The mental gymnastics they use trying to explain away the price of the dress are pretty amusing.They keep claiming that it must’ve been gifted or sold at a discount, even though it has been stated over and over that the royal family cannot accept clothes for free or at a discount, they pay full price.
It is really simple. Meghan is out of touch, and is not a humanitarian hero they created in their minds.
So, today Kaiser called Oscar Isaac’s partner his baby-mama. Some feminist she is … Someone needs to explain to her why this is a sexist term just like “knocked up”.
Absolutely, hypocrisy is the way at CB.
I was pretty impressed, though, that democrats made Franken resign and didn’t fall victim to the political expediency, which is often the case. To be honest, I fully expected them to sweep it under the rug.
LAK and NIcole really went after each other on the Lupita’s article today. And it made me sad, because they are both right, they both have valid points, but that is the nature of Celebitchy - people get too self-righteous, too absolute in their views and refuse to accept more nuanced views.
if you haven’t seen Lupita’s Vogue cover - take a look. It is absolutely gorgeous. I spent full 5 minutes just staring at it. It is so beautiful.
As for her point that colonialism causes an identity crisis, I don’t fully agree . I think colonialism impedes the development of the cultures that are colonized and it tries to subsume them but I think colonized people are still very clear about who they are.
I have to say, I very much enjoyed reading all the regulars on Celebitchy trying to reconcile the irreconcilable.
In their heads they created this image of Meghan Markle as a forward thinking progressive feminist, and now she is going to have to curtsy to Kate.
Apparently, Meghan can still remain a progressive feminist while doing so because it was her choice - their words , not mine.
I also felt quite a bit of disbelief about just how much people know about the rules of the royal family. Some people take the monarchy way too seriously. The monarchy should be abolished, and its archaic , sexist rules should be abolished with it.
SoulSPA poster went into great lengths to talk about people who know how to curtsy properly, as if it is some kind of a great accomplishment and not a sexist anachronism. But I am repeating myself ….
I just want to point out one thing on the Meghan Markle comments. She will have to give up her American citizenship. She cannot marry into the British Royal family and keep it. This type of divided loyalties will never be allowed, even if allowed by law.
In fact I remember seeing an article talking about the exit taxes and such she would have to pay to give up her American citizenship.
So, if the things go south, she will not be able to go back to the US as an American citizen. For the same reason, she will not have protection of American laws in such matters as prenup agreements.
On the article “ Lena Dunham casts herself as the only person with foresight on Harvey Weinstein “ there is a lot of criticism of Lena Dunham, which I have no problem with.
But it is very noticeable how everyone studiously avoiding the subject of Hillary Clinton knowing the truth about Harry Weinstein, because I have no doubt she knew, but she didn’t care enough to forgo hie influence and his donations.
Or maybe people did point it out but their comments their deleted. That blog post is supposed to have 76 comments as per the front page, but only 36 are published.
What is Kaiser’s problem with men saying that they are objectified as well? It is not either/or. Women are objectified, men are objectified. Both men and women feel diminished and disrespected when it happens.They are people and want to be seen as persons, not bodies.
I am talking about this post
Matt Smith is #MeToo-ing: Men are objectified too, ‘it’s not exclusive’ to women
Kaiser says
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I have an honest question: when men start #MeToo-ing in this particular way, does it ever feel like they’re derailing the conversation? Does it ever feel like someone saying “all lives matter” to Black Lives Matter? We know men and boys are victimized, and they have every right to tell their stories and be believed, the same as women. But… the patriarchy is real, you know?
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As I said, it is not either/ or. Patriarchy doesn’t make it OK to silence men. Just support both men and women. Simple.
It is like Kaiser doesn’t know what to do when things are not black and white.
Kaiser mercilessly mocked Kit Harrington when he talked about it. And that has been a sore point with me since then because Harrington was absolutely right. He was being an ally and he was trying to relate to women’s experiences and for that he was mocked. Matt got a slightly better treatment because Kaiser seems to like him more.
I am glad to hear that at least something good came out of it. I checked the popoholic site once because somebody asked me about it, and I never went back.
I remember a similar thing with the “knocked up” expression Kaiser used to love. I took an exception to it because I think this expression is disrespectful of women. It sounds like getting pregnant is not something a woman chooses to do, but she just gets pregnant because she doesn’t know where babies come from.
I was put into moderation for saying it. But I kept saying it. Finally, a few months later one of the regulars made the same point and finally it got through to Kaiser and she stopped saying “knocked up”.
I just read it … As much as I could take that is. By the time I got to Taylor’s “problematic feminism” I was DONE.
I simply don’t believe it is her feminism they have an issue with, I think they don’t like her and that is that. She cannot do anything right in their eyes.
Yes, you probably were banned. Saying anything positive about Taylor Swift would definitely put you on the side opposite to Kaiser. So you would be banned for any perceived infraction.
My friend who reads CB & Loved it, just told me that an few months back she got banned on an RBF post.
She was first put in moderation for the first time after agreeing with someone standing up for Kate, then she was put on moderation again and her comment was deleted in an JenAnniston post.
Finally, she was banned outright. She said she wrote CB an email 2 days in a row and got no response. Then the next RBF post she said that Kaiser made references to her email in the actual article.Mocking her.
No surpise that my friend was an black regular on CB. They seem to have no issue just disgarding us.
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Oh, that is the worst when Kaiser uses insider information to mock people over very real issues they bring up. This is hitting below the belt. When people send private messages they expect their privacy to be respected.
I remember her doing it last year during Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West drama. She made references to some people sending emails and dismissed anyone who was defending Swift as her fangirls, while she was making excuses for Kanye. But the thing people took issue with was Kanye’s misogyny. and it had nothing to do with being a fan of Taylor.
300 comments discussing Meghan Markle’s coat - too long, too short, not tailored enough or whatever. Who cares? Even for a gossip site this is too much. Is that all there is to Meghan? Her coat and her hair? She is going to be just another person to take apart - her clothes, her hair, her looks.
How does this compute in people’s heads? First, they are excited about a bi-racial American entering the Royal family and then they basically reduce her to a cloth hanger. She is starting to get the same treatment as Kate. I think it is not Kate who is the issue here,or Meghan or any other woman with whom CB posters take an issue, it is the posters. They are unable to see a person as a person. Everyone is dehumanized and dissected.
Personally, I think it is such a dull, fake life - forever smiling, shaking hands, being judged, being an ornament or a token at endless ribbon-cutting ceremonies. I would never want that life for myself. I’d run away screaming after 15 min of that. And I feel a bit sorry for both Kate and Meghan.