Joanna Russ Believe Quotations

When the memory of one's predecessors is buried, the assumption persists that there were none and each generation of women believes itself to be faced with the burden of doing everything for the first time. And if no one ever did it beforewhy do we think we can succeed now?

Privileged groups, like everyone else, want to think well of themselves and to believe that they are acting generously and justly.