The Duchess of Sussex was once welcomed as a breath of fresh air. Now the media accuse her of ‘virtue signalling’ by touching her stomach
That Meghan Markle. She is doing pregnancy all wrong. Alert the foetus police (otherwise known as the popular press) to pore over the ways in which she is “flaunting” her baby bump. Yes, this is 2019 and the shaming of a pregnant woman’s body is dressed up as commentary and vague concern. Apparently, she touches her pregnant belly, cradles it and strokes it as pregnant women do. Maybe I am guessing just as much as everyone else, but perhaps she does it because she is on public display and she feels protective and a bit vulnerable.
She is not allowed to have those feelings, though, because her job is to breed in captivity. The Duchess of Sussex is public property as far as the media are concerned. Pregnant women will often tell you that complete strangers tell them how to behave. Complete strangers also refuse to offer pregnant women seats on trains or buses, but that’s another issue. Meghan, who was “welcomed” into the royal family in a mood of self-congratulatory “tolerance” (aren’t we wonderful for liking a beautiful woman of mixed heritage?), has been shoved back into her place since she returned from honeymoon. She is uppity (ie non-white) and is said to be feuding with vanilla Kate and even the late Diana. She is that much of a witch.
Continue reading...from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2TsqQBl
via
0 Comments