It is a difficult issue to discuss. But I want to brag a little bit about my county, and the black girl magic and hopefully lighten the mood a little bit. ))) We did good - 19 black women elected judges out of 19 that ran in my county. Not all of Texas is deep red, and not all of it is hopeless.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/08/black-women-texas-judge-harris-county
I really don’t believe anybody should be held responsible for other people’s choices just because they share the same skin color. But every decent person, regardless of their skin color, should be helping those who are oppressed or disadvantaged.
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I really hate to be the ahole here, because I know that a great deal of you in Texas and in other parts worked very hard on these elections and with getting the vote out and educating people on issues. And far be it from me to bring race into this conversation so quickly, but exit polls indicate that roughly 60% of white women in Texas who voted, voted for Ted Cruz. The numbers are even worse for the governor’s election in Georgia, where 76% of the white women who voted voted for Kemp over Stacey Abrams.”
I really don’t understand how something like this is helpful, and this is peak Celebitchy right here. What is point of this comment? I am a white woman in Texas who voted for Beto, I knew it was a long shot, this is Texas after all. But I did my part in bringing the vote to only 3% difference between Beto and Cruz. And, of course, I was disappointed that it wasn’t enough.
So, now let’s beat women like me, who are already facing the uphill battle in Texas, over the head with the fact that Texas is a deep red state where a lot of people vote Republican. Because that is going to make me feel so much better!
And this is not even about race. Beto is a white American, while Cruz is hispanic. Cruz is actually a minority here. This is about class - rich vs. poor. Wealthy people vote Republican, evangelicals vote Republican, and yes, most of those people are white.
Sometimes progressives in the US don’t see the forest for the trees. Some of them are conditioned to see everything in terms of racial or sexual discrimination and they are completely oblivious to the main societal struggle - the wealth inequality struggle. And this CB comment is a prime example of that.
Additionally, according to the stats 71% of white men voted for Cruz, and 59% of white women, So, actually more men voted for Cruz , but in the usual Celebitchy fashion, it is only women who get grief.
The Kate hate is nothing new, but it did get more vicious since Meghan appeared.
I know why people come here - they want to voice their opinion. And they are not allowed to do so on CB. Since this is why I created this blog to begin with, I am completely fine with that.
As far as royalty is concerned, I think it is an insult to all of us who are not aristo. I mentioned this before, - accepting aristocracy and royalty as normal means you accept that your station in life is lower than theirs simply because you weren’t born to the “right” parents, and that some people are simply better than others because of their genes. I will never accept that. It might upset some people, but this line of thinking is not far from racism and has no place in the modern world.
Yeah, I don’t know. It is obviously a joke.
What happened to the post where Kaiser said something along the lines that braids are inappropriate for Sam Johnson’s age and statue? I wanted to check it out again, and I can’t find it. Is it gone?
Anyway, I loved Sam’s braids and her dress. And, yeah. Kaiser your shouldn’t be telling women what is appropriate and what is not “for their age”. I also loved Emily Blunt’s dress - it is comfortable and interesting at the same time. It is something I would wear.
A couple thoughts on whether Meghan voted or not - if she is still a US citizen then she technically could, but I don’t think she did. It just wouldn’t be proper.
As a naturalized US citizen I had to take an Oath of Allegiance, which is sort of assumed for people born in the US. Among other things it has a part which states “I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty “, and Meghan is literally married to a foreign prince.
I think Meghan’s American fans see her as an American, but Meghan is no longer an American, she gave it up.
Also, I think long-term Meghan will not be able to keep the US citizenship. Some people don’t realize but the US is different from all other countries when it comes to taxes and financial reporting. The US taxes worldwide income, which no other developed country does, so Meghan would have to declare all her income from the British crown, all the presents, all her foreign bank accounts, and then pay US taxes on that income. This is the reason so many Americans living abroad are renouncing the US citizenship. I am just not sure the BRF would like that long-term, I doubt they like the IRS having an inside look at their books and having authority to audit them through Meghan being a US citizen. I am sure all of this had been discussed and agreed upon with Meghan before marriage.
I want to chime in on the criticism of Keira’s and her opinion that Disney princess movies are damaging.
I grew up outside of the US, in a different culture, and I didn’t watch Disney movies until I was pretty much an adult. And …. I found them boring, silly and irrelevant. I do think they can be damaging to a young child who cannot process them critically.
Speaking specifically about Hans Andersen’s fairy tales, my favorite one is about the Ice Queen, Hans and Gerda. Gerda is the young girl who embarks on a journey through tundra and through unknown lands to save Hans from the Ice Queen, and when she finds him , she melts his frozen heart with love. This is a wonderful story where a girl has agency, she is brave, strong, capable and loving. She gets to ride a polar bear, how cool is that? ))) I wonder why Disney never thought of animating it?
Women who say that they grew up with Disney and they turned out fine, in my opinion, don’t fully understand how young children learn. Children absorb what they see as sponges and what they see is “normal” to them. You can’t really have critical conversations about pros and cons with young children. Sure, it is possible to overcome those messages we received as young children, but why do it if it is possible to avoid damaging messages? As I said, I didn’t watch Disney as a child and I think I am better for it. So, I am with Keira on this one.
Ha! I liked that most posters disagreed with Kaiser’s assessment of the Gwyneth’s dress as “basic”. It is an elegant. classic dress, well suited for the character of the wedding.
As I said earlier, Kaiser doesn’t really have fashion sense. She only pretends to be a fashion expert so that she can use it as a weapon in her “fight” against those she doesn’t like.
I got banned twice because I don’t worship Angelina nor hate Duchess Kate. We all know how much Kaiser hates Kate for no reason, but I think her adoration of Angelia Jolie is way unhealthier. She is some kind of untouchable goddess there and Brad Pitt is more monster than Weinstein. Most commentors on all these Jolie-Pitt stories sound deranged: Maya!
Jolie posts are even more creepy than the royal posts.
Kaiser only cares for the unholy trio Jolie, Kate and Meghan.
Very true.
Thanks for sharing, exactly!
Maybe, but that is the choice people can make for themselves. I think having an outlet like this actually might help women to let go of CB. They can talk it out, and let go.
And just to add, another important function of this blog is to shine the light on the gaslighting that Kaiser subjected people for years, by banning them for simply disagreeing with her. Many of these people were completely bewildered and also hurt by the experience. They didn’t understand what did they do wrong. They did nothing wrong, and that is important to give them an outlet for their stories.
There is nothing wrong with belly cupping. Sure, it might seem a bit cheesy, but so what? We don’t know what Meghan was thinking doing it, so I’d rather not assign intent, and assume it was done for attention. Cultures are different. Brits generally are more reserved than Americans and to some of them it might seem a little bit too much, but it is not Meghan’s fault.
When I moved to the US I realized that Americans, for example, are often very uncomfortable with nudity. Some women got mad at me for not being fully covered up in the women-only sauna.Oh, the horror, they saw another women’s breasts, lol !!!
To be honest, I have no idea what this is about, sorry! ))). Posting this just because there doesn’t seem to be a reason not too.
That is my impression as well. The majority of commenters posting, starting with Kaiser, don’t really have fashion sense, they simply use fashion to criticize whoever they don’t like.
The whole “modesty” policing is ridiculous. We are not in Saudi Arabia. It used to be only on Kate’s posts, now it also migrated to Meghan’s posts.
It is about Celebitchy, but because 80% of Celebitchy is about Meghan and Kate these days, it is reflected here as well.Kaiser is just phoning in, she keeps posting on the same 3-4 topics, which get the most clicks, no research required from her side.
I saw it too, and I completely agree.
Today Kate in her inoffensive blue dress warranted 100+ posts, and some are sure she must’ve had a boob job. She couldn’t be possibly breastfeeding. So, on one hand the posters are “feminists” who think women should be in control of their bodies, on the other hand they make accusations and insinuations about plastic surgery? Why is plastic surgery bad if you think women should have freedom of choice?
On the Taylor’s post the discussion is again about the color of her eyes and whether it is natural, and possible plastic surgery, not her recent political activism. And I kept thinking - who cares if it is contacts that make her eyes so blue? Do you really begrudge somebody looking well because you don’t like that person? How bitter do you have to be?
But would Charles really put it with someone who hates his daughter-in-law so much? Charles might be a prat, but I don’t see him as being that devious.