1. Dorothy Allison
For instance, you go to your first class of the day and there is a pop quiz, which you fail, it puts you in a bad mood for the rest of the day. ... In these as well as in her more recent works, which include the nonfiction accounts Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature and Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, Allison has secured her reputation as a writer who deals frankly and boldly with the issues of gender, class, and sexual orientation (3). ... It wasn't fair to her that she should be penalized for being a member of the female gender. ...
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- Grade Level: High School