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Joanna Russ Quotes

Courage is willful hope Picture Quote #1

To die on a dying Earth - I’d live, if only to weep Picture Quote #1

At the level of high culture with which this book is concerned, active bigotry is probably fairly rare. It is also hardly ever necessary, since the social context is so far from neutral. To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one’s class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner Picture Quote #1

To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one’s class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner Picture Quote #1

I think we ought to decide that man-hating is not only respectable but honorable. To be a misandrist a woman needs considerable ingenuity, originality, and resilience. A misogynist requires no such resources Picture Quote #1

Real artists, it seems to me, are those who don’t repeat themselves Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a girl. I’m a genius Picture Quote #1

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women Picture Quote #1

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is Picture Quote #1

Art is collective. Always, it has a tradition behind it Picture Quote #1

How withered away one can be from a life of unremitting toil Picture Quote #1

Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur Picture Quote #1

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To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one’s class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner Picture Quote #1

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler’s bet Picture Quote #1

... chastity is not given once and for all like a wedding ring that is put on never to be taken off, but is a garden which each day must be weeded, watered, and trimmed anew, or soon there will be only brambles and wilderness Picture Quote #1

When one culture has the big guns and the other has none, there is a certain predictablity about the outcome Picture Quote #1

Sit a man on his ass with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails Picture Quote #1

Long before I became a feminist in any explicit way, I had turned from writing love stories about women in which women were losers, and adventure stories about men in which the men were winners, to writing adventure stories about a woman in which the woman won. It was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life Picture Quote #1

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As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frog in jest. But the frogs die in earnest Picture Quote #1

The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That’s the trouble with women, too Picture Quote #1

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Courage is willful hope (Joanna Russ Quotes) To die on a dying Earth - I’d live, if only to weep (Joanna Russ Quotes) At the level of high culture with which this book is concerned, active bigotry is probably fairly rare. It is also hardly ever necessary, since the social context is so far from neutral. To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one’s class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner. (Joanna Russ Quotes) To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one’s class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner. (Joanna Russ Quotes) I think we ought to decide that man-hating is not only respectable but honorable. To be a misandrist a woman needs considerable ingenuity, originality, and resilience. A misogynist requires no such resources (Joanna Russ Quotes) Real artists, it seems to me, are those who don’t repeat themselves (Joanna Russ Quotes) I’m not a girl. I’m a genius (Joanna Russ Quotes) There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women (Joanna Russ Quotes) Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is (Joanna Russ Quotes) Art is collective. Always, it has a tradition behind it (Joanna Russ Quotes) How withered away one can be from a life of unremitting toil (Joanna Russ Quotes) Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur (Joanna Russ Quotes) To act in a way both sexist and racist, to maintain one’s class privilege, it is only necessary to act in the customary, ordinary, usual, even polite manner (Joanna Russ Quotes) Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler’s bet (Joanna Russ Quotes) ... chastity is not given once and for all like a wedding ring that is put on never to be taken off, but is a garden which each day must be weeded, watered, and trimmed anew, or soon there will be only brambles and wilderness (Joanna Russ Quotes) When one culture has the big guns and the other has none, there is a certain predictablity about the outcome (Joanna Russ Quotes) Sit a man on his ass with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails (Joanna Russ Quotes) Long before I became a feminist in any explicit way, I had turned from writing love stories about women in which women were losers, and adventure stories about men in which the men were winners, to writing adventure stories about a woman in which the woman won. It was one of the hardest things I ever did in my life (Joanna Russ Quotes) As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frog in jest. But the frogs die in earnest (Joanna Russ Quotes) The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That’s the trouble with women, too (Joanna Russ Quotes)