When COVID-19 infection rates began to rise in March 2020, women lost more than 12.2 million jobs, and still had a net loss of 5.1 million by February 2021. According to Koa Beck, journalist and author of the new book, White Feminism, the ideology and strategy of white feminism “focuses more on individual accumulation, capital and individuality.” With brute force, COVID-19 took a sledgehammer to white feminism’s illusions of progress to expose a harrowing reality: despite decades of feminist organizing, women are still sinking under the weight of inequality at work and at home. For so long, white feminism has celebrated the success of a few - women who gain powerful political positions, lead the largest Fortune 500 companies, and foray into historically male-dominated spaces - while overlooking the suffering of millions. The coronavirus pandemic smashed the illusion of gender equality into a billion tiny pieces.
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