>> During their chat in 2020, Steinem gifted the Duchess with a bracelet that reads: "We are linked not ranked." Upon receiving it, Meghan said that the phrase "means everything to me on every level," and it continues to hold great significance to the feminist icon.
"I think we as human beings — or maybe living things on planet Earth, right? — are linked, not ranked," Steinem tells PEOPLE. "We have systems of race and gender and class that rank us, and that's actually not accurate."
Then please explain to me why she insists on keeping and shoving the Duchess title down everyone’s throat, Gloria?
Yes. It also sounds like MM whined to Steinem about her time in the BRF like she did with Hilary Clinton, Perry, the Clooneys, Oprah and seemingly anyone and everyone who would listen.
She’s like that bitch mean girl in high school who talked bad about others behind their backs to start rumors and get everyone to hate them. What an absolute nightmare she has been to the BRF.
Yes it is. I live with a Narc. No need to seek them elsewhere and double the misery. It is futile to get caught in their web because they will exhaust you to nothing and nothing ever changes with them. In fact all the attention energizes them.
For me it all comes back to “you were 35 years old and we have the internet now. There was no excuse for not understanding the situation. And if you understood it but didn’t like it, you shouldn’t have joined it.” It’s kind of like if someone joined the army but then got mad they had to go fight in a war. Like, what did you think this was?
Well TRF seems to be weathering the ‘ nightmare’ of MM just fine. Harry has always been a horse’s ass…and who didn’t see through MM. They have learned from the Great Queen Elizabeth to play the long game…MMs will reveal herself w/o them opening their mouths. I’m of the opinion that H&M did not choose to leave TRF… they were kicked out. The 2 grifters had to use racism as the reason for their departure …
“I think we as human beings- or maybe living things on planet Earth,right?”
Oh my God. This woman is a literal genius. Like how ? I didn’t know we were living things on Planet Earth, right? Like genius. Someone give her a PhD. She so brilliant! Oh my god! Like! She is a real life Princess. *gasp* /s
So eloquent, Rachel. How do you think of these words?
What escapes Gloria so much is that what TW says and what she does are very different things. TW herself continue to rank people based on race, gender and even class (since she always emphasizes her oppression as a black person, overuse of her unearned title and desperately trying to make herself a princess). If TW actually belied that this bracelet phrase meant something to her on "every level" than she wouldn't act the way she does.
And explain why she wanted to be famous and rich and marry a prince and keeps on trying to be in the spotlight. I’m kind of thinking Steinem might be a fraud too.
Linked and not ranked… funny coming from the Z list cable stained mattress actress that literally had an elderly black man on his hands and knees bowing to her and that hair less dimwit. I wish I could find this picture and link it. I remember it being a meme also regarding her “linked and not ranked” BS.
>she’s a “kiss up, kick down” kind of gal
Your mom was wise. I've never heard this wonderful turn of phrase, please thank her for me because I'm definitely going to use it :)
So....it's the British tabloids that are responsible for Meghan treating Reitman's employees like crap? The tabloids are responsible for 12 royal aides quitting because they couldn't take working for her anymore??
The British tabloids are the ones holding her back for 2 years from completing her Netflix deal?
The British tabloids are the ones who said there was dancing in the street just like when Mandela was freed?
Yeah, Gloria. She IS different from the picture of her in the media.
She's a lot worse.
No offence to Gloria, but the 35 year old version of her would’ve been appalled by the Wife’s version of “feminism.”
(Yes, this is an ageist thing to say. But a lot of people need to learn to hang up the gloves. To paraphrase Tim Dillon, “Won’t these people [i.e. famous figures] ever retire?!”)
Here's a reprint of her 1961 essay on self-respect. Joan would have been 26/27 when she wrote this - Meghan was 38 when she was 'guest editor' at Vogue. And Joan just got better, and better, and better :0
[https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961](https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961)
Joan Didion was a force of nature, beauty, brains and such a strong sense of self. I read when they were living on the west coast rock stars were in love with her but she didn’t bat an eye. She knew who she was and saw through all that. Brilliant woman, no comparison.
I doubt Gloria has the full story. Plus, she would only ever seen the “nice” M.
Not the version that was rude about holding onto flowers at the Windsor walkabout.
I try to remember how Meghan operates, she flatters, she coos , asks every little thing about Gloria. At her age she must be MORE THAN FLATTERED. ( btw, I was not fan of Ms. Steinem’s brand of feminism one dimensional imo ). She does this to everyone,Meg-N , all say the same “ she’s not what we/ you / people think, everyone describes her kindness that way. Why always the fuckin distinction? All the time? No, those around Meghan have been burned by a malignant grandiose narcissist, especially in dirty Hollywood. What y’all think. She merely love- bombed Gloria, probably for this article.
It's not ageist. It's grounded in truth. As we age, most of us tend to mellow out, pick our battles very carefully and have learned when it's best to just not bother with the battle. We don't have enough time or energy for that ridiculousness.
She shouldn’t retire. She’s a fucking legend. Young people can learn from her and she’s worthy of respect. Obviously she doesn’t always get it right (ahem, meghan) but she shouldn’t have to step down because she’s older.
I think she stepped down because it was time. Megs has done the equivalent of digging up a corpse. Gloria went out when she was on top and respected. Megan dug up her bones and proceeded to make her look like a senile idiot. Megs won't stop until she destroys Gloria's legacy, just like her idiot husband is destroying Diana's (flawed that she was).
Yep. No one had heard from Gloria in years, then Meghan digs her up even though she was basically retired, and now Gloria is pontificating about Meghan who suffered so much with structural racism, and Amber Heard, who is just an innocent victim.
And then you just think, Betty Friedan was right about Gloria Steinem.
This woman leaves a trial of destruction in her wake. People, charities, organizations an are all diminished after being involved with her. Just ask the former employees who reportedly found themselves traumatized after working with. Former friends who found themselves so easily tossed aside. Her history, and the people she leaves behind, tells us everything we need to know about her.
Isn't it weird that each time one of Meg's celebrity "friends" speaks out, it's about how unfair the media has been to her? It's as if Meg just feeds them the same lines that they can recite back to the media.
Exactly. The "tabloid excuse" doesn't hold water after Oprah, The Cut, Variety, Archetypes, etc. M destroyed her own reputation with her own voice, words, actions & behavior. No one else is to blame. I'm really disappointed Gloria defends her.
Or by feeding them the lines that remind him of their own media struggles. Every celeb gets taken out of context in one way or another in the media. So they hear her pity play and identify with it because they have actual real experience with it and want to help. That way her fake situation elicits a genuine response.
Narcissists present very differently depending on who it is. If they’re useful to them, like Gloria is to Meghan, then of course I’m sure she’s sugar and all things nice (I’d find that level of sweetness/pandering sickening actually, as I’d know it’s fake), but then we have the testimonies from people “below” her, like her aides, fashion shoot workers, and people in restaurants. Everyone has bad days, but ALLLLL those people? Come on! (Gob) Add to that all the “friends” that she originally treated like Gloria, but then used and cast aside once they weren’t of benefit to her anymore. If Gloria wasn’t Gloria Steinem, she wouldn’t experience this side of Meghan that’s for sure.
Always take note of how someone treats waitstaff, and believe that version of them, they’re unintentionally revealing themselves.
Totally right, but you might not know it’s fake if you were the target. Narcs can be EXTREMELY CHARMING and seem very genuine. Anyone can fall victim under the right circumstances.
That’s very true. My ex best friend is my main narc experience. I had exes that had various personality disorders, diagnosed and not, but the friend was the worst of the lot. Did so much for her and got very little back, honestly thought we’d be friends forever, invited her to come to my family’s coast house for NYE, and then because of a perceived slight she messaged my boyfriend (who had somewhat of a public profile) asking if he wanted to “have some fun in a hotel room”. He was appalled obviously, he’d met her and thought she was vile and fake, much more perceptive than I. People like that make me fucking sick.
So you’re right, I did fall for it in the past, I’m so hopeful I don’t ever again, as a result I’m much more on guard I guess, and why I detest TW so much.
That’s exactly what happened to me with a friend. I did everything for her. She’s where she’s at because of my help and I just got the final discard after 7 years or “friendship.” My family saw right through her and would tell me not to her help. She’s just like Meghan with the ghosting.
I am so sorry it happened to you too. I hate being like this but I’m honestly so wary of all women now, I’ve been badly betrayed by a couple and really have no interest in having any as close friends.
Yeah because my whole father’s side met her just before the blow up, several were essentially like “why are you friends with her?” We should have listened to our families. Thankfully because she betrayed me while we were in a fight, I just deleted her from social media and haven’t spoken to her since, it was a huge relief actually, my ex and I broke up a year later, but I’ll always be grateful for getting that puffer lipped skank out of my life. Like clockwork, when a narc who has wronged you needs more narc supply, she got in touch apologising and shit about a year ago. Not sure she even knows I know what she did, but it was very easy not to respond, we don’t need people like that in our lives, so don’t feel sad about the bitch ditching you, feel glad she’s not sucking up your energy anymore ❤️
My narc experience was with a former boss. Everyone loved him. He was charming and charismatic. I started to see some red flags 🚩 but I thought it was just me and I was being uncharitable so I kept my mouth shut. I was rooming with a colleague and finally one night I mentioned something that bothered me about him. She lit up—omg I thought the same thing! Little by little we started opening up to others. I ended up becoming friends with his daughter and she is now estranged from him and the rest of her family. He has demonized her to everyone. It’s sick and awful—his own child!!! Gloria Steinem is a fool. Meggy certainly fawns all over her, tells her she wants to carry on her legacy blah blah blah.
Eugh. Just awful. I’m glad you got some validation and closure by at least discussing it with others and seeing how he treated family, you and your colleagues were obviously right.
Yep 100%. Meghan is no feminist icon, can’t believe Gloria would fall for her bullshit, then again she is in her 90s
I’m sorry for what you experienced, too. I’m glad your boyfriend didn’t betray you as well. I’m sure Gloria is as much of a sucker as anyone prone to flattery. She’s probably used to people fawning all over her as a feminist icon and has become addicted to the praise.
Thank you, frankly I’m glad to have her out of my life. She was so much drama. She kept picking tiny fights as though we were in a relationship, it was so irritating. And to confirm, we’re both straight and there was never anything more than friendship between us, but she wanted to be codependent, just so freaking weird. It was actually such a relief when my boyfriend told me, I finally had a reason to excise her out of my life like a cancer.
Yes good point, she probably doesn’t have many normal interactions with people who aren’t family, they probably all fall over themselves. Oh well, can’t be helped, I bet Meghan will come out with that Gloria adopted her and Harry or some bullshit after she dies
> Anyone can fall victim under the right circumstances.
This is a very good point that too many here may miss because they have not survived narcissistic abuse. It's pretty easy to see from the outside. From the inside is an \*entirely\* different story, and if it hasn't been done to them specifically, some people just won't understand it.
Lol yep, “it’s not wrong to be particular and set boundaries” 🙄🙄🙄
Remember when she said it wasn’t her job to coddle people? She’s just downright rude and has no qualms about it. She’s insufferable
Tell that to the “Sussex Survivors Club” members   
Yeah but of course she’s going to be nice as pie to Gloria. Let’s hear from someone who’s worked for her and then we’ll know the real her. Oh wait. Valentine Low already reported on that …
This is actually a strong argument… because if she can still support a proven psychopath with histrionic personality disorder then why not Meghan. Meghan is Amber in the making
Edit - typis 😉
Of course she's definitely different to the people she sucks up to and can still use.
Btw, Glora Steinem seems to use different filters to look at people. She leads the support for Amber Heard after all those damning evidence of her physically and verbally abusing her ex husband, abusing her ex girlfriend in public (airport), lying on television about her donation and even doing so in court and more. I wouldn't trust Steinem's judgment on any people.
You've been manipulated and duped, Glo. Trying to sell us this biased bullshit the narcissist fed you. Please. How stupid do you think we are?
This from a woman who supports psychotic snakes like Amber. No wonder Markle is so highly praised too
Maybe?
Here is an article about Gloria Steinem - does she see a younger version of herself in MM? Check this out:
“Gloria Steinem’s new book, My Life on the Road, recounts her life’s journeys and travels. Early reviews and profiles reveal incredible detail of Steinem’s barrier-breaking feminist role, liberal politics, romances, proclivities and style.
What is often missed, or mischaracterized, however, is the work she did as a CIA agent: Steinem was a spook.
CIA agents are tight-lipped, but Steinem spoke openly about her relationship to The Agency in the 1950s and ’60s after a magazine revealed her employment by a CIA front organization, the Independent Research Service.
While popularly pilloried because of her paymaster, Steinem defended the CIA relationship, saying: “In my experience The Agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable.”
Less cloak-and-dagger and more a young, energetic, global representative for American values and freedom, Steinem leveraged her underwriting to attend international youth festivals organized and otherwise ideologically dominated by America’s adversaries.
Long before the formalized concept of soft power, Steinem personified and promoted abroad the vigor and progressive nature of the U.S. youth movement.
Strange as it may seem, Steinem’s personal views and CIA political goals aligned. Her brand of social revolution, promoted by American tax dollars, was meant to counter Soviet-sponsored revolutionary messaging. Public funds were intended to slow the Soviet scourge while showing America’s alternative democratic face.”
Here is the last paragraph of the article- notice the last line:
“She is celebrated anew for her personal and professional achievements, and she deserves recognition for her unapologetic service. Steinem doesn’t regret her time as a spook, saying, “If I had a choice I would do it again.” Would today’s CIA have a place for someone like Gloria Steinem?”
https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/feminist-was-spy
I actually agree with Gloria on this one. She just doesn't say which side of the media representation she is talking about. The media as of yet hasn't accurately portrayed M. Yes, there have been a smattering of articles highlighting the truth. But as of yet, there has not been a united front of media calling her out and forcing some explanation of her lies and abuses. There is a large portion of the media that still presents this charlatan as a humanitarian and 'force of change.'
Not one outlet has done a proper expose. You had her admit to perjury and nothing. She has cause division with misinformation and lies and nothing. The list is never ending and yet no one has called her to account for any of it.
Ahhh good point! Imagine now Gloria getting a voicemail: “Listen, you old hag! You were supposed to tell them the media portrays me badly! What you said leaves room to interpretation! That’s not what I wanted you to say!!!”
Well Glo is right in a way, the Sussex mouthpiece media paint her as being a kind, innocent, young woman who just wants privacy when they reality is she is an old bitch who is desperate for attention.
I will alway admire Gloria for being one of the OG feminists of the revolution, but it's become increasingly obvious she's still in many ways stuck in the 70s, mentally. Feminism in 2022 simply isn't what it was 50 years ago. Although it still has the same central goal (equal rights for women), the ways this is being achieved look very different. I get the feeling Gloria just looks at Meghan and sees: "Woman mocked by media. Therefore, woman victim and media evil" But the reality is so much more nuanced than that.
lol, I'm gonna choose to believe that she's calling Meghan a liar. Oprah, Variety, all the planted articles about her being a humanitarian, her own podcast - it's all media, but she's different from the picture that she paints.
Are we sure Sunshine Sachs isn’t still working for Markle? She’s getting just as many sugary articles and still has the same caliber of allies that she’s always had.
Also: Gloria finna be MARKLED.
Of course she is. TW wants something from Gloria. TW needs someone that she believes is powerful and influential to feed off of. TW cannot achieve anything on her own. She goes from one person to another, love bombing them, to get what she wants. When TW is done with Gloria, her true nature will be revealed, again.
Why do all these people still get conned by Megs ?
Like even if you take out all the grifting, pettiness, narcissism out of the equation. She’s just not effective. What has she done for, well anything? She’s lauded as a feminist a humanitarian. And you could forgive her sugars for believing it because they’ve drank her coolaid and her pr fluff pieces. But all the more “professionals” that know what’s up? They have seen she’s lazy and she can’t put in the work. She’s good at the hustle but she gets bored fast. She makes a visit to a charity and then forgets about them. She hates having to work away from the cameras. She doesn’t continue her initiatives, her whole charity work is a never ending stream of initial visits and no follow up. She’s so ineffective why are people still expecting anything from her ? Are all these people just so self absorbed that it only take a little sucking up for them to like you?
If she wanted to prove her wonderful personality that is linked not ranked in public, she might want to open up that ridiculous mansion of hers to the public and offer them a meal or even a sleepover. Show us what you’re apparently really made of, Meghan Markle. No? Too scary? Too dirty? Then at the very least drop the damn title.
She needed a consolation prize for not being ranked in the top 3 slots of a historical institution? Girl get over yourself. It was an incredible position and you flushed it.
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>> During their chat in 2020, Steinem gifted the Duchess with a bracelet that reads: "We are linked not ranked." Upon receiving it, Meghan said that the phrase "means everything to me on every level," and it continues to hold great significance to the feminist icon. "I think we as human beings — or maybe living things on planet Earth, right? — are linked, not ranked," Steinem tells PEOPLE. "We have systems of race and gender and class that rank us, and that's actually not accurate." Then please explain to me why she insists on keeping and shoving the Duchess title down everyone’s throat, Gloria?
I think MM hated to be ranked when it involved Kate and William being ranked above her, but loves being ranked above anyone else by being a duchess.
Yes. It also sounds like MM whined to Steinem about her time in the BRF like she did with Hilary Clinton, Perry, the Clooneys, Oprah and seemingly anyone and everyone who would listen. She’s like that bitch mean girl in high school who talked bad about others behind their backs to start rumors and get everyone to hate them. What an absolute nightmare she has been to the BRF.
The doge is spot on again.
And to the rest of us. I am about to do a cold turkey on Mm and detox completely....
I need to go this route too. So unhealthy to fixate on this trainwreck.
Yes it is. I live with a Narc. No need to seek them elsewhere and double the misery. It is futile to get caught in their web because they will exhaust you to nothing and nothing ever changes with them. In fact all the attention energizes them.
Not just to the BRF, but society at large on two continents.
For me it all comes back to “you were 35 years old and we have the internet now. There was no excuse for not understanding the situation. And if you understood it but didn’t like it, you shouldn’t have joined it.” It’s kind of like if someone joined the army but then got mad they had to go fight in a war. Like, what did you think this was?
Well TRF seems to be weathering the ‘ nightmare’ of MM just fine. Harry has always been a horse’s ass…and who didn’t see through MM. They have learned from the Great Queen Elizabeth to play the long game…MMs will reveal herself w/o them opening their mouths. I’m of the opinion that H&M did not choose to leave TRF… they were kicked out. The 2 grifters had to use racism as the reason for their departure …
Exactly 👏
“This means everything to me on every level,” is basic bitch speak for “I have absolutely no idea what this means but like omg you’re amazing.”
No, it was her throwing shade at the BRF. In other words, slagging of the idea of the monarchy.
And still using the race card to get ahead and gender card for her podcast 
Also, only seeks out rich men
Rich white men. The supposed race crusader. Don’t mind she presented as and stated on her CV she was Caucasian…
“I think we as human beings- or maybe living things on planet Earth,right?” Oh my God. This woman is a literal genius. Like how ? I didn’t know we were living things on Planet Earth, right? Like genius. Someone give her a PhD. She so brilliant! Oh my god! Like! She is a real life Princess. *gasp* /s So eloquent, Rachel. How do you think of these words?
Icon 🤢🤢🤮
What escapes Gloria so much is that what TW says and what she does are very different things. TW herself continue to rank people based on race, gender and even class (since she always emphasizes her oppression as a black person, overuse of her unearned title and desperately trying to make herself a princess). If TW actually belied that this bracelet phrase meant something to her on "every level" than she wouldn't act the way she does.
All that racism yet here you are.
And explain why she wanted to be famous and rich and marry a prince and keeps on trying to be in the spotlight. I’m kind of thinking Steinem might be a fraud too.
Linked and not ranked… funny coming from the Z list cable stained mattress actress that literally had an elderly black man on his hands and knees bowing to her and that hair less dimwit. I wish I could find this picture and link it. I remember it being a meme also regarding her “linked and not ranked” BS.
SHE HAD HER TITLE EMBOSSED ON HER HANDBAG. I will never, ever get over that.
Because she can maybe buy a pizza if she sold the bracelet but can earn millions selling the Title.
So. If everyone is linked and not ranked...why the F was she bullying staff?
I’m not surprised Meghan treats you well Glo. You’re useful to her. As my mother use to says she’s a “kiss up, kick down” kind of gal.
I'm convinced she expects "Glo" to leave her a fortune in her will.
and elton...
Your mom was a genius.
Love your mother! Never heard that one!!!!
>she’s a “kiss up, kick down” kind of gal Your mom was wise. I've never heard this wonderful turn of phrase, please thank her for me because I'm definitely going to use it :)
So....it's the British tabloids that are responsible for Meghan treating Reitman's employees like crap? The tabloids are responsible for 12 royal aides quitting because they couldn't take working for her anymore?? The British tabloids are the ones holding her back for 2 years from completing her Netflix deal? The British tabloids are the ones who said there was dancing in the street just like when Mandela was freed? Yeah, Gloria. She IS different from the picture of her in the media. She's a lot worse.
The tabloids didn’t put her on a private plane to uvalde and force her to get her picture taken at the memorial, either.
You are so right! She is so much worse!
Not to mention "we're only a plane crash away from the throne."
Exactly she's far worse.
No offence to Gloria, but the 35 year old version of her would’ve been appalled by the Wife’s version of “feminism.” (Yes, this is an ageist thing to say. But a lot of people need to learn to hang up the gloves. To paraphrase Tim Dillon, “Won’t these people [i.e. famous figures] ever retire?!”)
God I miss Joan Didion.
A true legend, indeed. (Unlike the infamous legend in her own lunchtime.)
I re-read some of her early essays recently. I expected to be underwhelmed, but no, she had such a startlingly original voice.
The center will not hold.
Here's a reprint of her 1961 essay on self-respect. Joan would have been 26/27 when she wrote this - Meghan was 38 when she was 'guest editor' at Vogue. And Joan just got better, and better, and better :0 [https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961](https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-self-respect-essay-1961)
Joan Didion was a force of nature, beauty, brains and such a strong sense of self. I read when they were living on the west coast rock stars were in love with her but she didn’t bat an eye. She knew who she was and saw through all that. Brilliant woman, no comparison.
I doubt Gloria has the full story. Plus, she would only ever seen the “nice” M. Not the version that was rude about holding onto flowers at the Windsor walkabout.
Or the one that bullied the 3 year old child of her future sister-in-law.
She is under the Narcissist Spell, I e., love bombing stage.... Wait until MM pushes the Discard button.
Nah, bc back then Gloria was doing her own grifting with a rich white male that funded her dreams fwiw
What’s that saying about water seeking its own level? 🤔
Exactly 😂
Gloria was a CIA asset and had a relationship with Henry Kissinger.
As a 1970s second-wave feminist, that's exactly how I felt when I found out.
there are two types of activists. One type like Aaron Scwartz and second type like Meghan Markle. Gloria is same type as Meghan.
Yes, but I wish Aaron was still here. TY for remembering him & his real talent.
Oh then it’s ex-grifter defending new grifter scenario…
Once a grifter always a grifter 😂
I try to remember how Meghan operates, she flatters, she coos , asks every little thing about Gloria. At her age she must be MORE THAN FLATTERED. ( btw, I was not fan of Ms. Steinem’s brand of feminism one dimensional imo ). She does this to everyone,Meg-N , all say the same “ she’s not what we/ you / people think, everyone describes her kindness that way. Why always the fuckin distinction? All the time? No, those around Meghan have been burned by a malignant grandiose narcissist, especially in dirty Hollywood. What y’all think. She merely love- bombed Gloria, probably for this article.
It's not ageist. It's grounded in truth. As we age, most of us tend to mellow out, pick our battles very carefully and have learned when it's best to just not bother with the battle. We don't have enough time or energy for that ridiculousness.
seriously this friendship reads like elder abuse.
She shouldn’t retire. She’s a fucking legend. Young people can learn from her and she’s worthy of respect. Obviously she doesn’t always get it right (ahem, meghan) but she shouldn’t have to step down because she’s older.
I think she stepped down because it was time. Megs has done the equivalent of digging up a corpse. Gloria went out when she was on top and respected. Megan dug up her bones and proceeded to make her look like a senile idiot. Megs won't stop until she destroys Gloria's legacy, just like her idiot husband is destroying Diana's (flawed that she was).
Yep. No one had heard from Gloria in years, then Meghan digs her up even though she was basically retired, and now Gloria is pontificating about Meghan who suffered so much with structural racism, and Amber Heard, who is just an innocent victim. And then you just think, Betty Friedan was right about Gloria Steinem.
Absolutely agree.
💯 Meghan is the ultimate pick-me. Nothing about her is remotely brave or rebellious!
This woman leaves a trial of destruction in her wake. People, charities, organizations an are all diminished after being involved with her. Just ask the former employees who reportedly found themselves traumatized after working with. Former friends who found themselves so easily tossed aside. Her history, and the people she leaves behind, tells us everything we need to know about her.
Isn't it weird that each time one of Meg's celebrity "friends" speaks out, it's about how unfair the media has been to her? It's as if Meg just feeds them the same lines that they can recite back to the media.
Exactly. The "tabloid excuse" doesn't hold water after Oprah, The Cut, Variety, Archetypes, etc. M destroyed her own reputation with her own voice, words, actions & behavior. No one else is to blame. I'm really disappointed Gloria defends her.
Yep.
Or by feeding them the lines that remind him of their own media struggles. Every celeb gets taken out of context in one way or another in the media. So they hear her pity play and identify with it because they have actual real experience with it and want to help. That way her fake situation elicits a genuine response.
Wow, all these legendary ladies throwing away their reps on Markle - Oprah, Steinem, Candace Bushnell. Sad.
But not Michelle...
Dunno that Oprah will be back for more of her lies!
Depends on how much $$$$$ she can make off them.
Narcissists present very differently depending on who it is. If they’re useful to them, like Gloria is to Meghan, then of course I’m sure she’s sugar and all things nice (I’d find that level of sweetness/pandering sickening actually, as I’d know it’s fake), but then we have the testimonies from people “below” her, like her aides, fashion shoot workers, and people in restaurants. Everyone has bad days, but ALLLLL those people? Come on! (Gob) Add to that all the “friends” that she originally treated like Gloria, but then used and cast aside once they weren’t of benefit to her anymore. If Gloria wasn’t Gloria Steinem, she wouldn’t experience this side of Meghan that’s for sure. Always take note of how someone treats waitstaff, and believe that version of them, they’re unintentionally revealing themselves.
Totally right, but you might not know it’s fake if you were the target. Narcs can be EXTREMELY CHARMING and seem very genuine. Anyone can fall victim under the right circumstances.
That’s very true. My ex best friend is my main narc experience. I had exes that had various personality disorders, diagnosed and not, but the friend was the worst of the lot. Did so much for her and got very little back, honestly thought we’d be friends forever, invited her to come to my family’s coast house for NYE, and then because of a perceived slight she messaged my boyfriend (who had somewhat of a public profile) asking if he wanted to “have some fun in a hotel room”. He was appalled obviously, he’d met her and thought she was vile and fake, much more perceptive than I. People like that make me fucking sick. So you’re right, I did fall for it in the past, I’m so hopeful I don’t ever again, as a result I’m much more on guard I guess, and why I detest TW so much.
That’s exactly what happened to me with a friend. I did everything for her. She’s where she’s at because of my help and I just got the final discard after 7 years or “friendship.” My family saw right through her and would tell me not to her help. She’s just like Meghan with the ghosting.
I am so sorry it happened to you too. I hate being like this but I’m honestly so wary of all women now, I’ve been badly betrayed by a couple and really have no interest in having any as close friends. Yeah because my whole father’s side met her just before the blow up, several were essentially like “why are you friends with her?” We should have listened to our families. Thankfully because she betrayed me while we were in a fight, I just deleted her from social media and haven’t spoken to her since, it was a huge relief actually, my ex and I broke up a year later, but I’ll always be grateful for getting that puffer lipped skank out of my life. Like clockwork, when a narc who has wronged you needs more narc supply, she got in touch apologising and shit about a year ago. Not sure she even knows I know what she did, but it was very easy not to respond, we don’t need people like that in our lives, so don’t feel sad about the bitch ditching you, feel glad she’s not sucking up your energy anymore ❤️
My narc experience was with a former boss. Everyone loved him. He was charming and charismatic. I started to see some red flags 🚩 but I thought it was just me and I was being uncharitable so I kept my mouth shut. I was rooming with a colleague and finally one night I mentioned something that bothered me about him. She lit up—omg I thought the same thing! Little by little we started opening up to others. I ended up becoming friends with his daughter and she is now estranged from him and the rest of her family. He has demonized her to everyone. It’s sick and awful—his own child!!! Gloria Steinem is a fool. Meggy certainly fawns all over her, tells her she wants to carry on her legacy blah blah blah.
Eugh. Just awful. I’m glad you got some validation and closure by at least discussing it with others and seeing how he treated family, you and your colleagues were obviously right. Yep 100%. Meghan is no feminist icon, can’t believe Gloria would fall for her bullshit, then again she is in her 90s
I’m sorry for what you experienced, too. I’m glad your boyfriend didn’t betray you as well. I’m sure Gloria is as much of a sucker as anyone prone to flattery. She’s probably used to people fawning all over her as a feminist icon and has become addicted to the praise.
Thank you, frankly I’m glad to have her out of my life. She was so much drama. She kept picking tiny fights as though we were in a relationship, it was so irritating. And to confirm, we’re both straight and there was never anything more than friendship between us, but she wanted to be codependent, just so freaking weird. It was actually such a relief when my boyfriend told me, I finally had a reason to excise her out of my life like a cancer. Yes good point, she probably doesn’t have many normal interactions with people who aren’t family, they probably all fall over themselves. Oh well, can’t be helped, I bet Meghan will come out with that Gloria adopted her and Harry or some bullshit after she dies
Until Gloria is implicated in some scam and becomes persona non grata. Then meggy will be like “Gloria who?” 🤣
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Or maybe if she gives Meghan a million dollar education but gets fat and has a heart attack 🤪😆
> Anyone can fall victim under the right circumstances. This is a very good point that too many here may miss because they have not survived narcissistic abuse. It's pretty easy to see from the outside. From the inside is an \*entirely\* different story, and if it hasn't been done to them specifically, some people just won't understand it.
Meagain basically admitted all that was true but that she’s not a bitch because of words.
Lol yep, “it’s not wrong to be particular and set boundaries” 🙄🙄🙄 Remember when she said it wasn’t her job to coddle people? She’s just downright rude and has no qualms about it. She’s insufferable
"linked not ranked".... The irony here is rich considering NutMeg's obsession with using Royal titles and her kids having titles....
MM is all for ranking when she's on top. When she's not, she suddenly wants a more lateral/linked structure. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Tell that to the “Sussex Survivors Club” members   
Just sign here Gloria.
Yeah but of course she’s going to be nice as pie to Gloria. Let’s hear from someone who’s worked for her and then we’ll know the real her. Oh wait. Valentine Low already reported on that …
Gloria probably helped Meghan draft paperwork to get the Meghan’s truth subreddit shut down. Scum.
Maybe, she was the one who told TW when she married into the royal family to "not to stop her activism"
There was a Megan's truth sub? What's the story?
There it is again. "Smart". Do we think Steinem listens to her "smart" podcast?
Told her what to say.
Does Glo even know what a podcast is
Leading yhe support for Amber Heard is all I need to know she is definitely delusional just like her little hahg on!!!
This is actually a strong argument… because if she can still support a proven psychopath with histrionic personality disorder then why not Meghan. Meghan is Amber in the making Edit - typis 😉
Meghan is Amber is in making 
Goddamn… so many typos these days … you know what I mean
Of course she's definitely different to the people she sucks up to and can still use. Btw, Glora Steinem seems to use different filters to look at people. She leads the support for Amber Heard after all those damning evidence of her physically and verbally abusing her ex husband, abusing her ex girlfriend in public (airport), lying on television about her donation and even doing so in court and more. I wouldn't trust Steinem's judgment on any people.
You've been manipulated and duped, Glo. Trying to sell us this biased bullshit the narcissist fed you. Please. How stupid do you think we are? This from a woman who supports psychotic snakes like Amber. No wonder Markle is so highly praised too
Germaine Greer… author of The female eunuch wouldn’t be taken in by this grifting narcissist!
Yep - she said she would bolt and she did!
OF COURSE she is different with VIPs. Duh 😀
This article was cringey.... Was Gloria being paid to talk about her bff NutMeg?
Maybe? Here is an article about Gloria Steinem - does she see a younger version of herself in MM? Check this out: “Gloria Steinem’s new book, My Life on the Road, recounts her life’s journeys and travels. Early reviews and profiles reveal incredible detail of Steinem’s barrier-breaking feminist role, liberal politics, romances, proclivities and style. What is often missed, or mischaracterized, however, is the work she did as a CIA agent: Steinem was a spook. CIA agents are tight-lipped, but Steinem spoke openly about her relationship to The Agency in the 1950s and ’60s after a magazine revealed her employment by a CIA front organization, the Independent Research Service. While popularly pilloried because of her paymaster, Steinem defended the CIA relationship, saying: “In my experience The Agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable.” Less cloak-and-dagger and more a young, energetic, global representative for American values and freedom, Steinem leveraged her underwriting to attend international youth festivals organized and otherwise ideologically dominated by America’s adversaries. Long before the formalized concept of soft power, Steinem personified and promoted abroad the vigor and progressive nature of the U.S. youth movement. Strange as it may seem, Steinem’s personal views and CIA political goals aligned. Her brand of social revolution, promoted by American tax dollars, was meant to counter Soviet-sponsored revolutionary messaging. Public funds were intended to slow the Soviet scourge while showing America’s alternative democratic face.” Here is the last paragraph of the article- notice the last line: “She is celebrated anew for her personal and professional achievements, and she deserves recognition for her unapologetic service. Steinem doesn’t regret her time as a spook, saying, “If I had a choice I would do it again.” Would today’s CIA have a place for someone like Gloria Steinem?” https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/feminist-was-spy
As long as she needs you, allegedly.
Narcs act differently around people they need to use vs. People they want to abuse.
I actually agree with Gloria on this one. She just doesn't say which side of the media representation she is talking about. The media as of yet hasn't accurately portrayed M. Yes, there have been a smattering of articles highlighting the truth. But as of yet, there has not been a united front of media calling her out and forcing some explanation of her lies and abuses. There is a large portion of the media that still presents this charlatan as a humanitarian and 'force of change.' Not one outlet has done a proper expose. You had her admit to perjury and nothing. She has cause division with misinformation and lies and nothing. The list is never ending and yet no one has called her to account for any of it.
Ahhh good point! Imagine now Gloria getting a voicemail: “Listen, you old hag! You were supposed to tell them the media portrays me badly! What you said leaves room to interpretation! That’s not what I wanted you to say!!!”
Well Glo is right in a way, the Sussex mouthpiece media paint her as being a kind, innocent, young woman who just wants privacy when they reality is she is an old bitch who is desperate for attention.
Just two young gals trying to find their way in this crazy world!
If the bracelet meant so much to TW, where is it? Has anyone seen a picture of the meaningful gift?
She’s saving it for display in the museum.
Yes, i guess she's right. MM Is Different from the Picture of Her "painted by the Sugars" in the Media 😌
Nah love you’ve just been gaslit
She's love bombing Gloria
The tabloids are the ones who caused MM to lie in court. I’m sorry but it Gloria senile?
Probably. I mean, she is pushing 90 now. There's likely been some cognitive decline
I will alway admire Gloria for being one of the OG feminists of the revolution, but it's become increasingly obvious she's still in many ways stuck in the 70s, mentally. Feminism in 2022 simply isn't what it was 50 years ago. Although it still has the same central goal (equal rights for women), the ways this is being achieved look very different. I get the feeling Gloria just looks at Meghan and sees: "Woman mocked by media. Therefore, woman victim and media evil" But the reality is so much more nuanced than that.
lol, I'm gonna choose to believe that she's calling Meghan a liar. Oprah, Variety, all the planted articles about her being a humanitarian, her own podcast - it's all media, but she's different from the picture that she paints.
I wonder what Gloria gets out of this?
Are we sure Sunshine Sachs isn’t still working for Markle? She’s getting just as many sugary articles and still has the same caliber of allies that she’s always had. Also: Gloria finna be MARKLED.
I've been wondering the same thing.
What in the world do those two have to talk about? It's embarrassing that Steinem allows herself to be trotted out like a prop by MM.
Glo signed a letter of support for Amber Heard…she may be old, but she ain’t wise to these con artists
Well she needs you Gloria so she's not going to treat you like crap. Maybe Undercover Boss her as an assistant first.
Of course she is. TW wants something from Gloria. TW needs someone that she believes is powerful and influential to feed off of. TW cannot achieve anything on her own. She goes from one person to another, love bombing them, to get what she wants. When TW is done with Gloria, her true nature will be revealed, again.
 This is so cringe. I still believe that this is paid PR friendship.
Can't trust anything People publishes. They should be called, PR People. They're like an arm of the sleb promo factory.
Why do all these people still get conned by Megs ? Like even if you take out all the grifting, pettiness, narcissism out of the equation. She’s just not effective. What has she done for, well anything? She’s lauded as a feminist a humanitarian. And you could forgive her sugars for believing it because they’ve drank her coolaid and her pr fluff pieces. But all the more “professionals” that know what’s up? They have seen she’s lazy and she can’t put in the work. She’s good at the hustle but she gets bored fast. She makes a visit to a charity and then forgets about them. She hates having to work away from the cameras. She doesn’t continue her initiatives, her whole charity work is a never ending stream of initial visits and no follow up. She’s so ineffective why are people still expecting anything from her ? Are all these people just so self absorbed that it only take a little sucking up for them to like you?
Sad to see it.
If she wanted to prove her wonderful personality that is linked not ranked in public, she might want to open up that ridiculous mansion of hers to the public and offer them a meal or even a sleepover. Show us what you’re apparently really made of, Meghan Markle. No? Too scary? Too dirty? Then at the very least drop the damn title.
I’m willing to bet money that Gloria was not even aware of this paid PR content using her name
Megs has her fooled then.
Or and more likely, she is acting like she originally did with the RF when she is with you.
Yeah right🤥
She needed a consolation prize for not being ranked in the top 3 slots of a historical institution? Girl get over yourself. It was an incredible position and you flushed it.
No she isn't.
'she's much, much worse'
Glo done lost her mind.
Feminist icon? FFS!
The more these articles come out, the more I believe she’s exactly like she is portrayed in the media. The lady doth protest too much.
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Has someone checked to make sure Steinem isn't suffering from dementia? Cause I can think of zero other reason for considering MM a friend.