![]() ![]() ![]() This matters because, inexcusably, The Rules buys into and therefore reinforces the corrosive lie that feminism was, is, or should be a promise made to each woman that whatever she wants, she can have that feminism is first and foremost about a 'you' rather than about an 'us' because its power (and importance) is conscribed to the individual instead of the collective. It’s unlikely many Black women or Arab women or undocumented women would presume a similar degree of permission and mobility, regardless of their exposure to Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan. The conviction she’s describing actually belongs as much, if not more, to whiteness than to mainstream feminism-which is also called 'white feminism' for this very reason. if Levy-as-narrator is to be believed, she spent the vast majority of her adult life feeling impervious to loss, deprivation, or insurmountable obstacles-and it’s feminism’s fault. ![]()
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