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August 27, 2022I’m sure you’ve all be waiting anxiously on the edge of your seat for Meghan Markle’s new 12-episode podcast “Archetypes” to drop.
No? Not really?
Well, I’m here to inform you, if you didn’t listen to the first episode, you’re missing out on a real treat. And when I say treat, I mean rolling-your-eyes-so-hard-you-can’t-get-them-out-of-the-back-of-your-head kinda treat.
“Hi, I’m Meghan, and this is ‘Archetypes,’ my podcast about the labels and tropes that try to hold women back,” Meghan says in the introductory episode. “Over the course of the next dozen episodes, we are going to live inside and rip apart the boxes women have been placed in for generations. Boxes like ‘diva,’ ‘crazy,’ the ‘B word,’ ‘slut.’ Some of these words—these labels—are harsh. They’re abrasive, and I want to get to the bottom of where they come from, why they’ve stuck around for so long, and importantly, how we can move past them.”
Oh no, NOT THE SCARY BOXES.
During the first episode, the Duchess focuses on the word “ambitious” and tells the touching story of how an Ivory Clear soap commercial deeply offended 11-year-old Meggy. Why? The soap commercial said, “women everywhere” were using the soap to fight grease. Then some boys in her class said a woman’s place is in the kitchen, and they beat Meghan senseless with a bottle of Ivory Clear.
Okay, so the beating part didn’t happen, but some boys did actually say women belonged in the kitchen.
Now, don’t get me wrong, it is a dumb soap commercial. And yeah, the boys’ comment was dumb, too. But what I find more annoying is Meghan’s syrupy retelling of the story and how it seems we are supposed to also be deeply offended. . . by a soap commercial from the 90s.
She then goes on to cover how ambition is a dirty word for women and interviews Serena Williams to drive this case home– a woman who is one of the best athletes of all time and has succeeded because of (WAIT FOR IT) her ambition.
“I don’t ever remember personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ‘ambitious’ until I started dating my now husband. Apparently, ambition is a terrible, terrible thing—for a woman, that is—according to some,” Meghan said.
Comedian Jimmy Failla perfectly summed up the stupidity of this episode. “She’s highlighting how women are being held back in this country, and she’s making this case by interviewing women who are worth 100 million dollars,” Jimmy said.
If this is a preview of what’s to come, the next 11 episodes can’t be over soon enough.
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And … these women worth millions that she’s interviewing also perpetuate these “boxes”–like Beyonce using the words “diva,” “crazy,” and “bitches” in her songs. I mean, it has to start w women not calling each other these things! And refusing to acknowledge these “micro aggressions,” and stop caring what people say when they aren’t people you know, love, or have a relationship with. If something offends you, speak up in the moment–let that person know it’s not okay to classify you as whatever. Women need to learn to speak up for themselves, not live a life playing the victim.