Martha Stewart and Meghan Markle as domestic goddesses, OCD & BPD with Scorpions by Tuppence Middleton and The Way She Feels by Courtney Cook, + stickers
I think you're right on that actually most people don't like ANY of these lifestyle celebs. This is just a weird intuition, but something about the Meagan backlash has made me think of the Blake Lively smear campaign. Can there really be THAT many accounts that want me to click on an Instagram story roasting Meagan's show? Maybe! But it feels like there's a concentrated effort to malign here that is more targeted than blanket racism. And, that said, I guess we all know who has a vested interested in making Meagan look bad.
This was a marvelous post. I ran to buy SCORPIONS and was so upset to learn that it only exists in the UK that I wrote one of my publishers to see if they might be interested in getting the foreign rights. (I live in the dumpster fire that is the USA.) I also loved your analysis of the MM situation- one of the sharpest ones I've seen. I used to work in branding for a long time, and wrote up my own analysis of how terribly off the branding and timing of this show is, culturally. https://courtneymaum.substack.com/p/the-three-things-meghan-markle-gets
Please let me know what you think of Scorpions— I’m surprised to hear it’s not in the US, OCD knows no borders! Thank you so much for all of your kind words about my work🌻🌻🌻
It’s so amazing— I wrote my editor about seeing if foreign rights were available and it turns out, they published the graphic memoir that you highlighted in the same post! (Tin House).
Really sad to hear of yet another memoir breaking ugly re: psychiatric medication. The very idea of a crutch being a bad thing is ableist; when you need a crutch, it is literally there to help support you. The idea that leaning on a support is weak and bad is so pitiable and so dangerous. I hope she can come to a better place with it someday.
I think you're right on that actually most people don't like ANY of these lifestyle celebs. This is just a weird intuition, but something about the Meagan backlash has made me think of the Blake Lively smear campaign. Can there really be THAT many accounts that want me to click on an Instagram story roasting Meagan's show? Maybe! But it feels like there's a concentrated effort to malign here that is more targeted than blanket racism. And, that said, I guess we all know who has a vested interested in making Meagan look bad.
I would not be surprised at all if that was the case!
This was a marvelous post. I ran to buy SCORPIONS and was so upset to learn that it only exists in the UK that I wrote one of my publishers to see if they might be interested in getting the foreign rights. (I live in the dumpster fire that is the USA.) I also loved your analysis of the MM situation- one of the sharpest ones I've seen. I used to work in branding for a long time, and wrote up my own analysis of how terribly off the branding and timing of this show is, culturally. https://courtneymaum.substack.com/p/the-three-things-meghan-markle-gets
Please let me know what you think of Scorpions— I’m surprised to hear it’s not in the US, OCD knows no borders! Thank you so much for all of your kind words about my work🌻🌻🌻
It’s so amazing— I wrote my editor about seeing if foreign rights were available and it turns out, they published the graphic memoir that you highlighted in the same post! (Tin House).
oh crazy!
Really sad to hear of yet another memoir breaking ugly re: psychiatric medication. The very idea of a crutch being a bad thing is ableist; when you need a crutch, it is literally there to help support you. The idea that leaning on a support is weak and bad is so pitiable and so dangerous. I hope she can come to a better place with it someday.
that is such a good point! saying crutch in a negative way like that is a problem in and of itself
also hi everyone please buy our stickers!!! they really are amazing 💖