Averting our gaze: Passing in the lives of white, working class lesbians

178 Pages·1991·5.8 MB·English

by  Wilson, Julie.

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AVERTING OUR GAZE:
PASSING IN THE LIVES OF WHITE, WORKING CLASS LESBIANS
BY JULIE WILSON
A THESIS TO COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN THEOLOGY
AT THE EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL
CAMBR DGE MASSACHUSETTS
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APRIL 1, 1991
(c) Copyright Julie Wilson. All rights reserved.
No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form
or by any means without the written permission of
the author.

Mother, learned to lie to you
I
in the early morning of my life.
When women flooded my hands like icy waters
lies were my shelter.
When women blew across my body like storm wind!
lies were my shelter.
When women struck my heart like lightning
lies were my shelter.
Mother, learned to lie to you
I
lies were my shelter
in the early morning
of my life.
"Shelter," Julie Wilson, 1990