I’m still enjoying the quotes from the Duchess of Sussex’s International Women’s Day panel discussion. Meghan talked about feminism and the need to include boys and men in feminism and feminist conversations. She talked about the need for a global feminism, which is a pretty radical idea in practice, if we’re being honest. Thankfully, she also gave us some interesting quotes about whether she pays attention to social media:

Meghan Markle has a proven track record of social media savvy — but these days, she says she avoids at least one social media platform entirely. During a panel discussion for International Women’s Day at King’s College London on Friday, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she looks at Twitter.

“My personal decision is to not to feed into negativity and be more cause-driven, action-based,” she said. “For me it’s a tricky one, because I’m not part of any of that. I don’t look at it. Sorry, no. For me that is my personal preference. But I do read The Economist.“ (The panel discussion was moderated by Anne McElvoy, senior editor of The Economist.)

She added that she seeks out “journalism that’s really covering things that are going to make an impact, which we talked about backstage. We were talking about Tanzania and the article The Economist just did. Things like that, that are really talking about how the role of women is really shifting and changing. That’s key. Focus your energy there and not on the stuff that is perhaps muddling you.”

[From People]

In the past, I’ve called bulls–t on Meghan a few times, like when she pretended to not know anything about Harry’s family in the engagement interview, remember that? She chooses to lie very carefully – she doesn’t want to look superficial, like the kind of woman who, say, paid attention to royal gossip about Princess Diana in the ‘90s, or the kind of woman who keeps an eye on what people are saying about her online. Trust me, she’s aware of the Twitter haters. I’m not saying she’s obsessively checking Twitter or anything like that. But she sees what some people say some of the time. She’s aware. She’s just pretending to not engage with that element because she doesn’t want to give them the satisfaction, and because she knows that if she says the online hate campaigns bug her, she’ll be attacked even more.

Meanwhile, Meghan is losing another aide. Amy Pickerill serves as assistant private secretary to Meghan, and many believed Pickerill would be moving up to a bigger position in the months to come. All we know is that it was Pickerill’s decision, and she handed in her notice and she plans to move overseas. Amy worked for the Kensington Palace communications office before Meghan came around, and it’s said that Harry hand-picked Amy to work with Meghan. I’m sure people are already theorizing about how “Duchess Difficult” dawn-texted another employee to death, but the vibe I’m getting is just that Pickerill was done with royal work and maybe she had better personal or professional options out of the country? I also think that Meghan and Harry are trying to hire some new people, people who have never worked for the Cambridges, people who have no divided loyalties.

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