For International Women’s Day, Meghan Markle took part in an inspiring panel along with a group of inspirational women including Gurls Talk founder and model Adwoa Aboah, musician and founder of The Circle NGO Annie Lennox, Let Us Learn founder Chrisann Jarrett, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership Chair Julia Gillard, and CAMFED Executive Director Angeline Murimirwa.
The panel tackled a number of crucial issues, with feminism forming a big part of the conversation. And the Duchess of Sussex, who regularly blogged and used social media prior to joining the royal family, revealed that she never ever looks at Twitter anymore, and she doesn’t read any newspapers, either.
As reported by ITV News, “The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she does not read newspapers or engage with Twitter during a discussion held to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay”:
Explaining why she doesn’t use Twitter, Meghan said, “I don’t read anything, it’s much safer that way, but equally that’s just my own personal preference, because I think positive or negative, it can all sort of just feel like noise to a certain extent these days.” The duchess’ move to eschew social media has to be, in part, due to the very real threats and online abuse she’s received since joining the royal family.
However, Meghan explained that avoiding social media and daily news gives her a sense of clarity when it comes to feminism. She said, “as opposed to getting muddled with that,” avoiding Twitter allows her “to focus on the real cause.”
The Duchess of Sussex also encouraged listeners to be mindful of the content that they digest saying, “It’s our responsibility. We make a choice in what we click on, we make a choice in what we read, we make a choice in what we engage in. That is our personal decision, to not feed into negativity.”
But when pressed about whether she ever looks at Twitter, Meghan replied emphatically, “No! Sorry, no.”
