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    <body><![CDATA[I would have to say that this is one of the best essay collections I've read.  Certainly it stands out in this way among essay collections of lesbian non-fiction writing and  radical, class-critical feminism.  Allison accomplishes her usual muscular-femme honesty and bullshit-cutting style with a gr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/763675">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First, don't do as I did and read this all at once. I did, and after a while, I was like, Okay, I get it, you went to a lot of meetings and built bookshelves at the women's center and like butch women who will dominate you. That kind of exasperation isn't really fair, because this is a collection of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47432604">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[having gone to an undergrad institution that prized itself on the humanities and majored in american literature and womens studies (much to the horror of my parents, who couldnt understand how those degrees would lead to an optometry career), i spent an insane amount of time between the ages of 18 -...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15547168">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dorothy Allison published Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature in 1994, only a couple of years after her amazing first novel, Bastard Out of Carolina. I've read the novel probably three times, but for some reason it never occurred to me to look for further work by Allison. I guess I assume...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9989691">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a challenge to find books that are relevant to me as a self-publishing internet sex worker and feminist with white trash roots so this book was a huge find for me. While much of it's written from the rawness of Dorothy Allison's personal experiences, she goes way beyond herself to explore sexua...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19915769">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dogeared copy read and reread throughout sophomore year of college.  Probably explains why I overthought so many things.  But then again, I was already overthinking and part of Allison's point is, you can't think your way through sexuality.<br/>Years later I met her and she looked into my eyes and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78007180">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book as a young woman and i was like what a cool lesbian, not all about potlucks and not all about being a clique-ish cool on-scene.  Just a dorky pervert like me.  <br/><br/>i admire the way she writes very smart things in a simple way.  to me the most addictive kind to read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love me some Dorthy Allison. Funny, no-bullshit, tells it as she sees it. And I often really appreciate the point of view she sees it from. Possibly the best author on class that I've read. But it's also been a long time since I read this one, and I don't remember much more than that. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Allison is one of my favorite voices. Her clear, passionate and fleshy prose makes me happy. Her language about language is some of the best.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As good as her fiction is, her nonfiction blows me away.  A great read if you want diverse writing about social class.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i love Dorothy Allison's writing style, and she's a mesmerizing public speaker. i literally couldn't speak when i met her -- i just kept blushing and mumbling. she smiled like she does and said, &quot;you can tell your friends a lesbian flirted with you.&quot;<br/><br/>i had to get that out. okay,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4613437">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When in doubt Dorothy Allison already figured it out! Or something like that...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After Bastard..., Skin situated my read.  Alison let me have a queerness I hadn't known in my high heels and long hair before; she revealed herself and her work in ways the academy tells us we cannot.  ]]></body>
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