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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
Hair, Ill Health, Tragedy
Joanna Russ (1983). “How to Suppress Women's Writing”, p.137, University of Texas Press
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”.