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Trash

Dorothy Allison · 1988

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What this book knows

Poor white southern women's lives resist shame's verdict: survival is not stupidity, and rage is not trash.

Sex: Present
Work: Present
Learning: Absent
Religion: Absent

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I'd read someone else's story and put it down in rage, beginning my own to refuse it. 'We are not stupid. We do pretty well with what we have.'
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He beat us like we were dogs. We always wanted somebody to do something and no one ever did.
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shame

I became what had always been expected of me—a thief. Dangerous, but careful. Wanting everything, I tamed my anger, smiling wide and innocently.
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Though she slapped me when I used them, my mama taught me the power of nasty words. Say Goddamn. Say anything but begin to speak.
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embodiment

She wrapped one hand in my hair, the other around my left breast. 'I'll cook you a meal to drive you crazy.' She tasted like fry bread—thick, smoked, and fat-rich on my tongue.
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The kata takes me up, makes me over. The smell of my own body like wine in the morning sun. 'Goddamn!' I hiss and see myself standing with face glowing.
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