Jack Monroe #135 No measurable outcomes

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EffluentPoster

Going back and forth between the past and now so possibly a bit late to wonder if anyone else gets a strong Corkhill energy from the double denim? No? OK.

Thank you for the blog archives. I have so many thoughts and each time one pops into my head I see a Frau has beaten me to it, which is reassuring. I can't comprehend the unquestioning adulation that's going on. I have been patrolling my Facebook feed for any mention of how wonderful she is as a few friends have shared articles about RM's original tweet. Nothing yet, maybe everyone else is more astute than me
 
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Emmapism

Did her Mum write this?
 
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SamFoxStuckinaCloak

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Fruitjack

This is probably too much information but Mr Fruitjack just tried to instigate a morning session but I wouldn’t because I was still grunking through the last thread. So I ended up having to explain why these threads are so gripping and I just garbled non stop about the reasons and about Jack for 20 minutes solid, it all flew out of my mouth. Needless to say it diminished his ardour and he’s gone to make coffee with a ‘she sounds odd’ shrug
 
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Froggies

How many bills come in brown paper envelopes these days? I get correspondence from HMRC in brown envelopes and not a lot else. White envelopes or (maverick) online billing.

In the napping photo is she trying to pretend she’s SO tired she fell asleep in situ rather than thinking “ooh bit tired, will lay on the sofa for a bit”?
 
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Veronicaaa

Seriously, I had a quick glance over it earlier and, other than mentioning RM and MR at the start, all of it seems to be about Jack the ~personality~ rather than landing any blows for any campaigning or anything.
 
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Raker

I have been trying desperately to grunk for days now, it’s just impossible. So much going on! But honestly, that Guardian piece this morning has driven me to the edge of reason.

Is it just plain lazy journalism, or does Jack actually have some sort of magic powers that make journalists lose their normal cynical take on things and ability to fact check or ask basic questions ????? OK, granted, in this case both the journalist in question , and the widely differing “facts” presented over the past decade do make this a tricky one....

And ovations to all those receipt catchers who’ve had to work at lightning speed over the past week. This is the journal of truth right here.

(Am I right on thinking that there are no comments on that Guardian hagiography? But yet Tattle welcomes everyone bearing screenshots as long as they follow the basic “keep it on Tattle” rule? Hmmmm...)

Back to the grunk!

*with additional presbyterian traybake chatter. Would give anything for a pineapple delight or a big Fifteen this morning... the Proustian madeleines of a Belfast childhood ...
 
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appleskin

Her calling hungry children feral has pissed me off - there's something very right wing\ colonialism about it - when the British (and many other European countries) took over countries they probably call all the people in that country feral.

I wanted to message Tom Kerridge to make sure they never work with her - I didn't, I think it's best they are ignoring her, if they were to come out and state she isn't working with her, she really would become the story. Her not being not of the letter should be enough.

And then there's the Saviour complex.

And ADHD - really hope someone famous with the condition does call her out for constantly using it as an excuse for her questionable behaviours
 
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Veronicaaa

God I would love to be a Guardian interviewer and ask her about even just one or two of your first list (which is to say, the reality rather than the fiction).
 
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Silver Linings

If they open the comments then this would be spectacular to see. Alas it would end the way it always does, with smol Jack unleashing the monkeys and troll accusations.
 
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Veronicaaa

Silver Linings said:
If they open the comments then this would be spectacular to see. Alas it would end the way it always does, with smol Jack unleashing the monkeys and troll accusations.
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I was looking at the Guardian homepage earlier and it seems as though comments are on for just about every other lifestyle / interview piece - except for this one and the Sali Hughes makeup column
 
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Into_the_tunnel

Silver Linings said:
If they open the comments then this would be spectacular to see. Alas it would end the way it always does, with smol Jack unleashing the monkeys and troll accusations.
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Keep refreshing for cif, but no luck.

Am in two minds to write a complaint to be honest. It is just a rehash of the twitter feed of the last week. Reread the article dated in October and she mentions not opening post and anxiety about putting the pin in the card machine. Who else would be allowed to repeat a story about themselves that frequently in a national publication like the Guardian?
 
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colouredlines

I always think she appeals to people so far removed from poverty that they can't comprehend how full of shit she is.

Unscrewing the lightbulbs? Sounds rough, then you think deeper and go, "hang on a minute, no."

Socks as sanitary pads? No. I had a time of not having the money for pads when I was younger. I wadded up toilet paper from public toilets, like you do if you have a period surprise that you're not prepared for. But that doesn't sound as extreme, does it?
 
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Hollaaa

Veronicaaa said:
I was looking at the Guardian homepage earlier and it seems as though comments are on for just about every other lifestyle / interview piece - except for this one and the Sali Hughes makeup column
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Oh what a coincidence
 
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LyraBalaqua

She’s a heroine to her Twitter cult and that daft journalist at the Guardian but to the real players in this saga she’s irrelevant hence no name checks by Marcus, Tom , Jamie and no one in the government would even consider asking the opinion of an angry, stroppy ‘look at me’ fame hungry liar.
 
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waffle maker

My elderly dad thinks that the name for anyone who disagrees with him in the local paper online comments section is a troll. Same energy from Jack. And Trump, actually.
 
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FrumpyCat

TLDR : Jack hasn't slept for 3 nights, she is angry. DKL was brilliant, and she has a forensic mind because when she was a child she was diagnosed as autistic.
 
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Veronicaaa

Just had a look at Zoe Williams' twitter account and her last message is to Nicola Miller (who blocked Jack after triflegate), so it's not as though she doesn't have the contacts to get the other side of the Jack story.
 
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