That story is up there with Jack Monroe 'finding' that Burberry scarf in a puddle...I nearly edited my last post to add this at the end. I have a short fringe and she makes me question my decision, although I'm pretty sure my friends wouldn't be seen with me if I had that sort of hedge trimmer job.
Sure you did Jess.
It's definitely not just one. I'm a former academic and I think her 'work' is completely lacking rigour. Someone else has highlighted this but her presentation of stats is misleading and unethical, when she said X% of women rather than X% of those who answered etc. She will definitely have done stats on her PhD so there's no excuse.
I was going to say this, she definitely hints at things to lead your mind a certain way with the safety of being able to say 'well you made that assumption, I never said it.'
when she got all chummy with The Slumflower/Chidera Eggerue.Chidera is another one saying precisely duck all original, like she invented feminism. Absolute delusions of grandeur but anyone questioning it is racist, of course.I'm so glad this is coming out. I always felt she was 'off' - and couldn't work out why because she is doing 'such good work'. I was a bit
Spot on. She reminds me so much of the BPD people I know. I have lots of empathy for them but they are often manipulative fantasists constantly trying to rewrite the narrative of their own lives to portray themselves as the hero or victim in every situation. Never any grey areas.
I think thatās why so many of us see Jack Monroeās behaviour as really similar to Jess. Iām not sure whether JM fits the criteria for BPD, but there is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that sheās in that Cluster B zone. She fits basically all of them.
Iām interested that youāve said that because she has a LOT of books for sale - mainly guides for parents and schools around CSA/CRE and āreflexive journalsā (not even sure what they are tbh) for professionals working with traumatised people.
I'm glad you mentioned this because I was going to highlight it and forgot.
I agree. I think Jess is much more high-functioning and appears way more credible than Jack but the underlying traits are similar.
Yes there was some chat about this a while ago on Twitter. Jean Hatchet posted an ad noting that the skills and experience needed were postgraduate level and it should be a paid role. Jaimi responded saying it was for women who couldnāt receive pay because of benefits but were trying to get work experience (which strikes me as bullshit because if it was properly paid and flexible around childcare as you would expect from a supposedly feminist organisation then it wouldnāt matter if it affected benefits, and if itās to gain work experience it would need to be much lower level work).
Slightly off topic but wasnāt there some sort of accusation about Jean and some fundraiser at one stage too?
Vet bills wasnāt it? Jeanās another one who does some brilliant things and a lot of good but sometimes engages in questionable squabbles/attention seeking type activity.
Yes, one over questions of her buying a very fancy new bike on her charity rides and one over vet bills for the dog. It was very sad what happened to the poor dog but I always find it weird when objectively well-off people crowdfund for relatively trivial stuff in the knowledge that less well-off people will contribute.
Can't you work 16 hours a week before benefits are affected? I've thankfully never had to claim benefits so my knowledge may be innacurate or outdated, but it's gross they're advertising for unpaid work. I'm sure they'd be the first to call it out as exploitative if any other business was doing the same.
Sheās not the only one. Iām sure youāve read Jamie Wallis MPās statement about coming out as trans. So very carefully worded to avoid directly saying anything but hoping that the reader will mistakenly infer things.
