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#570 - Helen Lewis - Investigating The World Of Modern Gurus
Modern Wisdom
The Purification Rituals of White Women
In "White Fragility," there is a chapter called white women's tears, which is all about how it is emotionally manipulative when white women are confronted with their racism that they will burst into tears and then everyone will comfort them. And I was trying to get into that mindset too. What have you come to believe? Like what's he has written about women for a long time? You have been a woman for a longtime. And you have now considered this new public flagellation, self-amiliation, humiliation thing with a five grand price tag. How does this fit into the broader narrative of what you think it means to be a white middle class woman in the modern world
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