This week, the Wisteria Sisters of newsletters sashay and shante through the fertility clinic, across the Hudson Valley Target, and all over the City of Light.
My opinion about Kate's health is "whatever they said was purposely vague, leading me to believe it's either not a big deal and they didn't think anyone would care that she wouldn't be 'working' until Easter OR it IS a big deal and she's not well enough to be posing for pics" (Except Charles is up and about with cancer, posing for pics, so...)
What I find more interesting is the whole media aspect: it's clear the British Press was told to keep quiet, and they did. No paps hanging around (until now, conveniently), no stories about how George is stepping up and Charlotte is learning to bake, etc. So the Royal Family CAN ask for privacy for Kate but when Harry and Meghan asked for help, no. Add on the whole William missing his Godfather's funeral service with an hour's notice, Camilla now flying off for vacation and the visual of putting the elderly Duke of Kent into service, it's a train wreck bad PR Optics.
As a retail salesperson, I do feel icky about a reporter embedding with 'real workers', hopefully the story will have some nuance, the reviews seem good. But I was immediately reminded of Barbara Eihrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, does Waldman credit her at all, I wonder?
My opinion about Kate's health is "whatever they said was purposely vague, leading me to believe it's either not a big deal and they didn't think anyone would care that she wouldn't be 'working' until Easter OR it IS a big deal and she's not well enough to be posing for pics" (Except Charles is up and about with cancer, posing for pics, so...)
What I find more interesting is the whole media aspect: it's clear the British Press was told to keep quiet, and they did. No paps hanging around (until now, conveniently), no stories about how George is stepping up and Charlotte is learning to bake, etc. So the Royal Family CAN ask for privacy for Kate but when Harry and Meghan asked for help, no. Add on the whole William missing his Godfather's funeral service with an hour's notice, Camilla now flying off for vacation and the visual of putting the elderly Duke of Kent into service, it's a train wreck bad PR Optics.
As a retail salesperson, I do feel icky about a reporter embedding with 'real workers', hopefully the story will have some nuance, the reviews seem good. But I was immediately reminded of Barbara Eihrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, does Waldman credit her at all, I wonder?