When followers began to call her out for her misguided sentiments, she actually doubled down. “I gather I have offended many by my last tweet,” she started indignantly. “Women are the . . . etc’ is a quote from Yoko Ono from 1972, which I never forgot. It rang true then, and it rings true today, whether you like it or not. This is not about race, this is about the status of women; THEIR HISTORY.” Midler deleted both tweets and issued an apology a few hours later, after being rightfully dragged. But these statements, and the attitude that she took in defense of them are an example of everything that is wrong with white feminism as it pertains to people of color.