Meghan Markle's latest podcast defends female activism and the word 'woke'

Meghan Markle opened up about female activism and how it tends to draw criticism in her latest episode of "Archetypes." The Duchess of Sussex launched the podcast in August.

"Have you ever heard the saying, 'If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything'? I remember hearing it years ago and nodding along, thinking, ‘Mm hmm, that makes sense to me.’ Just stand for something. Stand for something good," Markle began her podcast. "But not everyone sees it that way. Especially when it comes to women. I started to notice this almost default eyeroll when someone would mention a woman fighting for a cause. An almost, ‘Oh, here she goes again.’ Or maybe it was more of, 'Stand for something? Why can't she just sit down and…' You know the rest."

"The unspoken annoyance that seemed to swirl around women in activism was astounding to me, and I couldn't quite wrap my head around it. I still can't," she continued. "But then I realized, as with most things, while it may manifest itself differently, or in different shapes or forms or ways, it's not new. This has been going on for a long time."