Jack Monroe #133 Neither a celebrity or a chef

[Toffee finger]

Ooh I recall someone explaining why typing like that is actually offensive (after I did it about 400 times) ouch

I didn’t know this. Just had a google and I’m surprised Jack uses it as that is the kind of thing she would angry tweet about. I suppose if you’re only online 23.5 hours a day you may miss some things..
(watch that tweet be deleted once she’s done a grunk)

 

[Satisfying Click]

It's 2015 and angry Jack is back with a cautionary tale of what the lowest forms of media can do. She forgot stories that she wrote about her son - his taste in books, his personal hygiene, his hobbies, things he says - are used by her to entertain her Twitter followers

 

[Limey]

A butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker...

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This just reminds me of Stewart Pearson in The Thick Of It

 

[Citrus fruit]

Sorry, probably way ahead of this subject now.. I have paggggges to catch up with but!!! I’m wondering if she read my post in here earlier about ignoring her son for the last 48 hours so made up the bullshit about the weirdest “game” ever to have played with her 10 year old! Absolute nutter (hope she is reading!!)

 

[Shesaidwhat?]

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A DM from almost 4 years ago doesn’t prove much they’re not exactly gabbing about current affairs and arranging a coffee date.

 

[jenny2603]

How long before she begs for doggo pics

Maybe Corbs mate will DM her a picture of El Gato the Catto.

 

[Scarletfever]

Roadside Mum seems to have had a good, productive day.

I know I am repeating myself, but I just find it interesting that Jack had a twitter chaos with bullies and trolls and DMs, oh my! It's a shame as she wasn't able to signal boost RM

 

[ChocolateMuffin]

This is REALLY interesting. I've been getting a vibe recently that she's not actually gay, I mean she could be bi but she's deffo not a "lezza". But I wonder how much of the lesbian persona is made up? I get the feeling that what she craves from a partner is someone who will look after her, what better than an older, successful woman? A surrogate mum, if you will. There is too much to unpack here...

She is deffo sexually attracted to men, and with women it's more of a hero worship thing, think Nigella (mum).

Inappropriate to question her sexuality, never mind state she is definitely attracted to men.

 

[Icing _on_ the_cake]

Scummy Single Mummy Does Dating: Echo & Gazette Column, 15th Jan 2013

The trouble with being professionally single is, well, it leaves you professionally single. When the greatest achievement on your CV is a double page spread in the national press for spending £10 a...

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She was just as insufferable back then

So many of her stories are about how she's too cool/maverick/left wing/working class/#notlikeothergirls for everyone else there.

On the JC stuff - the desire from people (especially the more left you go) for ideological purity from everyone really annoys me. However, Jack flits between trying to present between being as hard socialist left as possible and new labour. I think that's what's got her in trouble here.

 

[WitTank]

Inappropriate to question her sexuality, never mind state she is definitely attracted to men.

She has stated in her own words that she's attracted to men ("Extremely masculine men"). We question everything else about her, there's no reason for this to be sacred.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

One of the recent former Mr Jacks was a city boy, and I didn’t quite fit into the Made In Chelsea circle of women that flitted about like glamorous bluebottles. I’ll always remember one particular occasion, when a woman asked me what I did for a living. ‘I’m currently unemployed’, I said, to a now-silent table. All the listing of my previous employment didn’t save me; in the little black dress and champagne cocktail set, I was scummy single mummy, feeling as though I was only there for the novelty value. “Ooh, it’s a real live benefit claimant!” I imagined the ripple of fascination shooting around the table, and definitely caught a few looks and raised eyebrows, as conversation suddenly turned to the fact that ‘only people who pay tax should actually be allowed to vote.’

Probably the original iteration of the Dinner Party of Shame anecdote.

I know these terms are subjective but city boys and MIC girls aren’t a natural pairing?

Also wasn’t she like 22 at this point? Who the duck went to or hosted black dress / cocktail events at that age? This whole thing reads like teenage fanfic.

 

[Lemonsweets91]

Inappropriate to question her sexuality, never mind state she is definitely attracted to men.

I'm actually gay, so find it interesting that this could be another one of her personas and this article made me think it is a performance.

She is obviously attracted or has been attracted to men, this isn't incorrect to state.

 

[Silver Linings]

 

[HarderFaster]

She’ll get loads and loads of centrist sympathy from the terminally unobservant following on from this, but I’m feeling pretty jubilant nonetheless. I’ve seen more dissent about her, and her drama, and her politics, and her lack of tangible action today than ever before, and not just from crappy alt-right trolls. More people than we thought have latched onto the grift and the chaos.

I think, at the end of the day, most folk are not particularly political, not very online (a la Laura Waddell) and not very interested in activism due to direct action being stifled for decades (cheers, Maggie T). She might get a few slop cookery book sales out of this, and a few more talking head slots with her terrifying death mask of foundation, but it’s clear from today that serious commentators have no time for her whatsoever, which is just more proof to me that there is no market at all for her poverty porn book.

Tommy Corbyn has really treated Jack with a magnanimity that she doesn’t deserve, and which she would not afford to others. She’s very lucky that the people she chooses to pile on mostly choose to ignore her, tbh.

 

[Silver Linings]

 

[jenny2603]

Shockingly this is one of the worst things I’ve read on these threads, god knows what has been smeared up that door prior

Imagine crying in the tepid smelly air of a train station loo, willingly gasping in those poo particles, no not on

It's alright, the poo particles took one look at Jacks nails and hurled themselves down the loo.

 

[Limey]

I'm actually gay, so find it interesting that this could be another one of her personas and this article made me think it is a performance.

She is obviously attracted or has been attracted to men, this isn't incorrect to state.

This is one of the thing that irritates me most about her - she treats being gay like cosplay, and also associates it with being chaotic. As though being gay isn't a totally normal thing.

 

[lalalanded]

She’ll get loads and loads of centrist sympathy from the terminally unobservant following on from this, but I’m feeling pretty jubilant nonetheless. I’ve seen more dissent about her, and her drama, and her politics, and her lack of tangible action today than ever before, and not just from crappy alt-right trolls. More people than we thought have latched onto the grift and the chaos.

I think, at the end of the day, most folk are not particularly political, not very online (a la Laura Waddell) and not very interested in activism due to direct action being stifled for decades (cheers, Maggie T). She might get a few slop cookery book sales out of this, and a few more talking head slots with her terrifying death mask of foundation, but it’s clear from today that serious commentators have no time for her whatsoever, which is just more proof to me that there is no market at all for her poverty porn book.

Tommy Corbyn has really treated Jack with a magnanimity that she doesn’t deserve, and which she would not afford to others. She’s very lucky that the people she chooses to pile on mostly choose to ignore her, tbh.

Gotta say..... really sad about Tommy's response to this. Naive at best.

 

[LennyBriscoe]

A few more deletions but . She’ll do a thread that nobody can reply to about her awful day and say she needs to rest before the thunderclap and St Jack will arise again tomorrow. She’ll also then spend the next few hours replying anyway.

Ah you know her so well. Ever thought about applying for Mastermind??

Seriously, thanks Hi Ho and all the other receipt gatherers for your stellar work over what has been a crazy few days. All I can say is thank god I wasn’t working or I would never have caught up (FOMO prevents me from skipping threads...) it’s been intense but if even half a dozen people smell rats and find their way over here then they’re in for a treat - you guys are the best 🤍

 

[Cactusflower]

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I’m not a knowledgeable enough Frau but what was such a difficult time for her in 2017 when Jezza slid into her DM’s ?