10 8 / 2017

Anonymous asked: Kaiser Wilhelm (what the arm candy and myself call that individual) and her obsession with all things Angelina Jolie is borderline insane. If AJ ever came across that thing she'd probably laugh in it's face or get a restraining order. AJ probably would not even spit in KW's direction if that thing was on fire. Freaking nut. How old is KW again? It behaves like a petulant bratty child. Almondmilk and Maya are just as bad. Heaven help you if you attack their precious idol. Cool blog by the way.

CB Angelina’s fans are quite over the top. It is no wonder most celebrities can’t handle fame. If you have people who practically worship you, and will fight anyone who doesn’t, it can’t be without consequences for the object of the worship. I’d probably run and hide far away with fans like this. I hear Beyonce’s and Taylor’s fans are like this as well. Some people grow out of it, but many don’t.

Also, the older I get the more I realize that most adults didn’t actually grow up. They are just pretending and playing their roles. Inside they are the same teenagers, just with less mood swings. -))

I have to say, it is a curious choice of the nom de plume by Kaiser. I am assuming she didn’t call herself Kaiser as in the Emperor, or did she? She behaves like one, for sure. 

01 8 / 2017

It’s so hard as a POC to share any opinion that goes agaisnt the grain because once you do, everyone jumps on you.

It’s not right.

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That is how CB is on everything, really. If you go against consensus, people immediately jump on you and actually misinterpret what you said on purpose, to make it seem worse than it is.

And then, for the coup de grace, Kaiser bans you, so you can’t even say that those misinterpretations of your words are completely off the mark. You have to read 50 posts telling you how awful you are, even though you didn’t even say the things the people are arguing against.

They love to build a strawman and then to keep fighting it.

19 7 / 2017

Oh, wow. The discussion on the Aladdin casting is really something. Who are these people claiming the actress is not  “brown enough”? This is wrong in so many ways.

Additionally, as shocking as it might seem to many Americans, who have their own homegrown race classifications, Arabs are white. They identify themselves as white. Many of them are as light skinned as Europeans.

In this context a half-Indian half-white actress is absolutely fine.

I liked this comment by teacakes, among the sea of the cringeworthy ones. She  gets  why the reverse-paperbag test is wrong.

teacakes says:

July 19, 2017 at 1:42 pm

…. it’s all very well to talk about how this is a fictional country and any brown person will do, but the 1992 movie literally opened with a song called Arabian Nights. I’d say that’s a pretty strong hint about where in the world this story is set and the origins of the characters.

That said, the ‘not brown enough’ Internet racial purity paperbag test Naomi Scott is being subjected to following her casting, is gross. I’m Indian and I have friends of full Indian descent like me who are lighter skinned than her – one of them was my best friend from school, and Naomi actually looks a freakish lot like her when she smiles.

Colorism is real but I have to say it, it doesn’t give anyone the right to declare her not Indian. And neither does ethnic ambiguity – plenty of non-white Indians look like they could be from other places, it doesn’t make them not Indian. I really feel like this anger is being misdirected at this girl because everyone is more caught up in how she isn’t Indian enough, than in targeting Disney for their screwups) And don’t even get me started on the ridiculousness of people going off on Mena Massoud’s being Coptic – he’s still Arab, isn’t he? As Aladdin should be.

17 7 / 2017

Middletons can do no right on CB. Just the other day Pippa got criticized for wearing a fairly cheap “basic” knee long white dress/ suit to Wimbledon, for being “basic”. 

OK. So today Kate gets criticized for wearing a breathtaking white McQueen suit because it is too expensive. So, which way do they want it -  cheap or expensive?

Oh, and apparently the skirt on the suit was too full and that it is not OK because it is prone to “flashes”.  But I also remember Kate being criticized for dressing too dowdy and too old for her age.

Pippa got raked over the coals for her long white floral dress she wore today. When I saw it, my first thought was -  I wish I could afford to buy that dress. I love long lean summer dresses. Only after reading CB I learned how wrong I was about that dress -)). 

17 7 / 2017

I have noticed that Kaiser loves to use her opinion of events and people as facts.  Last week in regards to Kate’s jewelry during the state visit by the Spanish Royals.

Kaiser said,“ The Queen also made Kate wear some big jewelry, and of course it didn’t work.”  

How does Kaiser know what the Queen made Kate do or didn’t make Kate do?  All of her speculation and bias is fact. Of course I attempt to comment that this isn’t fact at all and just speculation.  Surprise it didn’t make it through the moderation.

Kaiser is a snake oil salesman in the business of selling speculation, bias, and BS.

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Yes, Kaiser also thinks she knows what Taylor Swift thinks about anything. But the worst is when she intentionally misinterprets some celebrity news item to make a celebrity look bad. I think she does it on purpose because then she gets dozens of posts from the said celebrity fans trying to explain that this is not what  actually happened.

21 6 / 2017

Anonymous asked: I officially left CB around the time Trump won the election but had already been making a conscious effort to stay away from the site quite a while before that. The environment is toxic and rabid. After Trump won it went nuclear. They (Kaiser and most of the commenters) don't care about any other opinion other than their own hate. Truth and facts also don't matter and oh and forget suggesting people need to learn and understand why others may have for voted trump so maybe we could fix the issue

The political articles there are the worst. No discussion of what might’ve gone wrong and how the country could be improved is allowed. The posters turn on anyone daring question the official Democrats party line and start blaming that person for everything that is wrong under the sun.

18 6 / 2017

Anonymous asked: They're really going to town on Elizabeth Banks for some reason. Is she one of their hate objects?

I am not sure. I think it is because of the racial aspect. She is a “white feminist” and it is not good enough for the posters there.

This comment explains it :

“ She didn’t mean Spielberg she’s cast more roles for women. She meant for white women lol this is such white feminism. She dismissed the color purple bc it was a film of women of color. “

And to add to this.  I don’t find Banks likeable myself.But I see the point she is making, albeit she made it very badly and picked a really bad target. If you want to talk about misogyny in Hollywood you shouldn’t be making Spielberg your target, you should be making Spielberg your ally. 

But you know what. Banks might be a “white feminist” and she might not be good enough, but if she is speaking for your cause, maybe hold your horses a bit with criticism. Don’t let the perfect to be the enemy of the good.  

And I think that is exactly the problem with CB. Unless someone is pitch perfect, they get torn to shreds. And you get to the point where nobody is good enough. And that is very negative and soul destroying.

16 6 / 2017

130 comments discussing every minor detail of Kate Middleton’s blazer and capri outfit. It is so strange. I’d understand  if the posters were professional stylists. Then these things could be very interesting and important. But otherwise? It is just bewildering. Most people judge fashion in a passing manner - does it look good overall or not. 

To me she always looks good and presentable. Maybe she is not a fashion icon, but she is inoffensive in her wardrobe choices. You have to look very closely to find something to criticize. 

14 6 / 2017

OMG. What an awful blog on Tinashe. I won’t go there because I am not qualified. But all those people denying her experience, it is just so hurtful.The Original TC and QQ are the worst.

14 6 / 2017

Ha, Kaiser was just told ever so politely that Joe Alwyn is not getting work because of Swift but due to his own qualifications. We know nothing about this guy but Kaiser already hates him by association. She has really strong feelings about Swift.

“ Alba says:

June 14, 2017 at 9:56 am

I see, but this article sort of says Alwyn wasn’t getting work. I think thats a slight misrepresentation . He is a guy who graduated recently from a very distinguished drama school in London ( The Royal Central School-Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave and tons of great actors from that school, most recently Andrew Garfield who is earning rave reviews for Angels in America at The National Theatre ). He has already scored jobs with Oscar winning/nominated directors such as Lee and Lanthimos and worked with some stellar actors in that year since he graduated, so hes way ahead of the heap of recent graduates already. The fact that such good directors cast him as an unknown makes me think he must have something. Lee is an actors director.”


For what it is worth, I think Alwyn is very handsome, and if he has any sort of talent on top of it, he’ll go far. 

He and Swift also seem to look strangely similar. This must be a real thing, if that is possible with Taylor Swift. I noticed that many people get really attached to people who look like them.