I think we can confirm that the post covid fatigue is now done, dusted and the box has been ticked.
She’s up, bright eyed ( the light is shining through) and bushy tailed.
She’s up, bright eyed ( the light is shining through) and bushy tailed.
Jack Monroe #128 Just eat the custard
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She was one of the people but not just her. FFS she's ridiculous.
Don’t worry. She’ll be drained and exhausted by all this activism soon.
She should focus on her son and his needs rather than inserting herself into another ‘cause’. Poor lad
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She should focus on her son and his needs rather than inserting herself into another ‘cause’. Poor lad
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Oh dear. Someone is very chipper today.
Far removed from the angsty selfie Jack with covid symptoms
I suppose lockdown larder is a distant memory? (Every cloud tbh).
Far removed from the angsty selfie Jack with covid symptoms
I suppose lockdown larder is a distant memory? (Every cloud tbh).
If she wasn't such an annoying troll, I'd feel sorry for her. Her obsessive reaching out to blue ticks on Twitter, speak of someone who knows that her time in the limelight is running out, Maybe if she had actually promoted the hashtag in her conversations with them, I'd think she genuinely means it but as it stands.....( also how sad is it that she's basically stealing from Abby Tomlinson, and the woman who originally came up with "Clap for carers"?)
#thread title Slacktivism at its finestStill laughing at this... FOUNDER OF A HASHTAG.
She’s a FOUNDER of a HASHTAG.
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Brilliant, just utterly brilliant. Slacktivism at its finest.
Although, being serious for a moment, the idea behind it is more or less solid. The actual hashtag itself is shite, and as I said above conflates the old ‘Thunderclap’ social media activism platform and ‘clapping for carers’ so it doesn’t make much sense to those not in the know.
It’s just galling that she’s going to use this (recycled/stolen, not massively groundbreaking, not particularly well thought-out) ‘activism’ to pump up her already inflated ego. Most of the useful features like Hey MP has been created and suggested by other people.
Given how much airtime she spent to correcting people using the hashtag incorrectly and posting fawning tweets to blue tickers, I smell an ego exercise rather than actually trying to achieve something useful.
Let’s see how this one develops, taking bets on whether this is all long forgotten by this time next week...
Maybe @Her?
No, you did not make that up about Caitlin Moran. And the only reason she got away with it is because she had enough self control to stay off Twitter for a while and presumably because she's pals with people who could have written about her.
As someone upthread said, JM, CM et al thinking that tweeting furiously will make a blind bit of difference are deluded. Real activism takes time, effort, stamina, networking. Most people aren't on Twitter or care what happens there.
This article celebrates 8 successful hashtag campaigns. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hashtag-activism-hashtag10-twitter-trends-dresslik/ I read through it.
Only two of those hashtags changed something tangible in real life #stopfundinghate and #icebucketchallenge. And the first one didn't change what certain papers print, it just cut off some ad revenue.
I suspect #Thunderclapforcarers will go the same way as #heforshe. Heard of that 'hugely successful campaign'? Me neither.
Until the Tories get voted out, nothing will change in a fundamental way. Sad but true.
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She thinks she's getting people to act outside of Twitter but she's not. Where's her email? Where's her advice on what to say and any follow up? It's an empty gesture.
On the plus side... 2nd hit after Twitter itself
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"Thunderclap" is the noise my breasts make when I jump up and down without a bra on 
Has someone nominated STOP GETTING THUNDERCLAP WRONG for thread #129?!
I love you, @waffle maker . If you make me some waffles, I'll marry you.
It’s like the all likes and retweets have give her a ‘power up’. Like when Dracula got all that blood and became Gary Oldman for a bit.
For your digital archive? What? The more time I spend here the more I realise the Twitterati just print cash and do diddly, saving 100 images is not work or research?!
That might have been me. Arf arf, I did a thing.
Jesus bleeping christ. Is this was counts as activism nowadays?
Jesus bleeping christ. Is this was counts as activism nowadays?
Totally agree, real activism is vocational and often a lifetimes work. Slightly OT but your comment led me to think about Stacey Abrams, whilst Trump was getting his kicks in front of bigly crowds, Stacey and others like her were at the coal face doing the grunt work and the outcome will be transformative. JM seems to be in it for the kicks....
Top lip looks interesting. More bumps than a birthday party.
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