The most unwelcoming and toxic echo chamber. Some of irrational hate and vitriol is seriously disturbing and they take themselves very, very seriously. If you don't hate the Kate Middleton or buttons or don't hate the same celebrities as Kaiser don't bother to comment. The attacks will be quick and nasty. Kaiser is also a lazy writer who rarely fact checks and has a nasty streak. The snark there goes beyond snark and there is nothing fun or entertaining about the site.
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trace
celebitchy is super bitchy
Oh wow, I'm thrilled there are others like me who used to read and enjoy celebitchy. I have also been censored and my comments deleted when I question the conspiracy vibe of the writing. The over the top hatred for certain women (Kate Middleton) and the ridiculous obsession with buttons. The many posts that only piled on to the conspiracy theories and everyone-is-racist agenda. I've also been stalked and harassed by otaku fairy, who thinks everyone is a misogynist, yet my comments get deleted when I point out she is a troll. Celebitchy has become a bitter, angry place for bitter angry women. Moving on and it feels so good.
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Potato Starch E.
Misogyny, fear of buttons and ‘bangs trauma’ on Celebitchy
I used to be a loyal Celebitchy reader and have in the past enjoyed the wit and cleverly worded snark from their writers. My boyfriend used to joke that I got most of my current affairs from Celebitchy. In the past 3 years or so, the tone of the articles has taken a decidedly nasty turn under the leadership of the new head writer, Kaiser. There is an irrational hatred from the writers and commenters alike towards a few people that Kaiser considers persona non grata. A few examples of people who seem to have personally offended Kaiser: Kate Middleton, Jen Anniston, Alicia Vikander and Benedict Cumberbatch’s hapless wife. I get it, it’s a celebrity gossip site but the tone and messaging in the blogs about these celebs spew vitriol and make it seem like Kaiser’s beef with them is personal. Kaiser’s agenda, it appears, is to be perceived as the wokest blogger in the stratosphere and she sets about trying to accomplish this by stanning Meghan Markle and branding everyone who’s not fawning over her idol as racist. The hatred towards Kate Middleton has to be seen to be believed. I’m no Kate fan but she mostly comes across in worldwide media (outside Celebitchy) as a harmless, media shy, socially awkward woman with an unfortunate choice of husband. Why the hate, Celebitchy? Kaiser is no feminist, she constantly pits women against each other based on race, beauty, marital/parental status. She accuses women who partner up with her ‘celebrity boyfriends’ as having trapped the man with a baby. There is also a bafflingly illogical loathing of women who sport bangs or wear buttons. And then there is the matter of creatively limited, cringe inducing nicknames like Royal Polo baby, Comet Sophie, Unicornification of Amal, Katie Keen etc. But the main reason I have boycotted Celebitchy is the banning/blocking of commentators/comments that don’t agree with Kaiser’s own bigoted viewpoints, even when politely expressed. I used to go to Celebitchy several times a day specifically for the comment section where there were many regular informed commenters (QQ, Sixer, Almond Joy, Virginia Corolianus) whose wit and insight I admired. They have all but disappeared, no doubt either blocked by Kaiser or having grown tired of the hate language and opinion policing. Hope Celebitchy replaces Kaiser or gives her a reduced role in running the site before she completely tanks the readership of what used to be a really fun & savvy blog.
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Laura P.
Buttons! Buttons! Buttons!
Started reading and enjoying this blog many years ago. It’s been going downhill these last couple years, though. The tone is very angry and irrational. So tired of hearing Kaiser complain about Kate’s “keenness,” or her buttons. The last straw for me was an article featuring Lupita Nyong’o and how her dress was the only nice one among all the other “white nonsense” (ie. the dresses worn by white people). STAY AWAY! Life is too short for a steady dose of this site. Kaiser must get off on the divisiveness she creates. Don’t call yourself a feminist Kaiser when you constantly pit women against each other.
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Katy B.
The writing is loony and…
The writing is loony and conspiracy-theory heavy while simultaneously writing credulous regurgitations of patently made up tabloid stories. And the comment section is just as bad as it filled with rabid stans who parrot the writers’ conspiracy theories.
Oh, and the blog creators remove or moderate and don’t allow any comments that slightly disagree with their conspiracy theories. So all you will see are what they approve.
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Assa C.
I love celebitchy
I love celebitchy
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Cathy C.
Blocked Unfairly
I got blocked for not throwing hate on Kate and not idolizing Angelina. Everyone who is intelligent and has a differing opinion ends up banished. Loved Eric’s political and legal comments, which were thought provoking and educational, but he must have been banned because no posts for a few months. You also have to hate on white, wealthy people or you are decimated. It’s too bad, because I fit that description, but I am a liberal Democrat who votes to help those not as lucky as I have been.
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Kristy O.
Today is the last time I’ll ever go on…
Today is the last time I’ll ever go on this site. Kaiser is pseudo intellectual with the writing experience of a 12 year old. I would go on from time to time hoping it would be more like the old days, but the journalism just got worse with the same boring topics dragging the horse till it’s dead. The nicknames she gives celebrities are offensive to me only because they are as unimaginative as they are unfunny. I do however find it hilarious how inflated her ego is! For someone so thin skinned that they have to delete any comments disagreeing with their opinions she really thinks highly of herself! ::sigh:: It must be nice to be that delusional.. Hope celebitchy along with Kaiser eventually fade into oblivion and disappear from the internet for good. This has turned into such a trash site and not in a good way.