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LaBarruci · 2025-04-08T15:54:01+00:00

Not listened to the first in Meghan's podcast series, a conversation with the founder of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Heard, but the Mail has collated all the press reviews so far, with links. The Guardian, Telegraph and i-Paper are unanimous: the podcast is cloyingly dreadful. The reviews for Meghan Markle's latest podcast are in! Two stars for Confessions of a Female Founder [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14584193/Meghan-Markle-new-podcast-reviews.html https://mol.im/a/14584193]] via [[https://dailym.aiis https://dailym.ai/android]]

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 15:55

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 15/04/2025 11:58

It's stretching credulity to think that she doesn't have time to use one of the 16 bathrooms and is perpetually cuddling her children.

Harry also doesn't strike me as the sort of person who'd perpetually start sentences with "My love".

If my husband ever said that to me, I would throw up!!

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 15:57

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 12:06

Are these people still listening to a podcast they are not interested to hosted by a person they dislike to have something to b@@@h about on Mumsnet? Yes , I think we are well past being defined as deranged!!!

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Speak for yourself hunny.

I can't bring myself to listen to them - I don't do saccharine, syrupy fake - but I'm interested to hear what other people are saying.

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 15/04/2025 15:59

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Stop trying to police the thread. If Mumsnet sees anything that breaks the rules, they will delete it. Let them do their job.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:06

Nominative · 15/04/2025 13:02

From that article about the miscarriage:

The 43-year-old likened miscarriage to letting go of a business and stepping down from a company.
She said: 'I've spoken about the miscarriage that we experienced, and I think in some parallel way, you have to learn to detach from the thing that you have so much promise and hope for, and to be able to be ok at a certain point to let something go, something that you planned to love for a long time.'

Seriously? I felt many emotions when I had miscarriages, it never once occurred to me that it was like letting go of a business. And I rather doubt that Meghan thought that either, given her minimal experience of actually running businesses at that point in her life.

I've had 2 miscarriages. I also suffered from infertility for years. I think that's a horrible metaphor! A baby is not like a business - it's the furthest thing ever I can think of in comparison!

It's far, far more visceral than that. It's the loss of a little life that you already loved and had hopes and dreams for. It's stumbling round the house sobbing and wondering if there was anything you could have done to prevent it happening, or indeed anything you did that caused it, even though you know in your rational mind there wasn't anything. It's not being able to look at small babies.

If you're that deeply emotionally involved in a business - and I know some people describe theirs as their 'baby - then you probably aren't going to succeed because you need to be savvy, calculated, ruthless if necessary, a planner etc etc. If anything you need to be able to leave emotion out of it entirely!

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:07

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 13:35

Woooow, we are even making fun of a women who had previous miscarriages now? Enough is enough. Wow these threads are really reaching a new low. Shocking! These conversations actually need to be screenshot and shown as evidence that these threads should absolutely not be allowed to stand. With all the women that see Mumsnet as a safe space to talk about the pain that comes with having a miscarriage, this is what these threads are sinking into? Absolutely disgusting and shocking.

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Bit of an overreaction there!!

If they are "reaching a new low", wouldn't you be best avoiding them?

glitterturd · 15/04/2025 16:08

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Reporting the poster to ? If MN have already deleted something why would they need you to report it? Do you think they are amiss in their role?

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:09

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 13:51

I will be reporting these threads and the most outrageous comments. At some point, Mumsnet used tu pull them down once they reached a certain level of toxicity. They need to start doing it again. Especially on a platform like these. Making fun of another woman's miscarriage, commenting on that in this way especially on a parent's forum where mums have shared their losses is actually disgusting and despicable and no parents ' platform should allow these vile threads to stand.

Oh fgs nobody is "making fun" of her! Have a word with yourself!

prelovedusername · 15/04/2025 16:11

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This actually sounds like quite threatening and stalkerish behaviour. I hope MNHQ is taking note.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:11

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So we're not allowed to criticise her because she had a miscarriage?

That's bizarre.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:30

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 14:05

I don't care what other podcasters do. Many women come on this public platform and share their miscarriages, we have public figures sharing their losses as well, that does not give anyone the right to deride someone else' s terrible loss. The fact that this horrific behaviour is being excused is also deplorable.

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Hang on a second - where are you seeing "this horrific behaviour"?? I am totally baffled by your accusations?

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:32

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I'm sure MN don't want people screenshotting messages they have decided to delete??

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:34

SingingSonnets · 15/04/2025 14:24

I think any woman that has had a miscarriage will have their own feelings about it. Just because you didn’t feel a certain way doesn’t mean others haven’t. It’s such a personal thing.

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It's a bit cold to compare a baby to a business, surely?

glitterturd · 15/04/2025 16:35

Gosh @LipglossAlly you are going to get yourself in a right tizz with this 😬

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:42

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 14:54

I Will always encourage people to report, report, report. Is one thing to be critical about a celebrity, but making fun of someone' s pregnancy loss on a forum mainly target at parents is really a new low.
If you come across, something that makes you deeply disturbing then you should actually report.

There is no reason for what is supposed to be a safe space for women who have experienced or currently going through a miscarriage to allow threads like this to stand.

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I'm finding your posts deeply disturbing tbh.

You are literally having a rant about something that just isn't there!

And I've had two miscarriages, so perhaps I am 'allowed' to comment?

I read various sites and posted on some about my experiences, developed online friendships with others in the same position (happily we all went on to be successful in the end) and not one single one of the women I talked to ever compared a baby to a business!!

And Meghan hadn't even had a 'business' anyway at that time!!

NewAgeNewMe · 15/04/2025 16:44

Dolaly · 15/04/2025 15:48

I am sorry, but you would have to raise an eyebrow (or two) when someone is writing about their experience of a miscarriage, a very emotional and devastating time, to then find out she has used almost the exact same verbiage as an author who had her book printed about her experience of pregnancy loss, several years before Meghans article.

I don't know how anyone can think there is not something amiss about that.

I think the issue some posters have with Meghan and Harry is that they’ve shown themselves to be very economical with the truth and therefore some may not believe everything they say.

I think Meghan had a miscarriage and then embellished it in the telling.

I’ve had several and one thing I didn’t do was collapse on the floor for dh to find me. The sofa was far more comfortable.

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 16:50

I think people should feel free to report posts and users that fail to comply with the guidelines. As a woman that has suffered two miscarriages, I find it shocking that other women would be making fun of a person who went through such trauma, if you don't then that is on you and says more about you than MM.

It is up to Mumsnet to decide whether their comfortable with platforming this kind of attitude towards pregnancy loss.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 16:55

NewAgeNewMe · 15/04/2025 16:44

I think the issue some posters have with Meghan and Harry is that they’ve shown themselves to be very economical with the truth and therefore some may not believe everything they say.

I think Meghan had a miscarriage and then embellished it in the telling.

I’ve had several and one thing I didn’t do was collapse on the floor for dh to find me. The sofa was far more comfortable.

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Exactly. I discovered I was having my first one when I went to the toilet at work and realised I was bleeding. I got in my car and drove 15 miles home. I had a D&C a couple of days later, then came home and got my kids their tea, as their dad was working that evening. I brought a magazine into hospital with me and found myself confronted by an article on termination of pregnancy. I didn't even throw myself on the floor at that point or when I could hear the sound of crying newborns.

I didn't know I'd had a second until a scan showed there was no heartbeat and I'd had a missed miscarriage. I had been having weekly scans so I was on my own. Drove home after. Never felt the urge to throw myself on the floor then either. I cried many tears - of course I did, but if I had indulged in performative histrionics my DH would have thought I'd lost my mind!

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BeckyAMumsnet · 15/04/2025 16:56

We've had a number of reports about this thread and we'd like to remind posters that while public figures and their words are open to discussion, this is a parenting site, and we’re particularly mindful of how painful and distressing the topic of miscarriage can be for many users.

We’d ask everyone to post with care and sensitivity, especially when the conversation touches on deeply personal experiences that affect very many of our users.

Thanks,
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wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 17:01

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 16:50

I think people should feel free to report posts and users that fail to comply with the guidelines. As a woman that has suffered two miscarriages, I find it shocking that other women would be making fun of a person who went through such trauma, if you don't then that is on you and says more about you than MM.

It is up to Mumsnet to decide whether their comfortable with platforming this kind of attitude towards pregnancy loss.

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Also as a woman who has suffered two miscarriages, I couldn't disagree with you more profoundly.

There was nobody whatsoever making fun of miscarriage. I would be the first to call it out but it's not there! You're projecting, and can I suggest that you may be well advised to seek help, because you clearly haven't come to terms with it. I mean that kindly.

Also as a woman who has suffered two miscarriages, I am not comfortable with how MM is embellishing her experience. It feels to me personally as if she is hijacking it and like everything, misappropriating it and diminishing other women's experiences who didn't react in such dramatic fashion. Why does that not bother you?

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 17:07

It is not about projecting, is about calling out what is a problematic attitude towards pregnancy loss on a parenting site.
Mumsnet clearly agrees that a line has been crossed.

I am not the one being hateful to a complete stranger to the point of doubting their accounts on their experience and deriding them.
Trust me, I am clearly not the one that should be seeking help(and very serious help , I would argue).

RandyRedHumpback · 15/04/2025 17:28

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 17:07

It is not about projecting, is about calling out what is a problematic attitude towards pregnancy loss on a parenting site.
Mumsnet clearly agrees that a line has been crossed.

I am not the one being hateful to a complete stranger to the point of doubting their accounts on their experience and deriding them.
Trust me, I am clearly not the one that should be seeking help(and very serious help , I would argue).

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The only person I can see with a problematic attitude is you. Numerous posters are repeatedly saying they have suffered miscarriage themselves. I will include myself in that number. You continue to try to antagonise those posters who have suffered miscarriage by accusing them of doing something they have not done, namely making fun of miscarriage - which nobody has done, because that would be deleted bu the mods who police these threads closely. Yet you are the one prolifically posting that this thing that has not happened has indeed happened, and you say you have screen shots, for whatever nefarious reason you feel this is required. Frankly that sounds like a threat to dox other posters or try to shame them on other social media. MM is a public figure who has chosen on more than one occasion to share details of her private medical issues. She is not immune from the discussion of matters she has put into the public sphere. So far that discussion, though skeptical of her claims, has been respectful and nowhere in the ballpark of derision.

HiRen · 15/04/2025 17:31

What problematic attitude towards pregnancy loss on this site (I disagree that it's just a parenting site at this point, it's much more than that - just ask all the users on here who don't have any children)? Is nobody allowed to question the veracity of an account of something by someone (so vague!)? Are you Donald Trump? What happened to critical thinking? Are we just supposed to accept blindly anything a person says because....what?

Who is being hateful? At what point is someone a "complete stranger" when they have willfully sought to publicise the most intimate details about their and other people's lives and seek, relentlessly, to be more and more "known" and use multiple occasions to get people to see the real her (in her own words)?

A person who doesn't have doubt is a person on a slippery slope to oblivion. I will always question and always doubt. Nobody is deriding MM for having suffered a miscarriage (it's not like she could have helped it, for goodness sake). If there's any derision it's about the fact that she publicized it, and how and why she publicized it.

Strudie · 15/04/2025 17:32

There seems to be so little interest in the podcast, there were very few reviews, and she barely seems to be promoting it? If it weren’t for the comments about her health making headlines in both episodes so far, I wonder if anyone would be talking about it at all? I can’t imagine a second series at this rate.

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 17:35

My intention is not to dox anybody.
The reason for the screenshots was to have material to put in a complaint with Mumsnet. This is neither Reddit nor Tattle, and as a person who has been on the website for some time, I believe that a parenting website has the added responsibility compared to other platforms to draw the line when it comes to this kind of attitude towards pregnancy loss.

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 15/04/2025 17:41

LipglossAlly · 15/04/2025 17:07

It is not about projecting, is about calling out what is a problematic attitude towards pregnancy loss on a parenting site.
Mumsnet clearly agrees that a line has been crossed.

I am not the one being hateful to a complete stranger to the point of doubting their accounts on their experience and deriding them.
Trust me, I am clearly not the one that should be seeking help(and very serious help , I would argue).

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On the contrary. They clearly agree no line has been crossed and your one woman crusade has been in vain.

On your second point - please re-read and critically evaluate your posts. You are going doolally over something that isn't even there!