Jack Monroe #124 Jack Monroe has and had covid, coronavirus, rona, covid-19 and long covid

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blurstoftimes

Oh my god she really loves the image of poor little old arthritic jack lugging suitcases of books to the post office in the rain, doesn't she.

I reckon she missed a trick not posting that her GRANDFATHER IS DEAD so all those mean bully backers leave her alone
 
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Swarley

Oh my god, what kind of school do you work at?! We never get our temperatures checked. Occasionally the headteacher’s PA comes round with hand sanitiser.
 
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PortiaControl

How many different bloody email addresses does she have?!?!!! Every time she asks someone to email her she provides a different one each time. Complete chaos. But then, we've all seen her cutlery drawer which I think is a good representation of the other aspects of her life.
 
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Nippybippy

emmer_moans said:
*whispers* I bought an over locker this week and I love it, it’s like my version of “my preciousssss”...

I must say I never expected to see a Sewing Jack.
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Jack doesn’t have the commitment to be good at anything requiring effort. Sewing, knitting...she could spend all the money in the world on nice stuff but it’s not going to make her a chef or a seamstress or good knitter.

Her only commitment is to her narrative, “fame”, and lies.

(And for the record I think it’s great to dabble in crafts we aren’t good at, mastery of a craft is great but not the be all end all—it’s more that she wants to spend money or toot her own horn creating a ruse that she’s great at something when really, she’s a beginner at everything.)
 
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Anonymous One

Her first book A Girl Called Jack was successful (it’s her best book because she was still using simple, cheap recipes adapted from BBC goodfood) but the second was a flop and she couldn’t get a publisher didn’t want her fans to ‘have to wait’ for the book to be published. But she did get it published by a publisher as well because that way she got double the money. Her current publisher then took her on.

With the flops of her last books, her constant failure to deliver & tardiness with the books she claimed were coming out shortly, I would be very surprised if she wasn’t dropped by this publisher soon (if it hasn’t already happened) and she’ll find it very very hard to find anyone else daft enough to take her on because she’s lazy & can’t cook.
 
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waffle maker

I think she did the Kickstarter as a sort of anti austerity bandwagon jumping thing, and she wanted to do it quickly and donate a copy to food banks for every one sold (and get rid of red tape?) and I vaguely remember that she wanted more money from each book as the author doesn’t get much, but I’m not 100% sure on that.
 
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DinosaurSenior

Katie Hopkins is indeed a horrid individual, (what she said was just dreadful), and Jack obviously sees herself as some kind of untouchable giantkiller, but Hopkins was an easy target and even the judge said she won the court case by the skin of her teeth and it could have gone either way.

Jack really thinks she's a saintly maverick, that can do no wrong. How can she sleep at night?

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Alansbigplate

Why did she need a Kickstarter if her first book was successful?
 
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HotesTilaire

I really hope the holy mother of hausfraus und herren Kirsty Strickland is reading this thread. Or the beloved prophet Laura Waddell, who has the gift of sight.
Yes, Kirsty Strickland and. Or. Laura Waddell
 
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As far as I know, the launch party didn't happen. It certainly wasn't advertised anywhere on her social media . She mentions on her 'backer only' updates that info of this party was in backer emails, but if it happened, it went entirely unreported on her social media. I have the strong impression of people expressing disappointment over it but can't remember where. Dunno about 'the dinner at your house' thing but on balance of probabilities... I do remember people complaining that the books were unsigned and, as others have mentioned, were sometimes damaged in post- packed badly- and that there were shortcomings of the layout/ text /illustrations etc but these comments were wildly counterbalanced by copious fawning.
 
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