6/20/2023 0 Comments The rules do not apply book review![]() ![]() “Daring to think that the rules do not apply is the mark of a visionary,” Levy writes. ![]() Any limits seem to be just a temporary stay on her ambitions. ![]() FreshDirect is born and her groceries come bounding up the stairs of her walk-up. Same-sex marriage is legalized and she marries her longtime girlfriend, Lucy. Levy was a staff writer by 28, in a transformed world where anything seemed possible, from meaningful political change to minor conveniences. She hit her big break as editorial assistant at New York magazine in 1996, writing about “a nightclub for obese women in Queens.” The women were glorious in their tight, sequined dresses, their bodies “unmistakable monuments of resistance.” “They said they were sick of being ashamed, sick of apologizing for taking up so much space.” Levy was, too. Growing up, Levy was “domineering, impatient, relentlessly verbal, and, as an only child, often baffled by the mores of other kids.” She wanted to be an adventurer, and a writer: “That, I thought, was the profession that went with the kind of woman I wanted to become: one who is free to do whatever she chooses.” Random House / Handout Photo by Random House / Handout This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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