Munroe Bergdorf has a Glamour Woman of the Year award

True, they are also part of the 'right' identity group, which is being promoted above everything else these days.
I guess it takes balls of steel (ahem) to manoeuvre their way into to most prominent situations, all while taking that place away from a woman. Very frustrating.

If anyone wants a nearly 50 year old to challenge stereotypes by sipping bubbly on a yacht I’m prepared to take one for the team.

i imagine part of the reason MB manages to elbow their way in everywhere is because I imagine they have the hide of a rhinoceros and won’t take no for an answer

As this is a conference focussing on how brands and the advertising industries can challenge stereotypes, I'm guessing MB will focus more generally on trans (trans women mainly) representation, 'queerness' and anti-racism. But mainly it will be all about the trans. The conference has just started and it's all about "Women and girls' so far. No mention of 'and all those who identify as ...' yet.

And MB's book has materialised! Announced yesterday and out next February. Can't wait. Am sure photos of MB at UN HQ will feature heavily. How on earth have they manoeuvred themselves into this position? 8 years ago they were hostessing/DJ-ing and appearing in a reality show called 'Drag Queens of London'.

Yeah. But gorgeous, right?

Don't forget the homophobia and encouraging kids to message Monroe privately.

The UN is a joke at this stage....this is nothing more than a validation exercise for MB.
If this person was going to do a talk about challenging stereotypes for men, and expanding what it means to be a man, I would applaud them. But this is a farce.

Yes.

How exactly does Munroe challenge all the stereotypes of what a woman should be (beyond the obvious)?! Regular Lipfillers, cosmetically enhanced breasts, facial fillers, bottom and hip implants, Botox - glossy magazine/social media photographs in designer frocks, diamonds, lingerie, latex, nipple pasties, high heels, posing on yachts in bikinis while sipping champagne etc ...

Because fulfilling the very stereotypes that females have worked hard to detach from being female is so empowering for males, isn't it?

That to do it they have to have such extreme surgery that their face is literally, not figuratively, peeled off their skull. Then bones shaved down and implants and fillers too complete the look. And that is just the face.

We didn't need any more evidence that UN Women was trolling females, but they delivered by the truck load so no one could ignore it.

OK so 'Gamechanger' MB is about to talk at The United Nations HQ in New York as a spokesperson for UN Women. They've chosen MB to talk at their conference, 'Un-Stereotype Alliance' on #RaisingtheBar to 'forge an unstereotyped world and create equality for all'.

How exactly does Munroe challenge all the stereotypes of what a woman should be (beyond the obvious)?! Regular Lipfillers, cosmetically enhanced breasts, facial fillers, bottom and hip implants, Botox - glossy magazine/social media photographs in designer frocks, diamonds, lingerie, latex, nipple pasties, high heels, posing on yachts in bikinis while sipping champagne etc ...

Really, really challenging stereotypes there. How, exactly?

Can't wait to hear what MB has to say. I bet we will hear the words 'intersectionality', "nuance', 'empowerment', body 'positivity', 'autonomy', and, if they get a chance, 'protect trans kids'.

UN-women indeed.

There's nothing game changing about extreme plastic surgery, wigs, so much makeup your face is caked and swishing about in designer gowns.

But gorgeous! Right?

Clearly both L'Oreal and the UK Labour Party did find these words bigoted though, since they resulted in the person saying them being dropped or having to step down:

white people’s "entire existence is drenched in racism".

Or at the very least, neither wanted to be publicly associated with the person.

Very interesting that none of the MB defenders care to engage on the child safeguarding failures. Children matter way less than defending this particular person to the hilt.

The sad thing is that MB will never really know what it's like. All the plastic surgery and posturing, all the dresses and accolades. All the getting away with saying outrageous things about women.
MB will never know.

Vladimir, sorry you never said that but I honestly can't understand how you admire someone who buys into the stereotypical white women beauty myth.

You wouldn't extoll Michael Jackson as an image for black male beauty. Not saying he wasn't a great singer songwriter. Munroe shouldn't be held up as an example of a beautiful mixed race woman.

I don’t understand why so many brands/companies want to disengage with their core audience…actual women.
At the end of the day all this is about is money. When profits suffer, things will change again.

But it still hasn’t been explained how one is meant to believe Bergdorf when Bergdorf talks about their own personal experiences of race when Bergdorf clearly lies about other aspects of their life.

With Blair, you can see his actions on child poverty and compare his actions on the war in Iraq.

With Bergdorf, we have words coming out of Bergdorf’s mouth that are demonstrably false: “I am a woman”, yet we are supposed to believe the words coming out of Bergdorf’s mouth that start with “Here’s my experience of race”. Why?

It’s not just Bergdorf. If any male claiming such an audacious lie about their sex claims anything, I’m inclined to take a skeptical view first. If Eddie Izzard did the weather report saying it was going to be sunny, I’d take an umbrella.

I just don’t understand how anyone can put any unquestioning stock in anything said by someone so determined to try and convince the world about something so fundamentally false.

Great post

I think Munroe's comments about race were raw and strong and probably true. I think it's wrong that Munroe was dropped by L'Oréal for saying that

Do I think Munroe should get a Woman of the Year award? No, because they were not born a woman

yes, you can agree with one thing but not everything

I'm not @VladmirsPoutine but that doesn't sound bigoted to me.
I think there's truth embedded in the comment.
I say this as someone who is white.

I get your take. I really like Tony Blair for his work to eliminate child poverty. I don't care about the Iraq war. Many people disagree with me.

I think Munroe's comments about race were raw and strong and probably true. I think it's wrong that Munroe was dropped by L'Oréal for saying that.

Do I think Munroe should get a Woman of the Year award? No, because they were not born a woman.

Yep

@elgreco Where have I denied that Munroe is "less black looking"?

This part you say here: "but simultaneously deny that they are visually less black looking."

Can you tell me where I said that because you'd need to report me there for making a racist comment.