So it must be the same publisher who dropped her due to their 'transphobia', who she later accused of stealing money from her? Must be quite a lot of bad blood there.
So it must be the same publisher who dropped her due to their 'transphobia', who she later accused of stealing money from her? Must be quite a lot of bad blood there.A very interesting (and probably more accurate version) on why her publisher dropped book 3. She says in the article that they dropped her, she had just come out as transgender and they wanted her to use the 'A girl called Jack' brand and she didn't.
Since then she has repeatedly said (or implied) that it was transphobic for her publisher to drop her. I've seen squiggles say it and she NEVER corrects them. But this doesn't sound transphobic to me at all. It's a branding decision and if you brand yourself as something and then you change (totally fine, totally your own decision) but someone hired you specifically because of your brand, then that is just a business decision. Her brand was very much smol, doe-eyed, poor young mum.
A bit like if Nigella, after her success as 'the domestic goddess' decided to shave her head and go budget bean blogger and her publisher said, no, we gave you the deal based on you looking the way you do, writing the way you do and presenting the type of food you do.
Or Jamie not getting a book deal about molecular cuisine wearing a three-piece suit and a top hat, after his initial 'naked chef' series, which was all about fresh, simple, everyday cooking in scruffy jeans and hoodies.
I get that it's frustrating for writers, artists, musicians, etc. if they want to do something different and their publisher wants to pigeon-hole them, but it is not transphobic.
I was going to say the same thing! As a 90's teen, I wore mens jeans (complete with happy hardcore smiley face on the arse pocket) baggy gingham shirts, bucket hats, Kickers loafers and also had a dodgy kangol flat cap worn backwards. Being feminine when I was a teenager wasn't a thing! Walking round my school everyone wore the same, regardless of gender. Even when we went out to sneak into clubs underage it was baggy jeans and whatnot.Which ‘gents outfitters’ was she shopping in to be tutted at by a gent with a tape measure? This must’ve been the 90’s surely? In the early 90’s it was fashionable to wear really baggy clothes and as a ‘raver’ I embraced this. Bought my clothes (4 sizes too big) from Aflecks palace, Topman, Benneton etc. Was never given a second glance. This is the sort of bullshit I can’t abide. Just lies that could so easily be challenged if she dropped it into an IRL conversation but she gets away with it when it’s in print/online. I’d love her to do a Q&A!
Why if you have been in a job 3 years do you have a passing out parade?No Jack, before you left you were not training hard to move to the fireground, revelling in your hard masculine body, you were only just back at work after a c-section and according to the latest story iteration, were so stressed managing work and childcare you had a breakdown!
Her not attending her passing out parade because she was having a prima donna tantrum speaks volumes. Her attitude just stinks and it would have been hurtful to her dad especially.
No wonder Essex Fire and Rescue were glad to see the back of her.
There was a photo of her wearing a blazer and skirt in one of those "skint blogger" early photos at a local event which wouldn't have been that long after leaving the fire service. She doesn't look as she describes herself in this article - not muscular, no buzz cut.
What a shock, Jack is lying again.
She’s not a 90s teen though. She decides what social group she wants to pretend to belong to and pisses them off. In this case it is not harmful. In many others, it is.I was going to say the same thing! As a 90's teen, I wore mens jeans (complete with happy hardcore smiley face on the arse pocket) baggy gingham shirts, bucket hats, Kickers loafers and also had a dodgy kangol flat cap worn backwards. Being feminine when I was a teenager wasn't a thing! Walking round my school everyone wore the same, regardless of genfer. Even when we went out to sneak into clubs underage it was baggy jeans and whatnot.
Jack is explaining what most 90's kids wore isn't she?!?!
I’ve counted 30... however more importantly what is that sleazy hollyoaks nightclub owner shirt?View attachment 456098
Did she shop at Grace Brothers? She'd have been down thethrift storecharity shop if she'd had any nous, or buying from the kids dept as she's such a smol pixie.
Also, for the Troothers...
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Kickers shoes! 6th form was very short skirt with a very very baggy jumper and shirt, opaque tights and kickers loafers.She’s not a 90s teen though. She decides what social group she wants to pretend to belong to and pisses them off. In this case it is not harmful. In many others, it is.
Kangol beret. She reminded me earlier with her underwear.
You have taken me to the dark place again complete with kickers shoes.
Not sure, I think Penguin published her first two books, and she said the publisher for number 3 was NOT Penguin (but transphobic). I think Penguin was the thief? Don't know and cba to create another timeline.So it must be the same publisher who dropped her due to their 'transphobia', who she later accused of stealing money from her? Must be quite a lot of bad blood there.
I know, weird right? I might turn up at a fire just to prove it!What do you mean? You don't have innate fireman abilities?
https://giphy.com/xThtaxfxmzvIHEK676She talks about being 17 and buying herself a suit in the mens department of shops, where "bemused middle aged men harrumphed into their tape measure". This would be in 2005, so the middle aged men would have been teenagers in the 80's, not the 50's.
Pushing the gender boundaries was at its height in the 80's what with the likes of Annie Lenox and Boy George. Women's trouser suits were everywhere. In 2005 gender non conformity was being talked about, Hayley Cropper was in Corry for goodness sake.
Of course it is quite possible that an individual sales assistant would find it strange that she wanted a man's suit for herself. But I doubt they would harrumph if they thought they could get a sale! It is also odd that she never comes across the helpful assistant she always gets the judgemental unhelpful and bigoted one one.
I know my experiences reflect being brought up in a big city, and Manchester in the 60's, 70's and 80's was particularly accepting of alternative lifestyles. But the way she writes about her experiences just don't ring true. They sound like someone telling a story, not recounting true life events. They all sound like she lived in a backwater in the 1950's.
Loved my Kickers loafers!! My parents were extremely frugal, didn't believe in buying big brands, so I saved my pocket money for months to buy my Kickers!She’s not a 90s teen though. She decides what social group she wants to pretend to belong to and pisses them off. In this case it is not harmful. In many others, it is.
Kangol beret. She reminded me earlier with her underwear.
You have taken me to the dark place again complete with kickers shoes.
Don’t worry I already had Wikipedia open.Not sure, I think Penguin published her first two books, and she said the publisher for number 3 was NOT Penguin (but transphobic). I think Penguin was the thief? Don't know and cba to create another timeline.
AKA “The Willow Rosenberg”Kickers shoes! 6th form was very short skirt with a very very baggy jumper and shirt, opaque tights and kickers loafers.
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