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“When I met my husband I did not know what to say about him. He was too new for my secondhand language. I wanted a fresh mouth, capable of pronouncing unprecedented words, and a body unstained by prior touch. Now I have them. My life has been split open, like a cocoon, and I am still waiting to see just what sort of creature crawls out.”
― All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
― All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
“I so desperately craved men's validation that I accepted it even when it came wrapped in disrespect.”
― My Body
― My Body
“A silent communication transpired between the wives then, some sentiment expressed only through eye contact, and I recognized them as a couple with their own language. I understood then that Catherine and Katrina were equals at their core, unlike so many couples I had met before, who gave an air of constant dominance and submission. When the wives turned to face me, they did so in unison. I wanted to rupture the unity and to join it.”
― A Good Happy Girl
― A Good Happy Girl
“Fact is, blatant heterosexuals
are all over the place.
Supermarkets, movies, on your job,
in church, in books, on television
every day and night, every place -
even in gay bars.
& they want gay men & women
to go hide in the closets -
So to you straight folks
i say - Sure, i'll go
if you go too
but i'm polite
so - after you.”
― The Complete Works of Pat Parker
are all over the place.
Supermarkets, movies, on your job,
in church, in books, on television
every day and night, every place -
even in gay bars.
& they want gay men & women
to go hide in the closets -
So to you straight folks
i say - Sure, i'll go
if you go too
but i'm polite
so - after you.”
― The Complete Works of Pat Parker
“Boys—I think you're old enough now that I can talk about—certain topics with you. You know, most men expect a woman's body to look a certain way and not all of them do look that way. So sometimes a woman has to do something that will change her appearance so that she'll be accepted by the people around her. People expect a woman's breasts to be a certain size and mine aren't that size. They're smaller. So I wear a padded brassiere—it makes it look like my breasts are the size that most women's are.”
― I Never Liked You: A Comic Strip Narrative
― I Never Liked You: A Comic Strip Narrative
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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