Confessions of a Female Flounder part 2

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I've embarrassed for Meghan saying that her arranging takeaway food on a plate is the same thing as what Figs Heather Hasson has done 😬

Nail on head @GiveMeSpanakopita as usual. ( God every time I read that I long for one of those golden parcels of cheese and spinachy goodness... )

My employer commissioned me over a number of years to deliver a séries of courses for senior and middle management to try to get them to stop using the language of corporate bullshit.

I had great fun devising these sessions and would use the most égregious examples I could find for them to translate in order to make my point.

My bullshit radar is very well honed!

Generally you find this nonsense because:

People confuse using jargon that sounds impressive to some, as actually being impressive. The listeners don't stop to think ' but what does this actually mean?'

They want to hide the true meaning of something as spanakopita said upthread

They are so insecure in their own abilities they are afraid to articulate something simply

They are frauds, usually vastly over promoted who actually have no clue what they are talking about and hope that a jargon filled delivery will deflect tough questions.

I'm guessing the mystery guest is Gloria Steinem.

@GiveMeSpanakopita - many years ago I worked for a very large multinational company - and Oh the jargon. I consider myself an intelligent woman - really I do and I have certificates to prove it - btw Eng. Lit and lang , which is relevant - I have read some Hard Books 😂 - but I could come out of a meeting or read a brochure and think I just do not understand what this is trying to say. I also think as well as eg press releases etc where jargon hides subpar performance - it is often used by people who want to seem like they know what they are taking about , but to me it just makes you think their grasp is tenuous. But it sounds very businessy & complicated.

No apparently it’s Beyoncé mum Tina who has a book out .

The point has been made that when you had the opportunity to show your appreciation of QE2 as a matriarch, Tina Knowles is quite a different proposition...

Exactly @BasiliskStare . I actually find it quite funny.

That’s a reasonable guess. Tbh that woman has become quite a bore. She was the subject of a research paper I did at university so she was a bit of heroine to me at one point but she’s become quite mediocre. Give me feisty old Germaine Greer any day.

That's so sweet, thank you for sharing. Mine are teens now, but my son recently found his teeth (we somehow couldn't being ourselves to throw them away) in a keepsake box, and gave us the third degree about the machinations we went through to be their tooth fairy. I think he was quite impressed at the subterfuge! 😂

Well, quite! And great-granny coming back as a hummingbird!

I thought Steinem appeared on one of her Archetypes (sic) interviews.

Bet she wouldn't dare go near Greer.

Isnt there a very cringe video of MM sitting next to her at a tennis touranment and trying to make conversation but Tina ignored her?

Oh I am utterly with you on this - are you old enough to remember the debate with Norman Mailer "Town Bloody Hall". My son once met GG at a university debate - just said hello and said , btw my mother thinks you're fantastic. He was 21 I'm now in my sixties and she just said , thank you .

That was Oracene Williams you are thinking of - Venus and Serena’s mother.

To be fair Gloria is 91 so not surprising she is past her best

I gather Dolly Parton said no.

Yep, according to Maureen Callahan in the US.

MailOnline US:

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Imagine having the gall to even ask Dolly, an absolute icon!

I know! Dolly is amazing, and a proper philanthropist. With her, it's not just talk.

I love Dolly Parton 💕

Dolly rocks. Her work on supporting literacy has been amazing, and impactful. Also her work promoting the Covid vaccine, at a time when incorrect information put people off. I always think that this is a good use of celebrity status
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Yes Dolly is a great example of how to do good with her earnings. She genuinely cares about her literacy programme and is also a massive talent, something which the Markles both lack.

Dolly Parton is awesome.

’It takes a lot of money to look this cheap’ is one the great celebrity lines. She has what H&M lack - self-awareness, grace & humility, and a cracking sense of humour. And talent.

Love Dolly. She's done so much good with the money she earned from her talent and she made it on her own.

I've not wanted to do anything Disney since childhood (the original Magic Kingdom was a far off dream for a child in the Midlands in the 60s) but quite like the look of Dollywood.

I agree. Love her or hate her, Germaine is scared of no-one and nothing, and does NOT just say what people want to hear.

She's a tough old bird (I don't use that word in the 60s sense!) and I think of her as a bit of soothsayer. When you get people who are brave enough, or care nothing for popularity or trends, they're usually worth listening to even if it's sometimes uncomfortable.

I remember GG being interviewed just after the Sussex wedding, and she said that Meghan wouldn't last 5 years in the RF.
It turned out to be even less than that.