The Merchant of Altadena
Meghan‘s showing sincerity by turning up at another relief outpost, Altadena Girls Fire Recovery Fund. As the Daily Mail put it unarchived
Altadena Girls are unstinting in their praise of Meghan / Archewell. Clapback, anyone?
What’s of particular interest to me is this photograph:
Meghan’s carrying bags marked ‘Our Place’.
Around Thanksgiving 2024, Meghan hosted ‘a heartfelt holiday dinner’ for Afghan (cough) refugees (can you still be a refugee after being in the US for 10 years? asking for a friend) - not in Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire, but ‘in the garden at Our Place, a woman- and immigrant-owned cookware company.’ marie claire archived / unarchived
Is this an example of Meghan contributing with others’ donations? Or is this some sort of commercial promotion?
Let’s set aside the use of cookware to Altadena Girls, which supports teenage girls (founded by a 14-year-old) and focuses on collecting clothing, personal items, and beauty and haircare products.
I feel a Hubb Community Kitchen moment coming up. (Meghan claims to have co-founded it, but that’s an absolute lie - it existed before her jumping on that bandwagon.) People have no homes, but they do have fire to cook with. Is Altadena culturally ready for this?