23 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Is the 8/22 example of Kate Middletown's privilege really a good example of white privilege? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty of examples of her receiving white privilege, I just don't think this is a good one. Neither Kate nor Meghan should be getting dragged for what someone else does, even if it's family. I would characterize it more as the British media being racist/sexist because I don't think those stories are newsworthy at all (unless either one of them is somehow complicit.)

23 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Mia =I can only speak for me but I'd never ever bash another black women to make a point. Meghan is going through hell with the royal family, we know why Meghan is getting it harder through the press. It goes without saying. My point has always been the idolization that's fake and only at the expense of Kate Middleton for SOME posters. I feel like the people who don't down Kate every time they up Meghan are actual fans. In a perfect world neither woman should have to be judged for their families

22 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: I disagree, I think Kate Middleton definitely enjoys white privilege. Look how the media treats coverage of her family (her uncle was arrested for punching his wife unconscious in public while high on drugs literally less than a year ago and it got little media coverage) vs the way the media treats Meghan Markle's family problems (slavishly reporting on every word uttered by people she's not spoken to since childhood, and posting hinty racial slurs over photos of her).

Of course Kate benefits from white privilege. But it doesn’t mean it is OK to attack her individually for it. I don’t agree with this sort of collective punishment approach. Everyone should be judged on their own actions. 

And, of course, Meghan is judged harsher, just as I mentioned in the previous post. It is not only her race that is an issue for the British society, it is also her nationality and her class. And those things are very deep rooted, and people often are not even aware of them.

Ironically, the best way to make British society more equitable is to abolish roaylty. And yet, it is some of Meghan’s fans who’ve become very vocal defenders of the BRF, because they want the fairy tale to last.

22 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: I can tell you as a Brit, our media is incredibly racist, and racism is definitely at play with the Meghan Markle coverage. It disturbs me that some anons think just because CB bashes one woman and idolises another, that it's okay to bash the women they idolise and idolise the women they bash. Surely the lesson is not to arbitrarily bash/idolise women in the first place? Not 'solve' CB's problems by copying their behaviour but in reverse?

Sure, British society is racist, just like American, and on top of it, it is also obsessed with class and is very insular. In the US the other two things don’t matter nearly as much. Here money trumps both class and nationality.

So, Meghan has to deal with at least three things at once. She was familiar with racism, of course. But I don’t know if she was aware of the other two, and the degree to which they would affect her.  This is one of the reasons I ended up in the US and not in Western Europe. I worked there and I decided life was too short to deal with that kind of nonsense.I was never going to be good enough for some people, simply because I wasn’t born there.

As for comments, I judge people on their own merits, on their actions. It has nothing to do with who CB likes or dislikes. But I can’t speak for other people who comment here. And I am not going to ignore them, even if I disagree. Everyone can discuss their disagreements in the open. 

22 8 / 2018

I’ve been promising to look at the stats. I use Alexa.com, which is a free tool. Last time I looked at the stats was a long time ago.  From what I am seeing since then Celebitchy.com rankings both in the US and globally are up about 2 thousand points, in comparison to other sites. Last time they were ranked in the 8th thousand and now they are in the 6th thousand in the US. 

So, what do I know . )))

The funny thing is their traffic pattern matches almost exactly with the Daily Mail. Maybe people are just reading more gossip.

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22 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Oh, one more thing, sorry hehe. I've noticed that the posters on CB demonize certain famous women (like the Duchess of Cambridge) and call the treatment of her white privilege which isn't even true.. but they never call out famous celebrity men for their obvious white privilege! It's excuse after excuse, coddling, and more excuses/passes when it comes to Prince Harry's past, or Ben Affleck, even Brad Pitt before the breakup! They pile on the women and protect the white men, always!

That is right, because despite their claims to the contrary, the reason they come to CB is not to better themselves (and who would come to a gossip site for that! ) but for distraction, at best, and at worst to spend their negative emotions there. In the past people used to come home and lash out at their family, and now people go to social media and do the same. It is a form of stress relief.

I was at CB originally for some light, snarky gossip. But outright bullying and over the top attitudes of some posters never sat well with me. So, I objected and got banned pretty quickly. Then I gave it another try, and that time was very careful to avoid certain hot button issue posts. but I got banned in a month again anyway.

Celebitchy has an identity crisis -  it cannot decide whether it wants to be a gossip site or a social justice site. And, frankly, Kaiser isn’t qualified to write for either one, anyway.

Now they seem to have abandoned all pretense and decided to become “influencers” for Kardashians. I imagine they weren’t making much money otherwise given that they have banned 90% of their active posters over the time, and got really aggressive with banning last 2 years. Their click count must’ve declined pretty badly.

21 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Last part! LAK seemed to be the Only POC poster allowed to express her opinions. I don't know where she's gone. Maybe Kaiser banned her for something petty! They have no idea really about what POC go through and face. If you try to call them out on their ignorance, they will try and shut you down. It's just a yuck site overall.

21 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Part 3. It doesn't take a genius to figure out they need a place to vent about their sad lives. They need a place to live vicariously through, Meghan Markle, Angelina Jolie, etc and CB is the perfect place for their herd like, echo chamber mentality. Not all of the posters are like this, but after reading for a while, you can tell which posters are just resentful, hideously jealous, and full of spite against certain women.

21 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Part 2. I find it amusing how they try to demean Amal Clooney and trash her successful law career! They have absolutely No idea how hard it is to become a Barrister in the UK, it's even harder if you're a POC. I am convinced the majority of posters on Celebitchy are do nothing women who feel the need to put other women down because their lives are so damn miserable. I mean, look at the way they hate on Kate Middleton for breathing!

And when your last name is Alamuddin, on top of it.

21 8 / 2018

Anonymous asked: Part 1. Women of Colour, pls stay away from Celebitchy. That site and its comment section is not for us, at all. Whenever a WOC tries to voice her opinion on certain issues, they all rally around and attack the poster. Celebitchy is predominantly a site for White Women to feel good about themselves whilst trashing accomplished women. It's a place where They can pat themselves on the back for being so "woke" and "hip" to POC issues. In reality, they are full of ignorance and xenophobia.

Their true feelings make themselves known whenever they talk about Priyanka and Amal.