Meghan Markle takes aim at Hollywood celebrities in the latest episode of her podcast.
Whether you like her or dislike her, it appears that the media can’t get enough of Meghan Markle. All eyes have been on her since the news of her romance with Prince Harry surfaced. Today, four years after they married, not much has changed, and the former Suits star remains in the spotlight for a variety of reasons.
Following their choice to resign from royal duties and relocate to the United States, the Sussex’s’ relationship with the rest of the British royal family soured. Following Queen Elizabeth’s death, many people hope that the bridges that were once destroyed will be restored, especially because both Harry and Meghan are reportedly willing to offer olive branches and settle things down.
The Sussex’s attended the funeral and were seen on multiple occasions with Prince William and Kate. The couple subsequently flew to California, where Meghan resumed her podcast, Archetypes, which she describes as “a program where we analyze, critique, and defy the categories that aim to keep women back,” which she had placed on hiatus due to the Queen’s death.
“The Duchess dropped some major bombshells in her most recent podcast episode.”
Meghan Markle took her time this time to condemn the portrayal of Asian women in Hollywood films. Meghan discussed the “Dragon Lady” stereotype, in which female Asian community members are portrayed as “sexually” cold and dangerous to masculinity, alongside guest journalist Lisa Lind and comedian Margaret Cho.
The title “Dragon Lady” is said to have originated in the 1930s to describe Asian women who were “powerful, sexual, dishonest, and domineering.”
Some of the personalities and films she referenced in her podcast included Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and actor Mike Myers ‘accusing’ them of stereotypical representation of Asian women.
“Movies like Austin Powers and Kill Bill presented these characters of Asian women as typically over-sexualized or aggressive,” Markle stated on her podcast.
“‘The Dragon Lady, an East Asian temptress whose strange foreign attraction is portrayed as both seductive and lethal.” This has permeated much of our entertainment. But the harmful stereotyping of Asian-American women does not end when the credits roll.”
Meghan’s visitors agreed with her and claimed to have identified with the stereotype.
“‘Dragon Lady’ is based on an orientalist fantasy.” It’s a character who is akin to a femme fatale. In that, there is a gorgeous and lethal woman. “Because we can’t just be lovely; there has to be a cost,” Cho said.
And it’s kind of like the evil Queen next door, but it’s also so anchored to the notion that Asianness is an inherent threat, that our foreignness would somehow get you. It includes mystery and exoticism, which has unfortunately stuck with Asian American women and Asian women.
Meghan Markle then took her time to talk about an incident she and her mother Doria had when touring Little Tokyo and attending a Korean spa.
It’s a very humiliating experience for a pubescent girl because you walk into a room with women ranging in age from nine to maybe 90, all wandering around naked and waiting to receive a body scrub on one of these tables that are all lined up in a row, Meghan could be heard saying.
I only wanted a bathing suit. Once I got over my adolescent humiliation, my mother and I would walk upstairs, sit in a room, and have a steaming bowl of the most exquisite noodles.
One thing we all admire about Meghan Markle is that she always supports women.
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