While Duchess Meghan likes to push a narrative that women of color adore her and only "pale, stale" middle-aged frumps dislike her, that's never been entirely true. Since Meghan and Harry's engagement announcement, individual women of color have been coming forth on social media to say they don't see Meg as a heroine.
It's only been in the past three weeks, however, that women of color who can't stand Meghan have been coming forth en masse, in a Lipstick Alley "Meghan Markle Unpopular Opinions" thread that - as of the morning of March 6 - is now 134 pages long.
On the off chance you don't have time to read all that - and I haven't read it all myself - or on the chance the thread is taken down as part of Kensington Palace's latest campaign against "online hate speech", here are a few citations I've pulled.
All credit belongs to the original authors.
Since they write under screen names, there is no guarantee that they are women of color, but that is Lipstick Alley's main user group.
The thread is public, and you can read today's most recent posts here:
Lipstick Alley thread.
"Maybe she thinks this is her version of 'fresh air' in the monarchy? But she will continuously run up against grown-ups like me who think this type of behavior is not fresh air but just lazy entitlement propped up by ignorance...It is not right for her to cry racism when she seems to cultivate problematic events."
Update: On March 8 2019, the thread was closed for further replies, after reaching 155 pages (with 30 comments per page, so roughly 4650 comments in total) during the 25 days it was live. A second thread has opened here.
It's only been in the past three weeks, however, that women of color who can't stand Meghan have been coming forth en masse, in a Lipstick Alley "Meghan Markle Unpopular Opinions" thread that - as of the morning of March 6 - is now 134 pages long.
All credit belongs to the original authors.
Since they write under screen names, there is no guarantee that they are women of color, but that is Lipstick Alley's main user group.
The thread is public, and you can read today's most recent posts here:
Lipstick Alley thread.
About Meg's campaign against online hate speech:
"Most women at this stage of pregnancy are going crazy nesting. Meghan's channelling it by obsessively stalking online comments about her. Where's a copy of 'What to Expect When a Fame Whore's Expecting' when you need it?About Meg being a "breath of fresh air" for the Royal Family:
"Royal diplomacy is a pain, no one has ever said different. But it does exist, it has a real purpose, and unfortunately many people do know the "language" of it. I know it, and I am a nobody....All anyone wants is to see her attempting it. To just try. She is not trying...."Maybe she thinks this is her version of 'fresh air' in the monarchy? But she will continuously run up against grown-ups like me who think this type of behavior is not fresh air but just lazy entitlement propped up by ignorance...It is not right for her to cry racism when she seems to cultivate problematic events."
About Meg pushing ahead of senior royals at official appearances:
"How many times has she had to enter events with them? Why play with fate aka The Firm by doing something so brazen? All you have to do is wear shorter heels, put on stockings, walk behind your in-laws and be rich. It ain't that hard."About Meg's energy levels and work ethic:
"I am very curious about the pharmaceuticals she is taking."About Meghan's patronages of a home for abandoned dogs:
"I am fearing for those little pups in the Mayhew dogs home now that she got that charity as a patronage. She ditched one of her own dogs which is when I started seeing straight through her fake humanitarian crap. You do not abandon a rescue dog, that is a special kind of callous. The Mayhew is a small, well-run place where the dogs are well looked after. What did they do to deserve this shallow empty shell of a person as a patron?"About Meghan's mom Doria:
"Why wasn't her black mother invited to her only daughter's baby shower? The rabid stans can't answer that as it points to lies and a character flaw. Everybody knows how much black mamas love them some grandkids!!"About Duchess Kate:
"It's beyond me how any of [Meg's] stans say Kate is jealous of Meg. She is going to be Princess of Wales once HM kicks the bucket and she has three kids. Meg is nowhere near relevant in her life. Kate probably only thinks of her when they have to be in the same room. Meg will be walking behind her forever and one day Meg will have to curtsey to Kate. Kate showed up to the BAFTAs looking fantastic with Diana's good jewelery and the Queen's bracelet. And all those bitter stans just whined about Meg and pulled the race card because Kate got compliments. It sounds miserable being a Meg stan."
Update: On March 8 2019, the thread was closed for further replies, after reaching 155 pages (with 30 comments per page, so roughly 4650 comments in total) during the 25 days it was live. A second thread has opened here.
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As a mostly white family in an increasingly multi-cultural UK, they are understandably worried about being seen to mistreat their only prominent biracial member.
They need to let Meg make her mistakes in public, so royal followers can see that she is unpopular within the family because of her actions, not because of her skin color.
The fact that women like the Lipstick Alley posters (and if you haven't experienced Lipstick Alley in general, it is extremely pro-Black and not particularly fond of white people) can see through Meg is a sign that Black women may no longer have Meg's back.
The article says: "Software is being used to filter out the use of the n-word as well as emojis of guns and knives."
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/uk/meghan-kate-social-media-gbr-intl/index.html
I don't doubt that there are some nasty racists out there, but they make up a very small percentage of the people who dislike Meg. I've been following her story for nearly a year now, and I have never seen the "n" word or emojis of guns and knives (although Meg's fans frequently suggest that the Cambridge children should be murdered so she can be Queen.)
This is very, very nasty PR at work, and CNN should be ashamed of it.
I agree with this but I also wonder how they'll go about it.
So far there's been a drip drip drip of information stating how difficult and demanding she is but they aren't from credible sources so they're quickly dismissed. Also what mistakes will they highlight? Issues like not walking into a room in the proper order, wearing the wrong color, or shaking somebody's hand first aren't going to justify divorce/scandal/banishment to Frogmore to common folk (especially outside of Britain or the commonwealth).
They're going to need hard non-disputable evidence of her unsuitability, perhaps strong evidence of of her merching/squirreling money away from the brf/taxayers, evidence of her alleged yachting past, emails plotting with Jessica Mulroney/Markus Anderson, audio evidence of her berating/abusing staff or perhaps Harry (if she's truly a narcissist then she's surely raging at Harry behind closed doors). My point is they will need something big to justify removing her from the Firm.
But just to argue with myself, will the BRF do this if there's truly a baby born this spring? How will they look allowing a new mother to be dragged through the press? I know nothing about all the caveats of the BRF but they're in a hard spot, perhaps their best option is to present her with their evidence, provide her with healthy sum of money in exchange for her quiet exit.
But "quiet" and "Meghan" don't quite flow in the same sentence, do they?
But why do it hard when you can do it easy?
Harry was just photographed at Soho House Berlin last night. Have Harry get "caught" in an affair in another woman- which would fit with his laddish 'brand' anyway - and then Meg can leave with her head held high. "I just couldn't forgive him!"
Problem solved for the BRF (except for the baby, if one exists, I'm agnostic) and Meg can go back to the US as a noble victim and try to start her career as the new Oprah.
Also, what happened to the RoyalDish Forum- the Meghan and Harry page is no longer available. How much control does Meghan and her team want over social media and forum comments. She's playing a risky game.
I was very disappointed about her terrible performance at the Womens Day conference - sitting as if she was merching underwear and her salad speeches -
Is there going to be a baby or not? Are they moving into Frogmore cottage or not? Seems she runs so much of her own publicity its hard to separate truth from fiction with this woman -
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