tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post1339799649008279422..comments2024-03-24T00:23:36.772+00:00Comments on Mad About Meghan: First Episode of Archetypes Drops: The Misconceptions of AmbitionAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11799152261801421558noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-64426128334287968532022-09-01T16:47:11.159+01:002022-09-01T16:47:11.159+01:00I almost became a nun for numerous reasons, but Ou...I almost became a nun for numerous reasons, but Our Lord had a different path for me and that is okay! I can assure you those who are taking the steps to become nuns are well aware of the traditions and decorum they must adhered to. It’s an Order of Sisters and they have rules they must follow. If these ladies felt they could come into an order that has been established for many many decades and enforce a change that would benefit their own needs, then I think they should have reconsidered becoming a nun. I know somethings should be changed within the Catholic Church but Sisterhood and Priesthood should not change because people of today are wanting change that fits into their life. Those nuns realized they could not change that tradition and did the honorable thing and removed themselves from the Order to live as they see fit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-46147264032668514462022-08-31T11:17:14.372+01:002022-08-31T11:17:14.372+01:00I have helped to organise several Royal tours. The...I have helped to organise several Royal tours. Their so-called handlers would include local people as well as their own staff and the Royal couple would have had the right to turn down any aspect of their tour. The arrangements must have been a bit flexible as on both the Australasian and South African tours Meghan took time off on several occasions. On the latter visit it was originally hoped that she would travel to Lesotho and Angola with Harry and visit one of the Sentebale projects which he is so proud about. ( Since they got together he has visited them several times, but she has never accompanied him although an open invitation has been extended to her.) I also recall that in Fiji the visit to the local market. was cut short because of "security concerns ". So planning obviously does allow for last minute changes. Remember on the recent Caribbean tour of the Cambridges there were last minute cancellations due to local protests. <br />So Philly you are incorrect. in your assertions. . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-5071650882838777422022-08-29T15:56:04.843+01:002022-08-29T15:56:04.843+01:00Saw that Meghan is featured on The Cut, and of cou...Saw that Meghan is featured on The Cut, and of course people will attack what she says, especially about Charles. I think it's been very troubling to her to see Harry hurt, and I'm glad she is continuing to say what she wants to say. I don't know how much will equal the lack of support while H&M were thrown under the bus, but she has a right to speak.Allison in USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-7577462906077050032022-08-29T09:24:03.987+01:002022-08-29T09:24:03.987+01:00I agree. I expected more substance, and perhaps d...I agree. I expected more substance, and perhaps defining the subject. Defining ambition, success...and the difference between stereotypes and archetypes. Why Serena is the archetype, the perfect example of an ambitious woman, how she challenges stereotypes. Ambition and fair play in women/men tennis and so on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-53825438676137154982022-08-29T01:01:29.910+01:002022-08-29T01:01:29.910+01:00We definitely need some more information about the...We definitely need some more information about the fire which sounds very serious. First of all why were they staying in a housing unit when normally the British Royal Family stay in either the local Governor General's residence or with the British High Commissioner.? When neither are available they normally use first class hotels, so I am appalled that they had been relegated in this way. How did that happen.? The. South African Government should explain the circumstances as it is a serious blot on their arrangements which directly endangered the life of a member of the Royal Family and one who was seventh in the line of succession. <br /> Secondly, why was the royal baby not properly protected by the British Security personnel who were travelling with them. Prior to the tour they would have checked all the venues for any dangers and a fire in a heater definitely qualifies as life threatening. Was the local fire brigade called and how long did it take to get there? Some sort of enquiry is called for even if it is now some time ago. <br />I did note from pre tour publicity that originally Meghan was hoping to travel to Lesotho and Angola, but in the end stayed in South Africa while Harry carried out that part of their tour. by himself. In retrospect she was obviously very shaken by the fire and wanted to stay near Archie. because she did not trust the local security arrangements. This is very understandable. Maybe the Queen's decision not to take her young children on overseas tours was the right one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-74695194968806937632022-08-28T17:01:06.791+01:002022-08-28T17:01:06.791+01:00Philly here. The editor isn't recognizing my U...Philly here. The editor isn't recognizing my URL. <br /><br />My my. I guess it's possible to read all sorts of things into anyone's remarks. I, however, saw no shade against South Africa in Meghan's comments. First, I think that people believe the royals get luxurious digs and the best of the best wherever they go on these global junkets for the Firm. It quite surprised me to hear that the conditions were not grand at all.<br /><br />Second, a mother whose child is that young is focused almost solely on that child and will continue to be so for the first few years of its life. The brain gets rewired to be that way about it. To put duty ahead of one's baby after a scare like that is a significant sacrifice.<br /><br />Third, it shows the intransigence of the royal handlers. There's a complete absence of flexibility or planning for exigencies that might require a pause in the proceedings. No schedule should be so tight that no flex time exists when things go sideways--and something almost always does. I've planned international travel for groups. I know.<br /><br />However, it's Meghan. The trash talkers will continue to shirt all over her like the seagulls that they are. Serena gets more than her share of it too. I am so grateful for the rational coverage Charlotte continuously and conscientiously provides. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-62507930227695046602022-08-27T19:42:09.562+01:002022-08-27T19:42:09.562+01:00It felt to me that Serena had no need or desire to...It felt to me that Serena had no need or desire to be interviewed other than to support her friend. Meghan drew out a lot of tidbits from Serena, on-topic tidbits. I feel like I've learned a lot about being a woman and having ambition -- it was a well-spent 40+ minutes. Allison in USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-18550253070509463732022-08-27T19:37:57.742+01:002022-08-27T19:37:57.742+01:00A diplomatic incident? Now? I don't think so. ...A diplomatic incident? Now? I don't think so. What is reported is "The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle recently gushed over her Zimbabwean nanny after she heroically saved her son Archie from a fire incident." Serena was talking about how she had "meltdowns" on the court but the men were "passionate." Led to being a mother -- Serena playing after staying up all night with Olympia. Meghan interjected something truthful. I blame the tour planners. Harry has said that whenever they needed someone to go where others didn't want to go, they sent him. H&M were not important. I don't see the damage to South Africa; I see Meghan being free tp speak. And feel.Allison in USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-15531585392669472282022-08-27T16:34:56.681+01:002022-08-27T16:34:56.681+01:00What she wanted was to be with her baby after a sc...What she wanted was to be with her baby after a scare. I think this is understandable. Surely there was a way to do this without creating a diplomatic incident at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-49773170550380236792022-08-27T14:03:15.184+01:002022-08-27T14:03:15.184+01:00Dear Florida Moxie, yours is a great example why M...Dear Florida Moxie, yours is a great example why Meghan cannot do right. Sharing this years later in a totally different context is used to hold it against her. For me this horrific incident shows how vulnerable Meghan and Harry were at that time. There is a lot behind the polished surface of Royal life we completely underestimate.<br />How can the the nursery of a royal guest not be supplied with a smoke detector? Especially if electric heaters are in use? The so meticulously planned Royal Tours? <br />We have seen in the past that a lot is not the standard we would expect - for example the Kensington Palace Office. I am sorry for Meghan and Harry. Obviously they put duty first and - on very brave faces. Given the impressive African Tour we see that Meghan was a very loyal and hard worker for the Royal Family. Listening to this podcast I am happy she changed her mind. Thank you Charlotte for the excellent coverage.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-67054738622223594932022-08-27T02:43:35.060+01:002022-08-27T02:43:35.060+01:00Beautiful poem, and so apropos! Thanks, R.Beautiful poem, and so apropos! Thanks, R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-22732693696297472232022-08-26T22:29:38.157+01:002022-08-26T22:29:38.157+01:00In my opinion there was not enough about the topic...In my opinion there was not enough about the topic 'ambition' or about/from Serena. As one of the greatest sportswomen ever, she has a lot to contribute. Most programmes that have a guest, concentrate on the guestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-76889916833543119762022-08-26T21:15:11.622+01:002022-08-26T21:15:11.622+01:00Wow thank you, I have not read this before it is s...Wow thank you, I have not read this before it is so apt. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-27851014559554665852022-08-26T20:44:58.050+01:002022-08-26T20:44:58.050+01:00I too found the South African comment very strange...I too found the South African comment very strange and unnecessary, so tone deaf. It has insulted the people of South Africa and the hospitality provided and added to the tensions between the country and Zimbabwe. It did not seem relevant to the topic of the podcast.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263886196116716521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-15038735756609557052022-08-26T18:32:24.004+01:002022-08-26T18:32:24.004+01:00This has nothing to do with disrespecting South Af...This has nothing to do with disrespecting South Africa, and everything to do with her very understandable response to a hazardous situation involving her child. She was very diplomatic when she was in South Africa as was evident by how well they were received there. It’s very important to work and to do your job as professionally as possible but a child will always come first and there is nothing amiss about that. I don’t understand this notion that discussing or showing any human emotion is embarrassing or disrespectful, it’s quite dehumanizing and cold. Some things are just more important than keeping up appearances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-71690842295624482512022-08-26T17:02:23.962+01:002022-08-26T17:02:23.962+01:00I agree 💯 I agree 💯 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-59257584008842684152022-08-26T17:00:51.698+01:002022-08-26T17:00:51.698+01:00Thanks for your good comment. Thanks for your good comment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-82490834437605385912022-08-26T16:46:40.178+01:002022-08-26T16:46:40.178+01:00I think Meghan made some very good points re women...I think Meghan made some very good points re women with ambition. And I think Serena's participation was because Meghan is her friend, so that was a gift. I learned that Serena was "ambitious" as a child, which is a powerful thought. And it's so good to discuss the conflicts that arise with being a mother that I know every mother has had to deal with -- you stayed up all night with your child and then had to play the Open. You want some time to be grateful that a tragedy didn't occur but you instead have to leave your baby. These ridiculous UK commenters saying that one must carry on forget those books in which Charles complained that his parents were not there for him. Allison in USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-51782107823146954812022-08-26T04:08:00.434+01:002022-08-26T04:08:00.434+01:00Excellent podcast and coverage, Charlotte it ni...Excellent podcast and coverage, Charlotte it nice too see the duchess having the voice back these two fiends love their conversation like that this podcast gives motivation and a strangle of woman discriminations in Asian black in any form Bluefirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649992037530958562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-51799998815998636382022-08-25T22:50:49.409+01:002022-08-25T22:50:49.409+01:00Still I Rise
BY MAYA ANGELOU
You may write me dow...Still I Rise<br />BY MAYA ANGELOU<br /><br />You may write me down in history<br />With your bitter, twisted lies,<br />You may trod me in the very dirt<br />But still, like dust, I'll rise.<br /><br />Does my sassiness upset you?<br />Why are you beset with gloom?<br />’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells<br />Pumping in my living room.<br /><br />Just like moons and like suns,<br />With the certainty of tides,<br />Just like hopes springing high,<br />Still I'll rise.<br /><br />Did you want to see me broken?<br />Bowed head and lowered eyes?<br />Shoulders falling down like teardrops,<br />Weakened by my soulful cries?<br /><br />Does my haughtiness offend you?<br />Don't you take it awful hard<br />’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines<br />Diggin’ in my own backyard.<br /><br />You may shoot me with your words,<br />You may cut me with your eyes,<br />You may kill me with your hatefulness,<br />But still, like air, I’ll rise.<br /><br />Does my sexiness upset you?<br />Does it come as a surprise<br />That I dance like I've got diamonds<br />At the meeting of my thighs?<br /><br />Out of the huts of history’s shame<br />I rise<br />Up from a past that’s rooted in pain<br />I rise<br />I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,<br />Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.<br /><br />Leaving behind nights of terror and fear<br />I rise<br />Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear<br />I rise<br />Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,<br />I am the dream and the hope of the slave.<br />I rise<br />I rise<br />I rise.<br /><br />R<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-4583123764359305482022-08-25T22:47:26.247+01:002022-08-25T22:47:26.247+01:00(I'm not sure my comment posted, so I'll t...(I'm not sure my comment posted, so I'll try again. If the first one went through, ignore this one.)<br /><br />What wonderful Karma that Meghan's podcast is # 1 in all English-speaking countries and in the top 10 in other countries! The Royal Rota and the British tabloids have failed to destroy her. They only look like the mean, nasty, vicious people that they are. I'm loving it. <br /><br />"You may write me down in history<br />With your bitter, twisted lies,<br />You may trod me in the very dirt<br />But still, like dust, I'll rise."<br /><br />~ Maya Angelou from "Still I Rise"<br /><br />RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-50783347580414972922022-08-25T22:43:41.821+01:002022-08-25T22:43:41.821+01:00What delicious Karma that Meghan's podcast is ...What delicious Karma that Meghan's podcast is # 1 in all English-speaking countries, and in the top 10 in non-english speaking countries! The Royal Rota and the British tabloids have utterly failed to destroy her. They only look like the petty, mean, disgusting people that they are. <br /><br />I'm loving it.<br /><br />"You may write me down in history<br />With your bitter, twisted lies,<br />You may trod me in the very dirt<br />But still, like dust, I'll rise."<br /><br />~ Maya Angelou from "Still I Rise"<br /><br />RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-43288073591024878762022-08-25T19:35:36.086+01:002022-08-25T19:35:36.086+01:00I am "amused" at the need for UK comment...I am "amused" at the need for UK commenters to say the podcast is all about Meghan! It's a lovely discussion between friends in which Meghan uses some personal info to bring out info about Serena. I was fascinated at how easy it is to listen. Allison in USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-7742367572103903492022-08-25T16:26:20.355+01:002022-08-25T16:26:20.355+01:00I can't believe how much I enjoyed this -- it ...I can't believe how much I enjoyed this -- it seemed new and fresh. As USA Granny says, it was top notch. Meghan was just a delight. That whole control by the Palace people is just no way to live -- I think things would be OK if Charles got rid of them all and hired a new generation with a new focus, but I don't expect to see it happen. I am looking forward to the interview with Mariah Carey for one particular reason -- I have a very negative view of her personally. Of course I don't know her, so I'm looking forward to listening. Obviously Meghan feels there is value in talking with Mariah, and I'm looking forward to knowing the truth about her, not just tabloid stories. The woman has had a rough life despite her gift -- I think a lot of people worked to control her, and she recently said she had bipolar disorder. I am ready to admit I have done just what some people do with Meghan -- believe tabloid lies. I read that the podcast went to the top of Spotify's charts! And I also saw that H&M adopted one of those 4000 rescue beagles -- a 7-year-old, "Momma Mia." Allison in USnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523822918879524553.post-54763887042087436932022-08-25T09:27:18.302+01:002022-08-25T09:27:18.302+01:00Finally. But I have to admit, I found the episode ...Finally. But I have to admit, I found the episode pretty flat? I was so excited, because especially Serena should have been able to contribute lots of interesting talking points. Maybe I had a wrong expectation, because I was not here for listening to lots of stuff about their lives that had no real connection to the topic. Those side topics swallowed up a lot of time for such an interesting topic. Let's see if the next episode will go more in depth with the topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com