Previous post
You have all heard by now that the actress Meghan Markle, briefly known as HRH the Duchess of Sussex, has a podcast out of her Archewell brand. The most recent episode is titled Breaking Down “The Bimbo” with Paris Hilton. During the episode, Miss Markle spilled the tea about her feelings on being made to feel like a bimbo while modeling a suitcase on the tv game show Deal or No Deal. Markle appears to not notice that Miss Hilton, a model, actress, dj, socialite, entrepreneur and much more, has never apologized or felt demeaned by any of the non-highbrow things she has done. That’s so Meghan. Oblivious to other people.
The Bimbo podcast found Markle detailing the objectification she endured on Deal or No Deal. Here are her horrors from Deadline:
Markle recalled the fembot-like assembly line before each show in which so-called “Briefcase Girls” would be made ready. “All the girls, we would line up and there were different stations for having your lashes put on or your extensions put in, or the padding in your bra. We were even given spray tan vouchers each week because there was a very cookie cutter idea of precisely what we should look like.”
She said it contrasted greatly with how she experienced the women — and herself — outside the show.
“I was surrounded by smart women on that stage with me, but that wasn’t the focus of why we were there,” she added. “And I would end up leaving with this pit in my stomach, knowing that I was so much more than what was being objectified on the stage. I didn’t like feeling forced to be all looks and little substance. And that’s how it felt for me at the time, being reduced to this specific archetype.”
Maybe Meghan Markle doesn’t understand “archetype” versus “stereotype”.
Archetype – : the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : PROTOTYPE
… the House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet …
— Thomas Babington Macaulay
also : a perfect example
He is the archetype of a successful businessman.
Stereotype – 1: a plate cast from a printing surface
2: something conforming to a fixed or general pattern
especially : a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
It seems Miss Markle is stereotyping all women with extensions, padded bras, and spray tans. She certainly isn’t an “archetype” of anything. She quit the job because she felt…take a deep breath…OBJECTFIED. Oh, my stars and garters. The horror. I have to agree with Liz Storer of Sky News. What about holding a fake suitcase made Meghan Markle think the job was going to be about her intellectual capacity:
I identify with Meghan Markle. While I was in college, I was hired to wait tables at Denny’s. I was shocked to learn that we all would wear the same uniform and deliver food to tables as if our thoughts didn’t matter. Give me a freaking break.
To be honest, Victory Girls wasn’t always down on Meghan. Our Lisa wrote about Harry and Meghan on their wedding day four and a half years ago. I read the words she wrote knowing what I know now and it makes me sad. You can read it here.
Passing yourself off as too intellectual to be a game show model is not a good look. It is not gracious. But MeGain Markle has not a gracious bone in her body. Gracious people try to be kind, always. Meghan denigrated her husband’s family and their patriarch and Monarch were both dying. And, honestly, she’s not that deep. Here she described her podcast:
"It's really about dissecting and unboxing these labels and these tropes that try and hold women back," Meghan Markle says of her podcast #Archetypes.
Read the Variety cover story: https://t.co/YDDQTTNR7H pic.twitter.com/H8IF9hqEEp
— Variety (@Variety) October 19, 2022
That sounds like something I would have been into when I was 20. She is 40. There is no excuse except shallow narcissism. I sincerely hope that Harry will come to his senses. By the way, if you are not a bimbo you don’t have to tell people you are not a bimbo.
Featured Image: Budley/Flickr.com/cropped/Creative Coommons 2.0
[…] post Meghan Markle Is NOT A Bimbo, Thank You Very Much appeared first on Victory Girls […]
NTSOG says: Queen Gertrude: “The ‘lady’ doth protest too much, methinks”
I suspect a real Lady knows she is and doesn’t have to claim or state otherwise.
Taylor says: Did she get paid for being on the show? She should then not complain.
cheeflo says: She must have wanted the job. Why else would she have been there?
GWB says: Well, she might not have wanted that job.
I was once out of work for an inordinately long time. I was considered over-qualified for a lot of jobs for which I was interviewing toward the end. And I was literally planning on getting an application for Taco Bell just to put food on the table when I got the call for my next job. It certainly wasn’t the job I wanted, but it might have been the job I needed for a time.
The real difference between me and Markle? I wouldn’t have considered myself “too good” for the job if I had to go that route.
Toni Williams says: That’s what real men do. My Dad once worked day jobs for Manpower after the Marines and before he got hired at GM.
Neecie Macaulay says: “I would end up leaving with this pit in my stomach”
Meghan, dear, your not supposed to eat the seeds.
Anna A says: I can appreciate the job hunt challenges, because I was experiencing something similar. I’ve an advance degree in chemistry and have worked for many years. I was over qualified for technician jobs, but too old for normal chemist jobs. I worked in a warehouse pulling orders until I got my current chemist job. (I’m having fun)
GWB says: I was surrounded by smart women on that stage with me
Maybe Meghan Markle doesn’t understand “archetype” versus “stereotype”.
You know, being surrounded by smart women does not mean that you are smart.
I didn’t like feeling forced to be all looks and little substance.
Oh, honey, you weren’t forced to that. It’s who you are. You’ve proven that, in spades, for the last number of years. (And you will spend a fortune trying desperately to hang onto your looks as you age. Because otherwise you will have nothing.)
I was hired to wait tables at Denny’s
And I bet you were hired for (or took advantage of) your good looks, too. 😉
their wedding day four and a half years ago
Egad. It feels like a lot longer than that….
honestly, she’s not that deep
*tilts head like a Valley Girl* Well, duh! Like, I think, you know, I just said that!
Markle is a beautiful celebrity who believes that she is smart and should be listened to because she made money being a beautiful celebrity. She would have to step up to become a bimbo.
Toni Williams says: GWB – naturally, I used my looks. Tips. The best was graveyard on Saturday nights. Drunks tip well if you are good looking. Luckily, my Marine Dad always came to the restaurant to escort me home. I am not stupid like Meghan.
Jan Calhoun says: Her next role involved giving a blow job in an automobile which she must have considered more intellectual.
Scott says: Markle is a hateful racist, with little talent, and would be out of her depth in a puddle. Her only apparent talent is in the same realm as heels up harris. , in that she has managed to cuck prince Harry, and live off his money and fame.
John C. says: Being a model is SPECIFICALLY being hired solely for one’s appearance. That’s kinda the point. And she is upset because she was hired solely for her appearance? The intellectual depth here, it could be exceeded by a puddle.
Wiz says: She was obviously hired for her appearance, not her intellect, in all of her jobs. It stands to reason. Empirically, there’s evidence of her good looks.
[…] because he’s been abused by the system all his life. So, instead of spending time prior to Meghan’s arrival in his life working WITH his family to find his place in life, he’s been quietly seething […]
15 Comments