A Quote by Joanna Russ

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.

Joanna Russ

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Joanna Russ
American - Writer
February 22, 1937 - April 29, 2011

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