Remember: I didn't and don't want to be a feminine version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, or an adapted version of the heroes I admire. I want to be the heroes themselves.
What future is there for a female child who aspires to being Humphrey Bogart?


Part 9, Chapter 4 (p. 206) - The Female Man (1975)

Joanna Russ Quotes

Remember: I didn't and don't want to be a feminine version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, ...

Remember: I didn't and don't want to be a feminine version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, ...

Remember: I didn't and don't want to be a feminine version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, ...

Remember: I didn't and don't want to be a feminine version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, ...