What has happened to the media since July started??? Many psychics had predicted the change in this period but I never believed them coz media was sooooo sugary. And now? Hahaha I’m absolutely lovin’ it!!!

nenny84:

houseofbrat:

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I don’t know. I wasn’t expecting it to start this early.

I was. And it’s going to get worse before it could possibly get better.

@houseofbrat what do you consider ā€œ the possibly get better. ā€ will be for them?

@nenny84 Have you heard the sayingĀ ā€œit’s going to get worse before it gets betterā€?Ā 

I know that things are going to get worse in the press, I’m not entirely sure they’re going to get better after that.

daenerys-stormborn:

DAENERYS TARGARYEN APPRECIATION 2018
ELEMENT – AIR: Ā If I had wings, I would want to fly too, Dany thought. The Targaryens of old had ridden upon dragonback when they went to war. She tried to imagine what it would feel like, to straddle a dragon’s neck and soar high into the air. It would be like standing on a mountaintop, only better. The whole world would be spread out below. If I flew high enough, I could even see the Seven Kingdoms, and reach up and touch the comet.

what is really funny about the humanitarian drive is – there is no humanitarian drive. Have not seen it mentioned much at all since the wedding. I suspect the costs have sunk any charity image. Hard to claim a commitment to the poor when your are wearing Dior.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

They seem to have tabled that until the fall, which is a really bad decision, imo. Its hard to argue that she wanted to devote her life to charity when she basically spent her first year as a royal attending celeb events and spending money like crazy.

Sykes is going on and on about how the criticism is racist and classist, but I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. I think the Brits have a very clear view of how they want their royals to behave–they are supposed so be well-groomed representatives who follow the rules and focus on charity and making the UK look good. He talks about how the critics feel that Meghan isn’tĀ ā€œPeople Like USā€ but I think the criticism is mostly about Meghan not abiding by middle class rules about behavior, respect and thriftiness. If Meghan had, say, announced right after the wedding that she was picking Reprezent, Social Bite, and Stemettes as her charities (to pick her most high profile pre-wedding appearances), and had then scheduled a bunch of charity visits dressed in Marks and Spencer tops and Strathberry bags and shown up to Harry’s non-celeb polo tournaments in Zara dresses,Ā we would be having a very different conversation right now.

I’m surprised too. Everything is moving fast I was expecting the goodwill to last until the their first anniversary. I’m wondering if harry letter and her high end fashion is making the press happy to print negatively. Or her cut off date is sooner than 2yrs. I was predicting close to 5

anonymoushouseplantfan:

It’s pretty amazing. It’s been less than 24 hours since the big press event at Wimbledon and already all her top search results are negative.

Submitted:

anonymoushouseplantfan:

OMG… Thomas Markle Sr’s sold a weekend’s worth of exclusive interview to The Sun [+on Sunday]…

Since Meghan’s not answering him, he’s texting some poor KP staff, and they’re not answering him either. And it’s been months. Yowza. Tom’s more shrewd than I gave him credit for. In one interview, he managed to make out that his Meggy’s terrified and being pressured by the Royal family, and on Sunday, it’s that he’s going to dies soon and doesn’t anybody care?! (That was for you Meg.) Oh and bonus: he ā€˜opened up his family album’. Oh daddy…

And he complained that the BRF should have seated Doria with them at the wedding, and not sat aloneĀ on Meghans freaking side(!!!) because she had nobody but celebrities there and looked like she was alone. In what universe but the Dingle Universe can you turn the tables around like this? Haha, it’s unbelievable.

She has officially ghosted her own father: ā€œThe phone number I had been calling Meghan on is no longer picking up.ā€ LOL omg. Not since the day after their wedding. After which she seems to have burned her old SIM and phone and ditched daddy dearest. So, ā€œI sent a text to my palace contact saying I would like to reach my daughter and got no reply.ā€ Cheesus. This is so classy.

I don’t know if you guys know of the long-running soap ā€œEmmerdaleā€. But the Markles are JUST like the Dingles on that show (including Meg herself, which I ID as Charity Dingle- prozzie, con artist and cold gold digger extraordinaire).

The BRF can bend over backwards, forwards and tie themselves into a pretzle – in the end, these American Dingles will find a way to blame eeeeverything on them when Meg bails in less than 2 years. They just can’t win this one. All they can do is to make sure there aren’t any ā€˜incriminating’ images out there to illustrate Meg’s coming narrative – so BIG SMILES EVERYBODY!


Thanks for sending this in! She has completely ghosted him. This is supposed to make his interviews worthless to the press because he has no contact with the royals and hence no news to share regarding any Meghan ā€œtrouble.ā€ However, he has completely twisted it around so that the ghosting itself is evidence of Meghan’s troubles.Ā 

I think they underestimated the Markles. These guys have been in Hollywood for a while. They know the tricks.

I don’t watch Emmerdale, but I’m going to look up the Dingles. It really is interesting how the BRF will always get blamed, no matter how much money or events they throw at this girl or many protocols they allow her toĀ ā€œbreak.ā€ The old guard is clenching its jaw as she prances around in shoulder-baring outfits, turning her back on the Queen, Charles is wincing as he signs checks for French couture and worthless foreign tours, the entire family is grimacing as they pose for happy pics…and yet they are all going to get blamed when this turns to shit.

I think your last paragraph really nails it, and, yes, they are probably going to go on a huge ā€œhappy familiesā€ drive this summer, likely at Balmoral.Ā However, it will be for naught. I think the real onslaught will come in the Fall when Meghan unveils some crapĀ ā€œfemale empowermentā€ umbrella program instead of the blockbuster innovative whatever that everyone is expecting.

I don’t like what her father is saying first he makes a comment about Harry not hitting her and know he comes out with she’s terrified of her new life. What is he doing. Honestly i can see her coming out with that kind of talk after the divorce with her father supporting the claims. She’s calculating and manipulative. They have only been married for 2 months this marriage is so toxic.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Her family knows how this is going to go. They’ve seen her do this twice before.

don’t be fooled by Papa M – this is the pr exit strategy. Cold cruel RF. And the are keeping her away from him when he might die! Sniff sniff. It gets sympathy for her and gives her a legit exit strategy. Meanwhile the RF tries to protect themselves from that exit strategy by giving her engagements with the RF stars – HM and Kate. And the tabs keep chipping away. And we are only two months since the wedding.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

I agree with you, but it’s so early!

Yes Kate got help long before the announcement of the engagement and if Harry played by the rules his wife would have gotten the same. The help was more about theory and concepts. Markle is 1) not interested 2)won’t take advice and 3) has her own agenda. This is why Kate’s wedding planning was so detailed and based on the theme of craftsmanship – she had been well oriented prior. She knew what was expected. MM don’t care what they expect.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Very likely, but I think it’s also that Kate has a genuine appreciation for what the BRF stands for and Meghan doesn’t. Kate appreciates British heritage and style and the traditions and pageantry of the BRF. That’s why she gets the details right.Ā 

Meghan only cares about the press coverage and the clothes.

Families at the Border: A Reading List

newyorker:

ā€œThe Case of the Missing Immigrant Childrenā€

ā€œTrump Administration officials are acting as if there were a secure system in place for dealing with children who are taken away from their parents at the border when there is not.ā€ Read more.

ā€œTaking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terrorā€

ā€œThe American government has unleashed terror on immigrants, and in doing so has naturally reached for the most effective tools.ā€ Read more.

ā€œHow the Trump Administration Got Comfortable Separating Immigrant Kids from Their Parentsā€

ā€œIt was a radical idea, one that past Administrations had considered and then dismissed as too extreme and too complicated.ā€ Read more.

ā€œEverything Is Far from Hereā€Ā (Fiction)

ā€œThey tell her to sleep, but that can’t be right. First she has to find her son, who is supposed to be here, too. They were separated along the way, overnight, a few days ago.ā€ Read more.

ā€œNo Refugeā€

ā€œIn the past decade, a growing number of immigrants fearing for their safety have come to the U.S., only to be sent back to their home countries—with the help of border agents, immigration judges, politicians, and U.S. voters—to violent deaths.ā€ Read more.

ā€œThe Lost Childrenā€

ā€œNobody thought that it was good policy to separate parents from children—not immigration officials, not immigrant advocates, not Congress.ā€ Read more.

ā€œThe Apatheticā€

ā€œUppgivenhetssyndrom, or resignation syndrome, is an illness that is said to exist only in Sweden, and only among refugees. The patients have no underlying physical or neurological disease, but they seem to have lost the will to live.ā€ Read more.

I kind of think that Meghan’s spending is because she’s never had access to these clothes before. Someone who used to know her said how when Meghan first went to London, no one would dress her bc she was just someone from Suits and now she’s a royal so everyone wants to dress her. I think that’s what’s happening: Meghan is basically having the shopping spree we’d all have if we won the lotto.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Yep, and that’s why people think she’s an opportunist.

Submitted: Wimbledon Outfit Tally

anonymoushouseplantfan:

Actually, I have to amend the tally for today’s outfit. Here it follows in Ā£s and $s:

  • SHIRT RL ā€œCollection Striped Cottonā€ (standard) Ā£600 ($800),
  • TROUSERS RL ā€œCharmain silk wedge pantsā€ Ā£1’280 ($1’690),
  • HAT Maison Michel ā€œVirginieā€ (lol!!!) Ā£600 ($800),
  • SUNGLASSES Illesteva ā€œLeonard roundframeā€ Ā£140 ($185),
  • BAG Altuzarra ā€œGhiandaā€ Ā£1’305 ($1’726),
  • * SHOES probably one of her Manolos Blahniks or Sarah Flints so I’m not counting it in. But then again, she does have an history of buying the same pair of black whatthefug from the same designer just to buy it again so it’s new… so it’s anybody’s guess at this point.
  • * JEWELLERY not seen any, haven’t counted any in.

TOTAL TALLY FOR WIMBLEDON OUTFIT = Ā£3’925 (pounds) OR $5’193 (dollars)


Thanks!

Do you think the designers could possibly be giving Meghan a huge discount? I think that’s what is going on here. She may not be allowed to get them for free so they just charge her like a couple dollars. It still makes her look bad. it would have been better for her public image if she instead wore more high street brands. She’s just proving that she really is a gold digger.

anonymoushouseplantfan:

That may be, but it would have to be a ninety-something percent discount, assuming she has Kate’s budget.

And at that point the discount is basically a freebie. Is she paying $100 for a $10k dress or something.

I don’t want to blame anything on the Kardashians, but the pressure to emulate that lifestyle is infectious, and some of my clients don’t realize that other celebrities are getting a lot of stuff for free. There are celebrities who get paid to be courtside at basketball games, $25,000 or $50,000 just to sit there for two hours. And not only that, they’ll get an entire box of designer clothes shipped to their house so they can pick out what to wear, for free. It’s impossible to keep up with that, but it’s natural to want to. My clients experience the same social pressures that we all feel, in normal life, except for them it’s amplified and more public.

Kristin Lee as told to Charlotte Cowles,Ā ā€œI Stop Celebrities From Blowing Their Moneyā€

A Master’s Twist on Making Ice Cream in a Plastic Bag

newyorker:

At a dinner party I attended recently, when one of the hosts—an artist friend, who can be a little loopy—announced, as we cleared our plates of lamb tagine, that she was going to whip up some ice cream for dessert, I was skeptical. Making ice cream typically involves not only a machine but more than a day of preparation: you have to pre-chill the machine’s cannister overnight in the freezer, prepare your base—often a custard that you’ve cooked on the stovetop and let cool in the fridge—and then allow the machine to churn and freeze it for twenty minutes or so before putting it in the freezer for several hours to let it fully solidify.

But my friend didn’t have an ice-cream machine.

A Master’s Twist on Making Ice Cream in a Plastic Bag

royal-confessions:

ā€œMeghan & Harry are a prime example of why the British Family really needs to trim its expenses on these irrelevant royal members- the future are Kate, William, their 3 children, and their children’s children, while in the upcoming decades Harry & Meg will be pushed to the side just like Prince Andrew (brother of future King) & his children, so it’s funny to see these 2 prance around wasting millions of taxpayers of money and shaking hands with them in concern shamelessly, just move to the side.ā€œ – Submitted by Anonymous