• I once asked a young dissertation writer whether her suddenly grayed hair was due to ill health or personal tragedy; she answered: “It was the footnotes”.

    Joanna Russ: I once asked a young dissertation writer whether her suddenly grayed hair was due to ill health or personal tragedy; she answered: “It was the footnotes”.
    Joanna Russ (1983). “How to Suppress Women's Writing”, p.137, University of Texas Press