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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.

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Long Before I Became A Feminist In

Joanna Russ

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.

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