--- title: Meghan Markle: 'I Feel the Embryonic Kicking of Feminism' description: Meghan Markle joked about a line she loved from a Netflix documentary on feminism on International Women's Day. canonical: https://time.com/5547951/meghan-markle-baby-bump/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-08T14:50:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:59.757Z og:title: Meghan Markle Says She Can Feel the 'Embryonic Kicking of Feminism' og:description: It's from a Netflix documentary, she explained og:url: https://time.com/5547951/meghan-markle-baby-bump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b5be6012f6e3646/6989466b09208f2a5a413737/meghanmarkleiwd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit Morocco og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle Says She Can Feel the 'Embryonic Kicking of Feminism' twitter:description: It's from a Netflix documentary, she explained twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b5be6012f6e3646/6989466b09208f2a5a413737/meghanmarkleiwd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle Says She Can Feel the 'Embryonic Kicking of Feminism' at Women's Day Event > Sponsored content. 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Whitby - Pool/Getty Images) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends a cooking demonstration, with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, where children from under-privileged backgrounds learn traditional Moroccan recipes from one of Morocco’s foremost chefs at the Villa des Ambassadors on February 25, 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby - Pool/Getty Images)Tim P. Whitby—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 8, 2019 2:50 PM UTC A Netflix documentary got a powerful dose of publicity thanks to [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5544754/meghan-markle-political/). “It’s funny, I’ve actually been joking the last few weeks. I had seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism, and one of the things they said during pregnancy was ‘I feel the embryonic kicking of feminism.’ I loved that, so boy or girl, whatever it is, we hope that that’s the case with our little bump,” the Duchess of Sussex said Friday at an International Women’s Day event. Her comment was in response to a question onstage when asked “how that bump” was treating her. The crowd responded with warm choruses of laughter. Markle joined a panel of high-profile female thought leaders and activists like Annie Lennox, founder of The Circle; and Adwoa Aboah, a model and founder of Gurls Talk; to discuss a range of issues facing women today. The 2018 documentary Markle referenced was _Feminists: What Were They Thinking?_ Starring Laurie Anderson, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, the film revisits the influential 1977 photography book _Emergence_ by Cynthia MacAdams. MacAdams captured black and white photos to feature pioneering women like Fonda and Judy Chicago and other subjects who challenged conventional representations of women at the time. Even Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas was among the group. If you’re looking to an ode to some of the trailblazing women of the past, it’s available on Netflix to stream now. And you can watch a snippet of Meghan Markle’s “embryonic” comment in the video of the International Women’s Panel at King’s College in London above. The full video of discussion will appear on the Queen’s College Trust website at noon Eastern Time. Markle’s comments championing a future generation of feminists [future generation of feminists](http://time.com/5433080/meghan-markle-tour-speech/) followed up Friday morning’s Kensington Palace announcement that the Queen named Markle Vice President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT). 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