The fact that educated white women automatically assume that we have similar backgrounds annoys me. We don't. I feel like I'm in a certain kind of drag.
Patricia McConnellAt eighty-one, health club-lusting is as close as I'll ever come to getting laid again.
Patricia McConnellWe humans are in such a strange positionโwe are still animals whose behavior reflects that of our ancestors, yet we are uniqueโunlike any other animal on earth. Our distinctiveness separates us and makes it easy to forget where we came from. Perhaps dogs help us remember the depth of our roots, reminding usโthe animals at the other end of the leashโthat we may be special, but we are not alone. No wonder we call them our best friends.
Patricia McConnellI felt compelled to blow the whistle on the penal system, under the delusion that doing so might result in some change, or at least save a few women from the same fate. Eternally naรฏve, that's me.
Patricia McConnellAlthough I was simply what today would be called a "mule" - the bottom of the food chain in the drug biz - the federal system treated me from beginning to end like a major criminal, and I still don't know why, other than that in those days, 6.5 ounces of heroin was a big load. Ludicrous by today's standards, when coke, heroin, and weed are shipped across the border by the ton.
Patricia McConnell