This leads her to examine the limitations of womanhood and femininity, and what is expected of modern women. Levy wonders whether succumbing to motherhood would mean giving up the role of protagonist in her own life, worrying that attaching herself to a child would mean giving up her life of travel and adventure, the very essence of who she is, though she admits that becoming a mother would be an adventure in itself. This desire conflicts with the concept of motherhood that plagues her and her friend group as they move into their 30s. From a young age, Levy is determined to be a writer and the type of woman who does what she wants, when she wants. She makes it a point to work on her own writing, determined not to allow her mundane day job to permeate her sense of self and the talent of which she is so certain. Levy launches straight into the debut of her career at New York Magazine, where she works as a typist. The Rules Do Not Apply is a memoir by Ariel Levy, a lonely child raised to resist societal norms, setting her on a path of resistance from an early age.
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