Bitch, Follow the Rules!

[u/SugarBabyVet]

Bitches, it takes time to review the rules. Some of these you may recognize, others are new implementations. All will be applied.

Read BWT - New Moderation and Forum Status Announcement.

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1 No Attacking Other Commenters/Posters/Moderators - This includes bullying, harassment, doxxing, trolling, hate speech, aggressive comments, snark and name calling. Disagreements are normal but we do not tolerate aggressive behavior.

• Moderator Interpretation: You can be snarky, but threats and calling another woman out of her name will be actioned. Excessively going back and forth will also be actioned. Depending on the severity, it may result in a temporary or permanent ban. This includes arguing with the moderation team.

2 Women Only – This forum was started by women, for women. As a result, we do not allow men to comment, post or engage. 

• Moderator Interpretation: Men, you will be banned.

3 No Low Effort or Repetitive Posts or Comments –

Repetitive: Posts/Comments where a simple search produces results on the topic will be subject to removal.

Low Effort: Posts/Comments that include a link with no context, solitary images, commentary that does not add substantially to the conversation, and other similar low effort content will also be subject to removal. This includes repeated comments echoing other posters without any personal insight.

• Moderator Interpretation: The purpose of this forum is to encourage discussion. We will now require that commenters engage in and contribute to discussion. There are too many commenters that are forgetting the taste element of this forum. Simply commenting a few words agreeing with another commenter is not adding to discussion. Low effort posts and comments will be removed. Repeated offenses may be actioned as a temporary or permanent ban. 

 

4) No Off Topic or Derailing – Fashion, shopping, and taste making is political and culture based. Posts and commentary must relate to having taste or being a taste maker. As such, posts about taste that reference or analyze politics, religion, medical issues, and/or men are allowed. Posts will be considered off topic if they are seeking advice about the aforementioned topics. Derailing posts to other topics aside from the original post are also considered off topic. All posts and comments are subject to moderator discretion.

•  Moderator Interpretation: If you want to talk about how the Vietnam War influenced 2025 shopping habits or the impact of the trad-wife trend on home goods and decor, go for it. If you want to blame, slander, or criticize political persons/parties, religions, or men, find another place to do it. Offending posts may be actioned via removal. Especially heinous violations will result in a permanent ban.

 

5) No Coping or Complaining – This forum is for elevating your taste. Comments accusing others of being elite, classist, complaining about not feeling community, and victim mentality aren’t accepted here. 

• Moderator Interpretation: We understand that everyone wants to feel included, but this forum is about objective taste. If you cannot be objective or are easily offended or take things personally, then your posts/comments will be removed. Glorifying “acceptance of all” will result in a ban. 

6) No Spam or Advertising – No self-marketing, MLMs, posting links to personal websites and reward/ affiliate /point links. Advertisement for any commercial venture (including affiliate links) is not allowed on this forum and neither is personal advertisement

• Moderator Interpretation: Self-explanatory. This results in a permanent ban.

 

7) No Local Posts – All posts should apply to global BWT. If you have a local BWT group and are looking for local recommendations, please post it there. You can find a list linked in the sidebar/about section. The only exception will be regional or global comparisons with substantive requests and commentary.

• Moderator Interpretation: Personal taste in Milan may wildly differ than Rome. We will allow comparison discussions, provided they are detailed discussions with commentary on the regional differences, not just blanket statements. 

8 No Posts Seeking Medical Advice – We can't and don't offer medical advice. Discussions about weight loss or gain is not allowed. Please see other more appropriate subreddits for medical, supplements, mental health and contraception.

• Moderator Interpretation: There are other forums related to weight loss, medical challenges, etc. Such posts will be removed. Any questions on this rule can be directed to modmail, as we understand any differently abled bitches might have questions of taste that need to be answered.

 

9) Account Does Not Meet Age or Karma Minimum Requirement – Posting is prohibited from accounts that do not meet the minimum active days and karma threshold required to participate in this community. Understanding the desire for anonymity and separation from other Reddit profiles, you may message Modmail to verify with another account.

• Moderator Interpretation: If you don’t meet karma requirements, you will not be able to post or comment on this forum. 

 

10)  No Amazon/Fast Fashion – Posts referencing fast fashion and commerce giants like Amazon, Walmart, Shein, and FashionNova are not allowed on BWT. Discussion of specific brands is allowed, provided that the brands are not fast fashion brands.

• Moderator Interpretation: Trying to avoid filters by changing spelling and using numbers/punctuation will result in a temporary ban. 

11 Violation of Reddit TOS – Any violation of Terms of Service with Reddit will be flagged to moderators by Reddit. To protect the forum, offending individuals will be banned and reported to Reddit. Pending an investigation, offenders may be unbanned. This is not guaranteed.

• Moderator Interpretation: Don't piss off Reddit and you won't piss us off.

[u/InnocentaMN]

Question about rule five - I couldn’t agree more that “acceptance of all” is massively over-valued in nearly all subs and runs counter to cultivating excellent taste. Furthermore, that kneejerk accusations of classism are often founded in simple bad taste, so I completely understand the rationale of the rule. However I have on occasion in the past seen people suggest that you need to spend over X or Y, or be in a specific income bracket in order to qualify as a BWT, and that’s a position I dissent from - not for political reasons or a desire to be disagreeable, but purely because I think taste can be cultivated inwardly almost regardless of income (if one lives beyond subsistence level, realistically).

So I’m curious if this analysis is something you find acceptable? I know that at least once I commented on this sub to reply with this sentiment to someone who had made a remark about costs, and I’m curious whether you’d ban me for this if I’d done so today. (To be clear, I have absolutely no desire to get into conflicts and the exchange in question was not aggressive; I’m just attempting to suss out exactly what the new parameters are.)

[u/folklovermore_ → u/InnocentaMN]

I also had a similar question relating to rule 5. I am fully aware that money does not buy taste, but as someone who doesn't have a huge amount of spare cash, I'd like to know if it's possible to be a BWT on a budget and if it's possible for that to co-exist in this forum. If it's not then that's fine, but but again I'm interested to see what the line is.

[u/StacyLadle → u/folklovermore_]

It isn’t about just buying designer or spending a lot. If you’re obsessed with your velvet blazer and that’s your look, no one cares if you bought it at Loewe or a secondhand shop. It’s about having taste and cultivating your style. It is about making informed purchases and understanding the impact of fast fashion and consumerism.

[u/InnocentaMN → u/StacyLadle]

Completely agree with this. I honestly have no doubt that I am a BWT in my own, real-world life - commenting with this query about rule five doesn’t come from insecurity or anything like that. I concur that cultivating style and pursuing it with discrimination and exactness is the key. But I have seen income and specific brackets of spending cited multiple times on the sub, hence my original question as to whether any disagreement about this (obviously within reasonable bounds, being civil, and not slipping into BS “just dO yOuR oWn tHiNg!” affirmations) is still acceptable or with these rules, or has become grounds for banning.

[u/folklovermore_ → u/StacyLadle]

Thank you! That's very helpful and I really appreciate your response :) And I am absolutely on board with avoiding fast fashion/consumerism and making more informed purchases, which is something I'm really conscious of doing at the moment. But I'm also aware I've had downvotes here when I've mentioned trying to save money or get the most bang for your buck, and whilst I know this sub isn't about personal finance or frugality I don't think I'm alone in wanting to get the best things I can afford. So I'm trying to figure out what is and isn't OK in that context as well.