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Leslie Feinberg · 1993
Sequence ladder
Narrative Intelligence sources live outside the figurative image sequence ladder. Adaptive placement applies to image sequences, not this reading library.
What this book knows
To survive as a stone butch is to carry the weight of a body the world refuses to name, and still insist on existing.
trauma-and-survival
Jeffrey grabbed my hair and yanked it back. 'You dirty Kike bitch, you fucking bulldagger.' All my crimes were listed.
FEIN-SBB-RC-040'I'm scared of what's coming behind me; I don't know what's ahead. I decide I'd rather jump than wait for it to catch up to me.'
FEIN-SBB-RC-139embodiment
I settled into the warm, soapy bath water and leaned my head against the porcelain. Only my head existed, above the bubbles.
FEIN-SBB-RC-131'I started on male hormones.' 'I oughta know, I'm wrestling with the same shit myself,' Jess told Grant.
FEIN-SBB-RC-140grief
I sat on the landing for a while. The sky was black. I thought of things I needed to say to her, but knew she didn't need to hear them.
FEIN-SBB-RC-149belonging
I felt honored. The pounding of the drum resounded in my heart, but I felt awkward dancing and self-conscious about being so butch.
FEIN-SBB-RC-076Illuminates
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