Dorothy Allison

It wasn't exactly a life in which you could keep money. But if you make that decision with my mother's encouragement, believing that I was different, a lot of other things come along. The fact that I was so bright and won so many prizes and awards and things drove me away from my family. I didn't have any choice about leaving. I didn't know how to talk to them after a while.

It wasn't exactly a life in which you could keep money. But if you make that decision with my mother's encouragement, believing that I was different, a lot of other things come along. The fact that I was so bright and won so many prizes and awards and things drove me away from my family. I didn't have any choice about leaving. I didn't know how to talk to them after a while.

The hard part was going back. Right.

The hard part was going back. Right.

The hard part was going back. Right.

I think I was about 11. And I wasn't entirely sure all of what it meant. Yeah. I just knew that I didn't have any of the same desires that everybody else around me. I wasn't much interested in boys or the whole cycle that you get into of getting boyfriends and doing that whole thing. But I was madly, passionately in love with a little girl down the street.

I think I was about 11. And I wasn't entirely sure all of what it meant. Yeah. I just knew that I didn't have any of the same desires that everybody else around me. I wasn't much interested in boys or the whole cycle that you get into of getting boyfriends and doing that whole thing. But I was madly, passionately in love with a little girl down the street.

I think I was about 11. And I wasn't entirely sure all of what it meant. Yeah. I just knew that I didn't have any of the same desires that everybody else around me. I wasn't much interested in boys or the whole cycle that you get into of getting boyfriends and doing that whole thing. But I was madly, passionately in love with a little girl down the street.

And I was always in love with a little girl down the street, no matter what little girl it was or where we were. I don't think there was a day in my adolescence that I was not madly in love with somebody, and she was always female.

And I was always in love with a little girl down the street, no matter what little girl it was or where we were. I don't think there was a day in my adolescence that I was not madly in love with somebody, and she was always female.

And I was always in love with a little girl down the street, no matter what little girl it was or where we were. I don't think there was a day in my adolescence that I was not madly in love with somebody, and she was always female.

Yeah, right. I began to think or worry that people would think that I loved girls because my stepfather had raped me. It was one of the...

Yeah, right. I began to think or worry that people would think that I loved girls because my stepfather had raped me. It was one of the...

Yeah, right. I began to think or worry that people would think that I loved girls because my stepfather had raped me. It was one of the...

Yeah, almost everyone that I've ever talked to says, well, that's it, that's why. But I don't believe it. I believe that my lesbianism has been a source of energy and power in my life. It's almost as if, oh, you must hate men because he did these terrible things to you. That's why you love women. But I don't think of it that way. I don't love women because I hate men.

Yeah, almost everyone that I've ever talked to says, well, that's it, that's why. But I don't believe it. I believe that my lesbianism has been a source of energy and power in my life. It's almost as if, oh, you must hate men because he did these terrible things to you. That's why you love women. But I don't think of it that way. I don't love women because I hate men.

Yeah, almost everyone that I've ever talked to says, well, that's it, that's why. But I don't believe it. I believe that my lesbianism has been a source of energy and power in my life. It's almost as if, oh, you must hate men because he did these terrible things to you. That's why you love women. But I don't think of it that way. I don't love women because I hate men.

I don't even particularly hate men. I happen to love women. And lust is a little bit more basic than running away, you know?

I don't even particularly hate men. I happen to love women. And lust is a little bit more basic than running away, you know?

I don't even particularly hate men. I happen to love women. And lust is a little bit more basic than running away, you know?