Kard fact: Kim & co give girls power
If there is one family who divide opinion, cause controversy and engage millions – even more than our own royal family – it has to be the Kardashians.
This week they announced their hit reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, would be coming to an end after 14 years.
Some won’t be sad to see them go. They think the Kardashians betray feminism and are a bad example to young girls and women.
But not me – I think they are entrepreneurial, empowering and easy to relate to.
For starters they showed women how to feel good about their bodies.
Let’s be honest, before Kim came along, if you had short legs and a big bum ( like me), nothing in the fashion and beauty worlds was celebrating your figure.
The Kardashians are iconic examples of strong, opinionated, independent women, in control of what they say, how they say it and who they say it to. If they were men, they’d be hailed as great leaders, businessmen and role models.
What I ultimately love about them is they just don’t give a damn about their haters.
Despite being targeted by trolls and gossip magazines, they’ve become global influencers with huge personal wealth.
They have taught women like me to stay strong, ignore the noise of people who don’t concern us and keep making a living.
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I am even going to defend fend the Kardashian’s pouty selfies ies and obsessions with shopping, make-up and clothes.
Billions of us love that t side of being a woman. It does not make us airheads. And, hell yes, if one day I can be called an influencer like they are, and get paid huge amounts for promoting brands, then bring it on.
These women are successful because we can relate to them.
They’ve had to deal with divorce, love cheats, weight problems, jealousy, infertility, transgender issues, co-parenting, addiction... just like us.
The
Kardashians have not set us back.
They are symbols of modern feminism.
So Kris,
Kim, Khloé,
Kourtney,
Kylie and
Kendall, thank you for the years of entertainment. And well done for raking in all those millions to enjoy in your “retirement”.
If that’s being an airhead, I’d gladly be one.
If they were men they’d be hailed as great leaders
This week we sadly said goodbye to the talented actress Diana Rigg, who died aged 82 after being diagnosed in March with cancer.
Diana was best known for her role as Emma Peel in The Avengers – but I became a fan when she played one of my favourite characters, Lady Olenna Tyrell, in HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones. Her on-screen presence was mesmerising.
If there was ever a case for having more older women on television, you only had to watch Diana Rigg – she still had the charm and charisma to captivate an audience even in her 80s.
The worlds of TV, film and theatre have lost a star, but the programmes she made mean Diana’s sparkle will be with us forever.