Shirley Abbott Quote

To grow up female in the South is to inherit a set of directives that warp one for life, if they do not actually induce psychosis.

Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South (1983)

To grow up female in the South is to inherit a set of directives that warp one for life, if they do not actually induce psychosis.

To grow up female in the South is to inherit a set of directives that warp one for life, if they do not actually induce psychosis.

To grow up female in the South is to inherit a set of directives that warp one for life, if they do not actually induce psychosis.

To grow up female in the South is to inherit a set of directives that warp one for life, if they do not actually induce psychosis.