She didn’t explain. She didn’t defend. She just sold out.

Let’s talk about why “out of touch” is the laziest accusation in the media playbook and why it keeps failing when it comes to Meghan Markle.

Meghan releases an $18 bespoke leather bookmark.
Cue the outrage.

“Out of touch.”
“Pretentious.”
“Who would pay that?”

And then it sells out in minutes.

Here’s the part no one wants to interrogate:
“Out of touch” doesn’t mean overpriced. It means a woman refused to perform smallness.

Luxury brands sell bookmarks for far more than $18. Smythson, Aspinal, Hermès-adjacent stationery — no one writes think-pieces about them being “weirdly out of touch.”
But Meghan? Suddenly the price of leather craftsmanship becomes a moral failing.

Why?

Because Meghan doesn’t apologise for taste.

She doesn’t soften it.
She doesn’t dilute it.
She doesn’t say, “This isn’t for everyone.”

She simply releases the product fully formed and lets the market decide.

And the market did decide. Quickly.

This is what drives people mad: she’s not testing the water. She’s not crowdsourcing validation. She’s not pretending she’s surprised by demand.

She builds, curates, launches and moves on.

That’s not being out of touch.
That’s being decisive.

And for a woman who was supposed to be humbled, silenced, and economically punished?
Decisiveness is the real crime.

The hate didn’t slow sales.
The trolling didn’t dent demand.
The sabotage didn’t delay the launch.

Which tells you something uncomfortable:

The criticism isn’t about the product.
It’s about the fact that she keeps winning without asking permission.