#Catherine effect

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Canellecitadelle @Canellelabelle

The British public is a hard public to win over. We judge harshly first and are cold and guarded first. But once, you have earned a spot in our heart, you have earned one in our home; and this is exactly what Catherine has done with 2 decades in the spotlight.

For a Commoner marrying the Heir of the most high profile Monarchy in the world, the task of adapting was a matter of survival. Yet, she looks, sounds and acts with more elegance, more dignity and more alacrity than Blood Royals themselves. And yet, this kind and honest young woman, who has never put a foot wrong in 20 years, was still viciously crucified this week by the world press; led by the British press and by haters online, all the while recovering from major surgery

If the worse crime Catherine has ever done, after spotlessly behaving for 2 decades is editing her OWN mother's day picture, with her OWN children and taken by her OWN husband, so she could post it on her OWN social media to surprise the world on Mother's day with her health improvement and say "thank you" to us for our support; a "thank you" the world violently spit back in her face out of rabid jealousy and bitterness; then I would like to hand her her sainthood in the house of Windsor: she is truly perfection in a very imperfect world judging her and in a very imperfect Royal family watching her

As bad as her vicious enemies try to break her, Catherine always comes back on top. Life challenges taught her to make the sweetest lemonade out of the most bitter lemons

Today, after all the targeted hate campaigns, she still comes on top as the Nation favorite and most loved Royal, in both the YouGov poll in the UK and Ipsos poll in the US

Her Influence has only become even more massive, worldwide. Catherine is cultural Icon of our time. The name "Kate Middleton" is now a very marketable brand that stands on its own and even, has the power of affecting Stocks

The Adobe stocks were trending at 552.45 on Monday morning. After rumours trended on X that she used adobe clouds to edit her picture, by monday evening, adobe stocks were trending at 561.42, adding $3 Billion in value to adobe stock in half a day

This morning, they were up to 579.14

Catherine's name alone is now a powerful Royal Warrant on its own

Her first official return picture on X broke the internet for almost a week straight and was viewed 82 million times in 48 hours on X alone. The biggest account on X, elon Musk with 175 mil followers got on a highest viewed tweet this year of 66mill views

Her Haters did not hurt her, they made her stronger. Bullied her whole life, first by female classmates at age 12 in school, then harrassed nationally by the british press and paparazzi in her 20s for being prince William's girlfriend, to now being viciously targeted internationally by the world press and haters in her 40s as prince William's wife, Catherine is very familiar with mental abuse and bullying. Yet, she has never embraced the victim mentality, she is a victor. She is confident enough to publicly take accountability for her own mistakes, and confident enough to calmy get on with it; In that, she is British to her core

The commoner they snobbed and despised has now taken over the House of Windsor, Her soft power unmatched; She has now inserted the generations of Coal miners and working class brits, who worked slave wages to build this country into the veins of the most privileged royal family in the world. Her son, Prince George is the first Heir in history with working class and coal miners ancestry in his veins. And in that Carole middleton, who was born in a condemned council flat in southhall and still became a self made millionaire; the one the world mocked and bullied for decades for being too low class for Royalty; The one who is currently in windsor caring for William, Catherine and their children with unwaverring love and loyalty; she at last won the last laugh

12:51 PM · Mar 13, 2024

#Canellecitadelle #Canellelabelle #kate effect #catherine princess of wales #princess catherine #prince and princess of wales #princess of wales #Catherine effect #billion dollar princess #billion dollar royal baby effect #adobe stocks #get well Catherine #prince william #mothering sunday

[mizgnomer]

Doctor Who - Wild Blue Yonder - Visual Effects

#david tennant #catherine tate #doctor who #the VFX in this episode is/are pretty impressive #and I love the story #and the acting #no it wasn't 100% perfect but I still enjoyed it a lot #and DT laughing at his fake giant hand gives me such joy #rtdedit #wild blue yonder #dw60 #fourteenth doctor #donna noble #special effects #doctorwhoedit #whoBts #whoBtsWby #doctor who spoilers #dt running #stuff i posted #dw 60th

[triflesandparsnips]

Accidentally started rereading Northanger Abbey, and was sudden reminded all over again that Jane Austen is, in fact, fucking hilarious.

NA is her parody/satire of Gothic novels at the time, and she starts the book by choosing violence-- she describes the "tragedy" of the main character, Catherine Morland, a girl Determined to be a Heroine even though ALL ODDS are against her: she has a sane father who doesn't lock up his daughters, a healthy mother who didn't die in childbirth, no preternatural talent for music or drawing through which to reveal her Deepest Soul, and-- most shockingly of all-- absolutely zero love interests for whom she can wander the hills mourning their starcrossed fates until she wastes away from the sheer Sentimentality of it all.

But don't worry! She's got this FIGURED OUT. She KNOWS why she has not yet found her TRUE LOVE:

There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no—not even a baronet. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door—not one young man whose origin was unknown. Her father had no ward, and the squire of the parish no children.

But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.

(SPOILER: She is introduced to a mysterious young man who lives in an ABBEY, which everyone knows means he has a DEEPLY MYSTERIOUS SECRET PAST and is maybe a TRAGIC HERO or even a ROMANTIC MONSTER and either way this is IT this is Catherine's TIME TO SHINE she is going to get a good grade in DOOMED LOVE, a thing that is normal to want and--)

(...meanwhile Henry Tilney-- an ordinary guy who never expected "get cast as the Hero in some Grand Gothic Romance" to show up on his bingo card-- starts wondering when exactly he started finding Catherine's attempts to locate bloody daggers in his linen closet charming.)

#Catherine: *literally breaks into a foreboding cabinet in the middle of the night - finds illegible papers no doubt related to murder* #Catherine: *accidentally blows her own candle out while trying to just lower the flame for Effect - proceeds to freak out* #Catherine: *woken up next day by a maid - the cabinet was a linen closet - the papers were inventory of sheets n shit* #Henry Tilney: “Why are you like this? And WHY am I apparently into it?? #Catherine: *too busy trying to stare through the keyhole of the abbey's Forbidden Rooms #totally doesn't hear him* #jane austen #northanger abbey #austen: both a diamond thief AND a talented humorist #give me a time machine and a dinner invite and I would 100% try and flirt with her #GIVE THIS TO ME SCIENCE

[pakgirls530916]

Preach!

Source: Royal mashup

#Wreckx And Effect #meghan markle #princess catherine #slay queen #the real deal

[kittykatninja321]

not gonna lie jayroy can be kinda fun when you don’t have a bitch in your ear complaining about it

#I read a meta that described them as ‘Roy is a former addict and Jason is a classically trained caretaker/enabler they would be #intrinsically drawn to each other for reasons that are not entirely healthy’ and I was like. Woag. Let’s get into it #‘Classically trained caretaker/enabler’ is thee perfect way to describe Catherine’s effect on Jason #I’m incorporating that into my vocabulary immediately #Jason Todd #Jayroy

[colorfulsmayles24]

No because the Doctor hovering in space like he‘s copy pasted is peak Doctor Who. Yes, it looks like a power point but it‘s exactly what I wanted. Feels like coming home- everything’s a little messy but that’s how it belongs

#Doctor who #this is what doctor who is supposed to be like #we gotta have some shitty effects otherwise it’s not Doctor who #not everything can be shiny and new #david tennant #Catherine Tate #russel t davies #donna noble #the tenth doctor

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Jack-O | 1995

#Jack-O #Catherine Walsh #Steve Latshaw #practical effects #90s horror #monster movie #regional horror #Florida horror #Fred Olen Ray #halloween #Pumpkinhead #jack o'lantern #jacko #jack o lantern #horror #Hammersmith Horror

[jingle-jangle-spurs]

#fallout new vegas #fallout #courier six #fallout 4 #fallout 3 #lone wanderer #sole survivor #fallout 2 #fallout 1 #chosen one #vault dweller #fallout poll #polls #polls no one asked for #I love reading your tags <3 #okay let’s go #my LW is names Laurel Alda Catherine Moran #Laurel from the bible where a crown of Laurel is given to those who persevere #Alda means ripple - referencing project purity and the effect Laurel’s actions have on the wasteland #and Catherine for her mammy :) #my courier crutches at his beard while thinking he scratches his forehead with his thumbnail and his fingers twitch when he’s angry #my LW rubs her nose while stressed to it’s rubbed raw after she left the vaults #my vault dweller picks at her sleeves when she’s anxious #she does this to stop picking at her fingers and hurting them #the chosen one and her kids -including the courier have no idea that the Lw exists or is their cousin #my sole survivor has no idea that her brother survived the nukes and his dependents are alive #and that the vault dweller maccready is talking about is her great g g g g grand niece #Wesson’s speech is slurred from nerve damage and he sometimes speaks slowly and takes long pauses #he gets dizzy sometimes and has to lean against doors or the backs of chairs #ooooop going to have to pt 2 the tags that’s never happened

[theoscarsproject]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.

I only have the vaguest recollections of watching this as a kid, so to it really felt like a bit of a gift to have the excuse to see it again, and man, what a gift! Just so full of warmth and good humour in a way that blockbusters these days forget. It's an invitation to hang out with characters you love in a familiar-unfamiliar context, in a way that really hones in on environmental issues of the time (rapidly declining whale populations!). It feels like it shouldn't work, but it just does. 8/10.

#star trek iv #the voyage home #1986 #Oscars 59 #Nom: Score #Nom: Sound Effects #Nom: Sound #Nom: Cinematography #Leonard Nimoy #Gene Roddenberry #harve bennet #william shatner #DeForest Kelley #james doohan #george takei #Walter Koenig #Nichelle Nichols #catherine hicks #star trek #science fiction #environmentalism #america #american #8/10

[shortson]

currently reading northanger abbey and i keep having to Take a Break because i feel such intense intense anger towards john thorne I Fear I Need Something Drastic to Happen to Him

#i keep having to put it DOWN cause im FUMING #this is my first time reading a jane austen novel 🫣🫣🫣🫣 #i’ve had such bad attention span these last few years and so i never could Stuck Into Classics but MY GOD! this BOOK! #thorpe just came to tell catherine he SPOKE TO MISS TILNEY FOR HER and i feeeeeeel RAGE #help is this a normal reading experience of northanger abbey #is this rage a common side effect of jane austen novels or just northanger abbey or am i just a little too invested #im sorry but i LOVE catherine?????? she is everything to me and i cant STAND FOR THIS #northanger abbey #jane austen

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Henry Selick)

03/04/2024

#the nightmare before christmas #Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas #animation #1993 #henry selick #tim burton #touchstone pictures #the walt disney company #Skellington Pictures #Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures #vincent #caroline thompson #jack skellington #christmas #chris sarandon #catherine o'hara #ken page #william hickey #film criticism #film distribution #box office #cult film #Academy Award for Best Visual Effects #jurassic park #walt disney pictures #Disney Digital 3 D #stop motion #halloween #easter #thanksgiving

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

"The Kate Effect:" Often imitated, never duplicated 👑

Determined to help, Kate has now persuaded 19 British brands to donate more than 10,000 NEW items to more than 40 baby banks across the UK.

The Duchess of Cambridge donned a mask, apron and gloves today as she launched a major initiative to support vulnerable babies and children. On a visit to the baby bank charity Baby Basics UK in Sheffield, she revealed how she was moved to tears by the stories of families she met during secret lockdown visits to its West Norfolk branch near her Anmer Hall home.

As she unloaded pallets and unpacked the first deliveries at the charity’s temporary distribution centre, she told volunteers: "It can get very emotional. I remember a couple of the families I met from King's Lynn and I went home and literally burst into tears, their stories were so moving. The struggles they have gone through, the bravery they have shown...in extraordinary circumstances. Helping their families through extraordinary times."

Volunteer-run baby banks provide essentials such as nappies, clothing and bedding to vulnerable families who are referred by health visitors, midwives and social workers. But while baby banks across the UK have seen an increase in demand during the Covid-19 outbreak, many have been unable to accept second-hand donations because of health and safety concerns.The Duchess also spoke via videocalls to Amy Cotton, who fled a violent home with only her baby son Ricky, now three, and received a buggy, clothing and toys from Little Village. She is now a volunteer for the charity and has a 12-week old daughter, Ellie-Rose.

Kate told her: "It is brave and not often the easiest thing to do but it is really fantastic that you've reached out, that you are so open about your own struggles but also the fact that you are in such a fantastic place now. I suppose it is real credit to you, the journey that you've undertaken and the courage and strength you've shown to get there. So well done. And I love the fact that you are volunteering too."

She also spoke to Ella-Mae Michalski, whose 21-month-old twin girls Bella and Ruby were born prematurely with chronic lung disease. Little Village provided them with a double pram, clothes, muslins and other essentials.

"As a mum the one thing you want to be able to do is to provide for your children and it was difficult not to be able to do that but Little Village helped," said Ella-Mae. "It's something as basic as getting a cup of tea when you come here and people asking how you are and being able to offload without fear of what people might think."After learning about the situation during private visits to her local branch, where she helped to pack Moses Baskets with essential products for babies, the Duchess spearheaded a campaign to get UK companies to donate items to baby banks run by Baby Basics UK, London-based Little Village and Aberdeenshire-based AberNecessities.

Retailers taking part include John Lewis, M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury's, The White Company, Matalan, Trotters, Boden, Frugi, Mamas & Papas, Jojo Maman Bébé and Kit & Kin. Green People (Organic Babies), My Little Coco, Bloom and Blossom, Kokoso Baby, Childs Farm and Bramley have also made donations, while DHL Express is providing transport.

In Sheffield, Baby Basics CEO Cat Ross told the Duchess: "Often in a world where there is a lot of judgement and stereotyping about being poor, that additional stress can be even more difficult for parents who are doing amazing things to keep their families going with such strength, such determination."

"Yes," agreed Kate, "One of the mums I met was a nurse. These are families who do fantastic jobs and even they are struggling."Talking about community spirit during lockdown, she added: "It is those small volunteering acts that everyone can contribute to that make such a difference. That inter-generational support system has been amazing. Knowing that you can make such a big difference to another family is wonderful."

Kate also met Ali Wartty and Sahara Hamawandy, and their one-year-old triplets San, Shan and Laveen. An emotional Sahara told the Duchess how she was referred to Baby Basics after struggling to cope. The charity provided them with a triple pram, Moses baskets and starter packs, as well as clothes and toiletries as the babies have grown.

"I was living on the 12th floor of a block of flats and trying to cope with the three of them," she told the Duchess. "It must have been so stressful," sympathised Kate.  

Sahara told her: "How do you take your three babies down from the 12th floor without a pram? We weren't able to go out at all." Speaking afterwards, Sahara said: "To give support to mum means giving support to the whole family. That’s why the charity has been so important to a mother like me. It gave me power. It transformed me. I just want to say thank you to everybody."A Little Village survey of more than 50 baby banks has found that 77% desperately need more nappies, mattresses and other products as demand for their services increases. The charity is set to support more than 6,000 children this year, double the number they helped in 2019.

Founder and Chief Executive Sophia Parker said: "The pandemic appears to be making the situation much, much worse for many families. Every child should have the right to a good childhood and this new initiative is a much welcomed step towards tackling child poverty in the under 5s."

Danielle Flecher-Horn, Founder of AberNecessities, added: "By providing parents with the resources to build a positive relationship with their children - from pregnancy and throughout the first years – we can make a real difference to a child’s development, health and overall happiness."Speaking aftewards, Baby Basics CEO Cat Ross said: "A lot of people have heard about food banks but don’t necessarily know about the baby banks and what we do. Having someone like the Duchess behind us is amazing and her helping us by getting in all these amazing brands has been incredible."

Announcing the initiative, Kate said: "Over recent months, I have heard from families who have been supported by baby banks through the most difficult of times and I have been deeply moved by their stories. Having somewhere to turn to for support is important for all families, and baby banks work every day, up and down the country, to provide immediate, tangible and practical help for parents and carers when they are most in need.

"Baby banks are driven by incredible volunteers, demonstrating the power of community spirit in supporting families and coming together to raise the next generation. Thanks to the generosity of the companies taking part in this initiative, baby banks across the UK will be able to support even more families through this particularly challenging time."

"In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets."¹

@skippyv20 I remember when you told us to spot the difference. No photos of "the wife" out shopping with mom for baby items.🧐

¹Matthew 7:12

#revenge #tom bower #megxit #princess #princess of wales #duchess catherine #princess catherine #babies lives matter #the kate effect #baby basics #little village #carole middleton #moses baskets #prince george

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of The Star Beast - Part Four

Excerpt from Digital Spy's interview with Ruth Madeley:

This past weekend saw the return of Doctor Who, with the first of its 60th anniversary specials 'The Star Beast'. In the episode, we were introduced to UNIT Scientific Advisor Number 56, Shirley Anne Bingham. Like Ruth Madeley, Shirley is a disabled woman who uses a wheelchair, however, as Ruth told Digital Spy in our exclusive interview: "Her being in a wheelchair is the least interesting thing about her – and that's what you want." Shirley is straight-talking, no-nonsense and not afraid to put the doctor in his place. "She knows exactly who she is, she's ballsy, she's northern and she's not frightened to take the lead. And I think she's a great addition to the whoniverse," Ruth said. She also laughed here, at her use of the word "whoniverse", and explained that she wasn't a huge fan before appearing on the show, despite "having a great respect" for it. However, this didn't stop her from being in awe of David Tennant and Catherine Tate, who she said, it was incredible to watch working. "I love that Shirley isn't a gusher when she meets The Doctor because I'm so not like that," she laughed. "I found myself sat next to David at the read through, and realised I was just staring at him. I'm really uncool!" Very early on in 'The Star Beast', a fellow UNIT officer started to act awkwardly when he realised that Shirley can't get up the stairs to access the rocket, to which she cut him down with: "Don't make me the problem." It's a sentiment many disabled people have felt in an inaccessible world, and Ruth points out that "it was so important to show that the problem isn't us, it's actually all the stuff around us". "I'm having 'Don't make me the problem' put on t-shirts," she joked.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who posted set photos!

I’ll post additional parts in the coming months with the  #whoBtsBeast tag. The full episode list is [ here ]

#david tennant #catherine tate #ruth madeley #doctor who #the star beast #dw 60th #rtdedit #doctor who 60th anniversary #I do adore the scene where shirley and the doctor meet #for so many reasons #excellently done all around #with cool special effects #stuff i posted #whoBtsBeast #whoBts

[dykefever]

rewatching doctor who and rose tyler ... we don't talk about her enough...

#the only blonde some may say. i love her ... she's so real #the special effects in 2005 s1 like. obsessed it's so fun and silly #i'm excited for the 60th anniversary (guy who hasn't watched dw since matt smith) !!! idk what's happening #but i will always watch david .. and catherine tate ... love them #going 2 watch with ridi... going to buy some fun snacks :-)) #laura says some things

[screenshotingmonstercinema]

#side effects #steven soderbergh #Catherine Zeta-Jones #rooney mara #10s

[clove-pinks]

Luckily, I have not witnessed any of the alleged discourse about how you shouldn't read the personal papers of historical figures because it's prying too much into their lives and invasive ("me when I have no idea what historians do and also have never spoken to one ever," as @werewolfetone said).

I don't feel any embarrassment for prying when I'm reading archived correspondence and diaries... but there is one exception to the rule.

In Alan Buster's book Captain Marryat: Sea-Officer, Novelist, Country Squire, he reproduces the deed of separation that dissolved Marryat's marriage in facsimile. Divorce wasn't legal in Britain in 1839, but it's a divorce in all but name, stipulating that Frederick Marryat has to pay alimony and child support. It also looks like it has been ripped in half at one point, and taped back together?!

It's written in an astonishingly neat and legible clerk's handwriting, and I can easily read every embarrassing word. Marryat and his wife both have to pledge to leave each other alone and not interfere with each other's lives; and while Marryat usually signed his name FMarryat, here he writes out Frederick in a very neat and careful hand—his handwriting looks uncharacteristically miserable and subdued. I AM SO SORRY CAPTAIN MARRYAT.

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #tbh it was best for the both of them to separate #i don't regret reading this (and what little insight i have into catherine shairp marryat's life is mostly from here) #but WOW it's embarrassing and the ripped/taped effect is just. yikes. #shaun talks