Kim Kardashian is still promoting her book of selfies, Selfish, and she keeps signing on to these relatively prestigious gigs as part of the promotional trail. Last night, she appeared at the Commonwealth Club of California, in a talk that was moderated by Judge LaDoris Cordell. People were mad. The Commonwealth Club of California is a venue that has previously hosted talks with people like Ronald Reagan, FDR and Martin Luther King. And now Kim. The club’s Facebook blew up with all the people complaining about Kim. But at the end of the day, Kim still did the talk. Some highlights from her discussion, via Page Six:

Her big reveal: She was wearing maternity Spanx under her black designer dress to conceal cellulite, not her pregnant belly.

Explaining her popularity: “I really do love social media. I credit it to a lot of my career. My career is based on openness, openness and honesty.”

Her social media followers: “Maybe it’s the bikini selfies. I think I definitely overshare, but I’m really engaged.”

Whether it’s realistic for women to be successful in a man’s world: “There is this generation of young people — girls — who are beautiful but don’t have a strong work ethic. People sometimes think that with looks things will be easy, But I just encourage people to put in the work.”

Whether she’s okay with objectifying herself: “Yes. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I think there’s power in that and I think I have the control to put out what I want so even if I’m objectifying myself, I feel good about it.”

What it’s like to raise biracial children: Kardashian shared making the difficult decision not to engage with a fellow airline passenger who screamed profanity and racial comments at her while she was traveling with her daughter. West “is very vocal about racial issues,” she said. “Our communication, I think, will be really helpful for our children.”

[From Page Six]

Eh, it is what it is. I never feel weird about objectifying Kim Kardashian because that’s really her raison d’être. To complain about being objectified would be, for Kim, complaining about her fame and accomplishments. I even like the shade Kim threw about the beautiful girls with no work ethic – and I do think she’s right. There are a lot of pretty girls who think “being pretty” is the beginning and the end of their accomplishments.

Photos courtesy of WENN.