Jack Monroe #14 Tweet, delete, check Tattle, repeat? Yes, absolutely x

[PennyLoafer]

Wow, some interesting ideas about female sexuality / morality from Jack here. What the fuck does being a virgin have to do with anything?

Virginity is nothing other than a cultural construct, so again here she’s upholding and reinforcing the very standards she claims to be railing against. So if someone has had sex with 1,000 men at that the point the stranger’s criticism is magically valid?

(Aside from the fact that this appalling clap back never happened in the first place )


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And the three wise men said 'you should have kept your legs shut'.
And Mary said 'I'm literally a virgin, actually'.
And a cheer went up from the crowd of animals in the stable.
- Porkiepies 3:7

 

[GrunkaLunka]

She's absolutely full of shit. The government guidelines state that anyone immunocompromised should be at home shielding.
She should not be leaving her house for any fucking reason.
God this pisses me off so much. My brother phoned me crying today because he has been working on the frontline for months and has seen so much death. He misses his family. He's scared. He just sounded broken.
And that fucking Jack twat is declaring she's immunocompromised and then fannying about in Wilko buying paint. And the fact that she has the fucking nerve to try and justify it by saying she was collecting medication. Stop lying you fucking rat, you told everyone you were immunocompromised so you should not be leaving your shitty bungalow. I am so upset and pissed off right now. Fuck that.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

And that her AA sponsor behaved inappropriately towards her. In the *vaguest* of hints. If true, I hope she properly reported and pursued it. Because if not it means that person will just try to take advantage of the next poor vulnerable person they sponsor (makes me feel physically ill to consider). Interesting how that aspect is never discussed just the victimisation.

Potentially triggering content warning lovelies:

I’m not saying that bad things never happen in my beloved rooms, I’ve had men try it, I’ve had bitter old men make shitty comments to me, I’ve heard triggering over shares, I’ve actually felt scared listening to some people they’re so unwell and I am a baby, I’ve known of plenty of people who’ve killed themselves (to varying degrees of success), but... you run a cost benefit analysis in your head before you speak of such things. Especially to PRESS? With very little context. I will also say that I’ve had the loveliest and most genuine friendships of my life come out of the rooms, I’ve met my little baby’s future harem of uncles, I’ve been gifted a social life after mine was no longer tenable, I’ve been gifted a life beyond my wildest dreams tbh and an unperturble sense of security and knowledge that I am always going to be fine because not only do I have a higher power I have the rooms and my fellows.

You need to remember you are a sick / recovering person amongst sick people and unfortunately such situations do arise as would happen in any group of tens of thousands of individuals? But to speak of them with no reference to the MANY safeguards there are in place is fucking disgusting. For anyone who is thinking of accessing help and has been dissuaded by her statements - if such a thing were to happen there are people you can tell and actions would be taken on your behalf. There’s a thing called women for women / men for men, in your first year especially it’s heavily recommended you don’t even socialise with your preferred gender as a means of safeguarding you, oftentimes from yourself as a lot of people come in and want to be fixed by love instead of doing the work themselves. They recommend not even being in a relationship for the first year, or having sex.

I’ve been to meetings where members have been banned (not for sexual assault, it was homophobia at an LGBT meeting, he was a really unwell man who had been sexually abused as a kid for context). You can disclose such things to fellows who will look out for you. There are service positions in each group who take on a level of seniority and can ask the central A.A. governing body (their offices are based in York) for advice or support, they can even hire in specialist workers.

This actually has made me quite angry and I’m happy to speak to that at court. What a fucking disgraceful thing to write from someone who clearly knows very little.

AA also has a set of traditions which basically have safeguarded it to last the 80+ years it has. The traditions are there to safeguard newcomers especially and that is what utterly boiling my fucking blood this morning because this woman is legitimately a danger to newcomers for writing such shit. Newcomers are, I quote, “the most important person in the room” and honestly are cared for beyond words. I’ve seen newcomers come in fucking trashed and weeks / months later through the love and guidance of their fellows turn it all around. To dissuade someone from that path is unforgivable.

One of those traditions is principles before personality, and I think that the program and all of the good it can and does do supersedes the need to discuss individual situations as these could potentially put people, ESPECIALLY survivors of sexual assault, off of seeking the help they need from the rooms. The other is anonymity (it’s literally the name) at levels of press and media. I’m going to copy and paste this from our literature as I think the last sentence is ESPECIALLY pertinent:

“ At the public level of press, radio, TV, films and other media technologies such as the Internet, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putting the brake on those who might otherwise exploit their A.A. affiliation to achieve recognition, power, or personal gain.”

I wasn’t going to be an outright bitch but I’m going to say it: I would take the AA experiences of someone still on the 0.5% vol booze with a pinch of salt. Or cumin, or mint, or parsley, or dried chilli, it all comes from the same aisle init. It’s not even 7.30am yet on a Sunday and my blood pressure is through the fucking roof - you just DO NOT do this.

And before I get done for bullying I felt the same about Lily Allen when she references one sentence said to her at a meeting as to why she didn’t come back in a fucking BOOK? It’s okay not to speak to something if you lack the depth & range of fucking knowledge about it.

Enjoy printing and discussing. Fucking livid.

 

[Saturn.]

Shudders,. Your new profile pic is going to drive me to the gin bottle.

My apologies - I should have provided some form of warning. Given the democracy of Tattle, I will take an Avatar vote over the Bank holiday weekend.


Please vote for Lasagne.





Please vote for Tea bags and beans.





Please vote for our dear, Eddie.





Please vote for Cockerpoo and sprouts.*





* Please do not get any ideas, Jack - this is not a recipe suggestion.

 

[Wishwash]

Omg my love! Well done for both of you making this step, to do so in lock down where it’s so much harder is even more impressive tbh. I have no doubt both your phones will be ringing off the hook, people are so genuinely lovely they just want the best for you guys.

And 100% families can work through it and stay together, there are so many beautiful stories in the rooms of recovery and love and absent dads reuniting with kids. I’ve met some of the cute lil kids and you just see the happiness radiating out of them There are open AA meetings you could go to with your partner & they could share on his/your situation if he felt comfortable to and he’d probably receive a lot back from it. There are some good al anon x AA crossover meetings that happen that you guys may like when we’re back out in the world. If you’re in London DM me and I’ll share deatz xx

Thank you so much - he actually attended a zoom meeting which had Al-anon members and I think it gave him food for thought as he'd become quite centred on it being his "illness and recovery" but it is very much a family disease and has completely derailed our lives.

I've had to leave my home with my 10 month old and am currently in my childhood bedroom with no cot, no toys, and no privacy from overbearing Irish Catholic parents .

And you know what? These threads have made me feel like I've been part of a conversation and much less lonely even if all I did was read. Not as flat on my arse as JM claims to be and I'm very thankful for the process I'm going through but flip me I've had my eyes opened.

I've enjoyed looking at recipes for Chinese dumplings and thinking about pickles, and adding cookbooks to my wishlist...thinking one day I'll have a kitchen and have some control over my life and I will feel ok again.
I can't write as eloquently as some and struggle to articulate what I think sometimes and find that a lot of time people have said it already which makes me giggle and feel a part of something.

I wouldn't wish alcoholism on the human races' worst enemy. I wish you well for your ongoing recovery and look forward to getting to the place that you are in!

 

[Caffeine_Queen]

Does anyone else feel that the interactions between her and her mum are strange?

Her mum seems like she’s always having to appease and walk on eggshells around her and the whole relationship is one sided, there is no warmth from Jack whatsoever.

Im new to tattle and was wondering about posting this as it’s 5years old (this is on her public Facebook) and I read it as jack critisising her parents for not getting a tattoo to match her birthmark ?

Maybe it’s just me but why is her mum apologising and handwringing?

I’ve noticed it on twitter as well when her mum apologised that she couldn’t watch Jacks little boy.
No response to these apologies either. Just left hanging.

she has always reminded me of Kevin the teenager

 

[GrunkaLunka]

Potentially triggering content warning lovelies:

I’m not saying that bad things never happen in my beloved rooms, I’ve had men try it, I’ve had bitter old men make shitty comments to me, I’ve heard triggering over shares, I’ve actually felt scared listening to some people they’re so unwell and I am a baby, I’ve known of plenty of people who’ve killed themselves (to varying degrees of success), but... you run a cost benefit analysis in your head before you speak of such things. Especially to PRESS? With very little context. I will also say that I’ve had the loveliest and most genuine friendships of my life come out of the rooms, I’ve met my little baby’s future harem of uncles, I’ve been gifted a social life after mine was no longer tenable, I’ve been gifted a life beyond my wildest dreams tbh and an unperturble sense of security and knowledge that I am always going to be fine because not only do I have a higher power I have the rooms and my fellows.

You need to remember you are a sick / recovering person amongst sick people and unfortunately such situations do arise as would happen in any group of tens of thousands of individuals? But to speak of them with no reference to the MANY safeguards there are in place is fucking disgusting. For anyone who is thinking of accessing help and has been dissuaded by her statements - if such a thing were to happen there are people you can tell and actions would be taken on your behalf. There’s a thing called women for women / men for men, in your first year especially it’s heavily recommended you don’t even socialise with your preferred gender as a means of safeguarding you, oftentimes from yourself as a lot of people come in and want to be fixed by love instead of doing the work themselves. They recommend not even being in a relationship for the first year, or having sex.

I’ve been to meetings where members have been banned (not for sexual assault, it was homophobia at an LGBT meeting, he was a really unwell man who had been sexually abused as a kid for context). You can disclose such things to fellows who will look out for you. There are service positions in each group who take on a level of seniority and can ask the central A.A. governing body (their offices are based in York) for advice or support, they can even hire in specialist workers.

This actually has made me quite angry and I’m happy to speak to that at court. What a fucking disgraceful thing to write from someone who clearly knows very little.

AA also has a set of traditions which basically have safeguarded it to last the 80+ years it has. The traditions are there to safeguard newcomers especially and that is what utterly boiling my fucking blood this morning because this woman is legitimately a danger to newcomers for writing such shit. Newcomers are, I quote, “the most important person in the room” and honestly are cared for beyond words. I’ve seen newcomers come in fucking trashed and weeks / months later through the love and guidance of their fellows turn it all around. To dissuade someone from that path is unforgivable.

One of those traditions is principles before personality, and I think that the program and all of the good it can and does do supersedes the need to discuss individual situations as these could potentially put people, ESPECIALLY survivors of sexual assault, off of seeking the help they need from the rooms. The other is anonymity (it’s literally the name) at levels of press and media. I’m going to copy and paste this from our literature as I think the last sentence is ESPECIALLY pertinent:

“ At the public level of press, radio, TV, films and other media technologies such as the Internet, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putting the brake on those who might otherwise exploit their A.A. affiliation to achieve recognition, power, or personal gain.”

I wasn’t going to be an outright bitch but I’m going to say it: I would take the AA experiences of someone still on the 0.5% vol booze with a pinch of salt. Or cumin, or mint, or parsley, or dried chilli, it all comes from the same aisle init. It’s not even 7.30am yet on a Sunday and my blood pressure is through the fucking roof - you just DO NOT do this.

And before I get done for bullying I felt the same about Lily Allen when she references one sentence said to her at a meeting as to why she didn’t come back in a fucking BOOK? It’s okay not to speak to something if you lack the depth & range of fucking knowledge about it.

Enjoy printing and discussing. Fucking livid.

I'm loving this comment because it's so helpful, SO helpful. I'm not loving the fact that you are feeling so angry, her words are so damaging and her behaviour too. I'm sorry you're feeling like this, I really hope that it will dissipate soon. She's riled me up several times recently and I know how awful I felt in those moments.

I want to thank you, your insights and experience have helped me so much. I am actually inspired by your words, and have made the first steps to looking at confronting and dealing with an addiction I have been consumed by for many years, which has been subtly destroying my life. I have no idea what the future holds for me, but I've never even considered that this is something I have the power to change, and am in tears thinking that today might be the start of something different and that this doesn't have to be it, if that makes sense. I've been living such a destructive and dangerous life for so long, thank you for opening my eyes to the possibility of change.

 

[Baroo11]

Hi, first post on this thread.

I was a big fan of Jack for many years, used her recipes and thought she was a really inspirational person. Lately I’ve found myself questioning lots of things. My little boy was recently diagnosed as autistic and with probable adhd (can’t complete the full assessment currently due to Co. 19 restrictions). This has been a very lengthy process so I know that it’s not a diagnosis you can get from a GP. I’m a MH nurse prescriber so I also know a fair bit about medication. All of this gave me doubts about some of Jack’s tweets. ADHD meds are a specialist prescription and you need to attend regular reviews with a psychiatrist. If your hair was falling out in clumps over several months, a psychiatrist would be running tests to rule out other causes and if found to be a side effect of meds, they’d look to switch medicines.

I can’t help but see that today’s photo of Jack after cutting her hair shows no patches which you would have if you’d been losing hair to that extent. I feel terrible saying this but I think the photo of the “hair loss” was actually hair that had been cut off.

The Jamie Oliver stuff was the final straw for me. There is no excuse for such behaviour. Yes ADHD can cause impulsivity but relentless bullying is not part of the symptomatology.
The post asking for donations was in such poor taste that I cannot believe Jack has such a lack of self awareness. She lives comfortably and is working while so many people are in dreadful situations.

 

[FrumpyCat]

Just read that guardian article. She really does take herself as some kind of savant doesn’t she. The Raymond Babbitt of the food world.
Also says she’s got autism. Doesn’t say how she got diagnosed. I recon she’d be the first to shout from the rafters about how bloody hard it is to do. I doubt she will either, in case it comes back as a no.

She implies, but doesn't actually say, she was diagnosed by an EP when she was eleven, and noone bothered to say anything.

Now, anyone who has sought a diagnosis for a child will know it doesn't happen like that. It's called a pathway for a reason. Added to that, in 1999 when she would have received the diagnosis virtually no girls were diagnosed (girls present differently etc etc.)

And, reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at six years old doesn't make you gifted. I was reading at the same level at six, and I was never more than moderately bright. Go on to mumsnet, every fucker's toddler will be ploughing their way through all 8 volumes of Harry Potter,

 

[PoorPatrol]

Poor Jack, it’s the inhuman stress of not having had a fridge or lightbulbs for two years

That is just absolute fucking bullshit!! I have worked in and around various family based elements of the public sector for years. I also was skint with a baby in 2010. As you can see from my previous post I’m now living it up buying hair oils There always have been (and I know specifically and particularly well the time between 2010-2014) very strong safety nets and support systems for mothers and children. She would have only had to set foot into a children’s centre, even if her local one was closed for whatever reason there were and still are manyyyyy many fucking many of them. All children’s centres in the UK not only had and still have various programmes to support vulnerable families, but also are one of the places that an individual can make an application to a charity. At that exact time, 2011, Save The Children were running a scheme called Eat, Sleep, Play, Grow were giving out thousands of grants for beds and white goods for parents of children who were struggling. There were tonnes of other local schemes and they would have allocated a social worker for any child without lightbulbs or food. They would not have removed the child they would have rectified the problem. If the problem itself was simply unstable housing causing the poverty, she would have been out in temporary council accommodation until a flat was found. There must have been wider reasons why Jack found herself selling a fucking toy dinosaur for food, which must have raised about 12 pence. It wasn’t ‘the system’ it was her. Or. It didn’t happen that way and she had more support and more help than she admits.

“Watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah!”

 

[PoorPatrol]

Also re Nigella. She has had a fucking horrific life. Really very sad and upsetting things have happened. They’re things in the public domain, but I’ve never heard her go on about any of any of it so I won’t repeat any of it for the sake of it. The only thing that makes her privileged is being white and middle class, other than that she’s been dealt a really quite shitty hand. Not once have I ever known her to whine about it. Never. Take a leaf out of Nigella’s book, Jack. Have a personality, have skill, and get by on that! Not building a whole career on miserable fake bullshit.

 

[AdultHumanFemale]

You guys!

This has been a tough week for me, and my mental health is down the fucking drain.

I said this to the lady of my life too, but this forum has helped me keep a little bit of sanity. Even though I don't comment much, I read every single thing. I've bought seeds, I've baked a cake this week, and watched Nadiya (thank you for that!). You've inspired me to do stuff when all I want to do is sit and cry.

Moreover, reading your posts about your own traumas, addictions and lives has helped me feel a little less lonely.

So thank you. You're a great bunch, and whilst I'm definitely not the most vocal here, I really do love this little community.

 

[Wishwash]

Potentially triggering content warning lovelies:

I’m not saying that bad things never happen in my beloved rooms, I’ve had men try it, I’ve had bitter old men make shitty comments to me, I’ve heard triggering over shares, I’ve actually felt scared listening to some people they’re so unwell and I am a baby, I’ve known of plenty of people who’ve killed themselves (to varying degrees of success), but... you run a cost benefit analysis in your head before you speak of such things. Especially to PRESS? With very little context. I will also say that I’ve had the loveliest and most genuine friendships of my life come out of the rooms, I’ve met my little baby’s future harem of uncles, I’ve been gifted a social life after mine was no longer tenable, I’ve been gifted a life beyond my wildest dreams tbh and an unperturble sense of security and knowledge that I am always going to be fine because not only do I have a higher power I have the rooms and my fellows.

You need to remember you are a sick / recovering person amongst sick people and unfortunately such situations do arise as would happen in any group of tens of thousands of individuals? But to speak of them with no reference to the MANY safeguards there are in place is fucking disgusting. For anyone who is thinking of accessing help and has been dissuaded by her statements - if such a thing were to happen there are people you can tell and actions would be taken on your behalf. There’s a thing called women for women / men for men, in your first year especially it’s heavily recommended you don’t even socialise with your preferred gender as a means of safeguarding you, oftentimes from yourself as a lot of people come in and want to be fixed by love instead of doing the work themselves. They recommend not even being in a relationship for the first year, or having sex.

I’ve been to meetings where members have been banned (not for sexual assault, it was homophobia at an LGBT meeting, he was a really unwell man who had been sexually abused as a kid for context). You can disclose such things to fellows who will look out for you. There are service positions in each group who take on a level of seniority and can ask the central A.A. governing body (their offices are based in York) for advice or support, they can even hire in specialist workers.

This actually has made me quite angry and I’m happy to speak to that at court. What a fucking disgraceful thing to write from someone who clearly knows very little.

AA also has a set of traditions which basically have safeguarded it to last the 80+ years it has. The traditions are there to safeguard newcomers especially and that is what utterly boiling my fucking blood this morning because this woman is legitimately a danger to newcomers for writing such shit. Newcomers are, I quote, “the most important person in the room” and honestly are cared for beyond words. I’ve seen newcomers come in fucking trashed and weeks / months later through the love and guidance of their fellows turn it all around. To dissuade someone from that path is unforgivable.

One of those traditions is principles before personality, and I think that the program and all of the good it can and does do supersedes the need to discuss individual situations as these could potentially put people, ESPECIALLY survivors of sexual assault, off of seeking the help they need from the rooms. The other is anonymity (it’s literally the name) at levels of press and media. I’m going to copy and paste this from our literature as I think the last sentence is ESPECIALLY pertinent:

“ At the public level of press, radio, TV, films and other media technologies such as the Internet, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putting the brake on those who might otherwise exploit their A.A. affiliation to achieve recognition, power, or personal gain.”

I wasn’t going to be an outright bitch but I’m going to say it: I would take the AA experiences of someone still on the 0.5% vol booze with a pinch of salt. Or cumin, or mint, or parsley, or dried chilli, it all comes from the same aisle init. It’s not even 7.30am yet on a Sunday and my blood pressure is through the fucking roof - you just DO NOT do this.

And before I get done for bullying I felt the same about Lily Allen when she references one sentence said to her at a meeting as to why she didn’t come back in a fucking BOOK? It’s okay not to speak to something if you lack the depth & range of fucking knowledge about it.

Enjoy printing and discussing. Fucking livid.

My husband is in AA and I am in Al-anon. Began in the second week of lockdown. The support and consideration he's received via zoom meetings has been fantastic. New to this journey but I've also received so much support and am astonished how the people in the group have taken the time to contact me. We are at rock bottom and just to know that there are people out there who believe our family can stay together and that we are not worthless means so much. Thank you for writing this.

 

[Flumps]

That's exactly it - you describe it very well. As part of my treatment I attended group therapy and they emphasised the importance of not talking about the details of your trauma for those very reasons. Not sure if I'm explaining it well but hopefully that makes sense! And as you say, I hate the thought of being perceived as a victim (eta last bit there).

As an off topic aside, I think the understanding of how trauma can affect people is still very much in the development stage. I consider myself very lucky to have accessed the support and treatment that I have. Sending a fist bump of solidarity to those who have been there and are still in recovery

Oh, I agree so much about the not being seen as a victim thing. I've told one story of something shit that happened to me on here, but I can tell it, because I know I dealt with it relatively well, and quickly, and it wasn't actually hugely damaging to me. I don't talk about the really damaging things, partly because it's so hard to do, partly because I don't want those things to define me forever and partly (and this one is daft) because I know there are a lot of people who went through a lot worse, so I don't like to complain about my lot. And it's hard enough that the roots reach so deep, that I know some of my everyday behaviours now are linked to them, that drives me crazy enough, all the *work* I have to do, and I'm very lazy, to not let the past run the present, let alone reliving it and reliving it. It's had enough of my time.

I'm loving this comment because it's so helpful, SO helpful. I'm not loving the fact that you are feeling so angry, her words are so damaging and her behaviour too. I'm sorry you're feeling like this, I really hope that it will dissipate soon. She's riled me up several times recently and I know how awful I felt in those moments.

I want to thank you, your insights and experience have helped me so much. I am actually inspired by your words, and have made the first steps to looking at confronting and dealing with an addiction I have been consumed by for many years, which has been subtly destroying my life. I have no idea what the future holds for me, but I've never even considered that this is something I have the power to change, and am in tears thinking that today might be the start of something different and that this doesn't have to be it, if that makes sense. I've been living such a destructive and dangerous life for so long, thank you for opening my eyes to the possibility of change.

I agree with all of this so hard. @heretoreaditall2019 - thank you so much. I'm also sorry that it's made you so angry, though I understand, some of JM's antics have made me so cross I've had to walk away for a while and refocus myself.

I'm also inspired, I have an addiction, actually, what I think I have is an endless tendency to move around addictions, and I can't say I'm as impressive as @GrunkaLunka as the furthest I have gone is to write that down, just now, and haven't made any steps, except in my head to deal with it. I've dealt with lots of things, and I have a lot more stability, but I haven't dealt with this, because I can claim that I am still functioning day to day and I can write internet posts that make me sound sorted. I was embarrassed, yesterday, when you said I sounded sorted, because in some ways I am, but I know I won't be completely, until I deal with this too. And I've never been honest about this. Not to anyone. I did say, I'm not the greatest of humans. It's my last crutch, though I know it's not really one, and it's very scary to think of finally pushing it away.

Thank you too, @GrunkaLunka as if you hadn't posted this, I wouldn't have posted mine. Also crying, and thinking, and lots of love to you. Sorry for piggybacking. x

I'll tell you one thing though. I didn't expect this to come of joining a site full of evil gossipy internet trolls.

 

[Aquamarina]

Hi everyone, I’ve been lurking on this thread for ages, but I never usually comment. But can I just say, the humanity, kindness and love on here for our fellow Tattlers is incredible. Yes, this is a gossip site, but everyone seems so genuine and lovely and it warms the cockles of my heart seeing these types of interactions. You all make me guffaw with laughter reading about JM; she’s such a bullshitter and it’s also very interesting seeing her lies exposed here. Keep up the excellent work ladies!

 

[Tabitha D]

Mind you, in a couple of years this will be referred to as the time she had to live in a tent, with no toilet.

 

[PennyLoafer]

"So, you think you're big tough men? Let's see you do this!"

Jack delivers a keynote.

 

[OhhBacon]

If my partner got into bed with a pot noddle never mind that ridiculous concoction at 2am, they wouldn’t be in the bed for long.

Of course she’s not experiencing stress, it’s “inhuman stress”.....aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh

More stress than;
An AE Doctor, a nurse from BAME background, a carehome manager, a family in a small flat in a high rise tower block, a researcher looking for a vaccine, a small pub owner, a social worker without PPE cover, a small business owner who normally makes just over £50 grand a year so can’t get help, anybody who has tragically lost someone they love to C19 but can’t have a normal funeral, anyone who has a relative or friend currently on a ventilator, anyone of the 100’s of thousands of people who work in theatres or entertainment, anyone having to work out how to get the country out of lockdown...etc etc etc

An inhumane amount of stress to make up some shoddy recipes, oh do fuck off Jack.

You got a two week job at the BBC off the back of this pandemic, your books are still selling and if not then pop along to a supermarket as they have been recruiting.
Your partner is on a good whack as Director of Channel 4 news, the two of you are getting married so share the load financially.

Own your privilege.

 

[Ellabella]

Poor Louise, trying to sleep at 2am whilst the smell of fish and egg wafts through the air. That's just ridiculous, of course she wasn't in bed!

Also her parents were prepared to spend £100k of their own money on foster kids but allowed their own daughter and grandson to practically starve?

 

[PennyLoafer]

To bless this thread, I give you peak Monroe. Ex-ballet dancer, stands on tiptoes to give talks (despite arthritis), wore a skirt because she was feeling 'suffragetteish', *may* earn commission from promoting skirt because of affiliate link. Come now, you know in your heart of hearts that lies, manipulation, grifting and glittery skirts were at the core of the Suffragette mission.