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There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women.

— Joanna Russ The Image of Women in Science Fiction (1970)

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“Rational people,” said the man, “realize that their lives must be made meaningful. Meaning isn’t just given us.”

And Chaos Died (1970)

How withered away one can be from a life of unremitting toil.

The Female Man (1975)

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

And Chaos Died (1970)

Fucking, if you will forgive the pun, is an anti-climax.

The Female Man (1975)

I told him to open his eyes, that I didn’t want to kill him with his eyes shut, for God’s sake.

The Female Man (1975)

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