of gender and its theory in these sophisticated lyrical vignettes sited at the crossroads of feminist analysis, queer theory and transgender liberation. |
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Page 33
My thighs and cunt are hot as if I'd been lying naked in the sun, on parched grass
behind a tall hedge. I begin to write, but only in my journal about my dreams: A
woman and I are sitting together, talking and looking at a book. Suddenly I thrust
...
My thighs and cunt are hot as if I'd been lying naked in the sun, on parched grass
behind a tall hedge. I begin to write, but only in my journal about my dreams: A
woman and I are sitting together, talking and looking at a book. Suddenly I thrust
...
Page 71
You curve your body so I am in the clasp of your hip and thigh. Why do we start
talking about danger? I say that sex is the most physical risk I've ever taken, the
femme equivalent of white water rafting. You laugh, you ask, "Nothing else?" I
add ...
You curve your body so I am in the clasp of your hip and thigh. Why do we start
talking about danger? I say that sex is the most physical risk I've ever taken, the
femme equivalent of white water rafting. You laugh, you ask, "Nothing else?" I
add ...
Page 95
I wiggle in your arms, slide my hands onto your naked back, and gyrate my hips
slowly, pushing my thighs and cunt against your thighs, heating up. "Just like now
," I murmur to you, "when I say, 'Cook, pot, 'and it begins to happen." HUSBAND ...
I wiggle in your arms, slide my hands onto your naked back, and gyrate my hips
slowly, pushing my thighs and cunt against your thighs, heating up. "Just like now
," I murmur to you, "when I say, 'Cook, pot, 'and it begins to happen." HUSBAND ...
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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 / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / General Social Science / Lesbian Studies |
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