Re: [*FSFFU*] publishing woes

From: Susan Armstrong (anariska@MORTIMER.COM)
Date: Sat Nov 01 1997 - 00:08:23 PST


> Joanna Russ has an essay out about the assumptions people make about
>famous feminists, especially writers.
[snip]
>a student wrote asking for copies of all her books,
>and answers to a whole list of question. When Russ refused and wrote back
>politely saying that she should ask her teacher how to do basic research,
>the girl's older sister wrote her to say how horrible she (Russ) was and how
>the girl was completely devastated and had given up her life's ambition to
>be a writer.
>
>Robin

That doesn't sound like anybody making assumptions about feminists -- more
like an acute case of spoiled bratdom. :-)

-- Susan

Susan Armstrong * Vancouver, Canada * anariska@mortimer.com



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