Rolling my eyes so hard when I see rude comments about Meghan Markle. She is a independent, successful, hard working, intelligent and kind woman. She had a voice before she met Prince Harry and I see no reason why she needs to change that! So sick of reading “she’s too clingy”, “she speaks over him”, “she’s in it for the fame”. How are you not tired of your own bullshit? God forbid a strong, successful woman would DARE speak up and own her narrative? God forbid Meghan is secure in herself and in her relationship that she is very comfortable speaking up and seeing herself as an equal to her husband! She’s her own person and if she is happy, comfortable and has no problems interacting with the media, then that’s great! Don’t forget, she’s been working in the entertainment business for YEARS. She’s worked with the UN and spoken during many conferences and different forums as a women’s advocate, of course she will have had experience in dealing with media! She will rock her new role as Duchess and I can’t wait to see it! Let the woman be and leave them both alone. They’re obviously very happy and in love.
‘What are you?’ A question I get asked every week of my life, often every day. ‘Well,’ I say, as I begin the verbal dance I know all too well. 'I’m an actress, a writer, the Editor-in-Chief of my lifestyle brand The Tig, a pretty good cook and a firm believer in handwritten notes.’ A mouthful, yes, but one that I feel paints a pretty solid picture of who I am. But here’s what happens: they smile and nod politely, maybe even chuckle, before getting to their point, 'Right, but what are you? Where are your parents from?’ I knew it was coming, I always do. While I could say Pennsylvania and Ohio, and continue this proverbial two-step, I instead give them what they’re after: 'My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American. I’m half black and half white.' To describe something as being black and white means it is clearly defined. Yet when your ethnicity is black and white, the dichotomy is not that clear. In fact, it creates a grey area. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.
Just as black and white, when mixed, make grey, in many ways that’s what it did to my self-identity: it created a murky area of who I was, a haze around howpeople connected with me. I was grey. And who wants to be this indifferent colour, devoid of depth and stuck in the middle? I certainly didn’t. So you make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting, you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be. You cultivate your life with people who don’t lead with ethnic descriptions such as, 'that black guy Tom’, but rather friends who say: 'You know? Tom, who works at [blah blah] and dates [fill in the blank] girl.’ You create the identity you want for yourself, just as my ancestors did when they were given their freedom. Because in 1865 (which is so shatteringly recent), when slavery was abolished in the United States, former slaves had to choose a name. A surname, to be exact.
-Meghan Markle on creating her identity and finding her voice as a mixed race woman
my heart so full with how poised and kind kate was today in her comments on H&M’s engagement… she’s come so far, and now SHE gets to be the welcoming committee and bring her SISTER IN LAW into the royal family. she can be her confidant and lead her in as someone entering this life from the outside because she was once on the level meghan will now be (granted not to the same scale but STILL). god, sister sister is gonna be my new tag for them lbr. GO GIRLS GO!
