Another simple recipe from Marcus and Tom this evening. A shakshuka recipe. There are so many kids who normally wouldn’t go near a vegetable who will probably try this because of the Marcus influence. As a Liverpool fan I really want to dislike him but he is doing so much actual good and he is so wonderful in how he speaks about his mum. He will probably get a knighthood before the secret ingredient and granola recipe is announced!
Jack Monroe #188 Jack sits on a train of lies
- Start date
-
- Tags
- Jack Monroe Threads Wiki
- Status
New to Tattle Life? Click "Order Thread by Most Liked Posts" button below to get an idea of what the site is about:
Hi all,
Hattie Gladwell here. I didn't think I'd ever find myself responding on Tattle. Not because I don't think that what people have to say on here isn't valid, but because I have seen myself dragged into these threads about Jack many times, and after the comments about debt I wanted to finally respond.
I've seen various comments on here that I just wanted to clear up.
Yes I am a writer, yes I am in debt. Yes I have bipolar disorder, and yes I spent my savings during a manic episode, but am now, and have been for a long time, stable, with the help of a psychiatrist and medication.
I don't have IBS — I have ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. In 2015, when I was 19, my bowel perforated and I was given a stoma bag. I was 20 minutes from death, and so it's very hurtful to read comments mocking my bowel issues in past threads.
Yes I got my 'dream job' at 19. That is correct. It was after I spent 10 months writing about inflammatory bowel disease. I was very lucky.
Unfortunately, I was in a very bad relationship for a long time, and a lot of my debt came from there. I don't want to go into that any further.
I asked for help on Twitter — but I didn't ask for financial help. I asked if anyone had any work going because I was desperate (yes, desperate, not just a bit short). I have been working non-stop and thankfully have managed to pay some of it off.
I also have a one-year-old, and was diagnosed with postnatal depression, and so during this time more debt had mounted up due to my partner losing his job while I was on maternity pay. I have been supporting a family of three for the past six months.
I'm not a bad person — nor have I taken money from strangers. But right now I'm trying to be a good mum through a lot of struggle, and I'd appreciate not being dragged into the issues with Jack.
Thank you for hearing me out.
Hattie Gladwell here. I didn't think I'd ever find myself responding on Tattle. Not because I don't think that what people have to say on here isn't valid, but because I have seen myself dragged into these threads about Jack many times, and after the comments about debt I wanted to finally respond.
I've seen various comments on here that I just wanted to clear up.
Yes I am a writer, yes I am in debt. Yes I have bipolar disorder, and yes I spent my savings during a manic episode, but am now, and have been for a long time, stable, with the help of a psychiatrist and medication.
I don't have IBS — I have ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. In 2015, when I was 19, my bowel perforated and I was given a stoma bag. I was 20 minutes from death, and so it's very hurtful to read comments mocking my bowel issues in past threads.
Yes I got my 'dream job' at 19. That is correct. It was after I spent 10 months writing about inflammatory bowel disease. I was very lucky.
Unfortunately, I was in a very bad relationship for a long time, and a lot of my debt came from there. I don't want to go into that any further.
I asked for help on Twitter — but I didn't ask for financial help. I asked if anyone had any work going because I was desperate (yes, desperate, not just a bit short). I have been working non-stop and thankfully have managed to pay some of it off.
I also have a one-year-old, and was diagnosed with postnatal depression, and so during this time more debt had mounted up due to my partner losing his job while I was on maternity pay. I have been supporting a family of three for the past six months.
I'm not a bad person — nor have I taken money from strangers. But right now I'm trying to be a good mum through a lot of struggle, and I'd appreciate not being dragged into the issues with Jack.
Thank you for hearing me out.
So, were you lurking? Are you a secret cabal member or did you just by chance happen upon Tattle?
Sorry you’ve been unwell in the past and good on you for looking after your child.
So did you get work from twitter or did you get money?
And whilst you’re here, can I ask, what is your take on Jacks salad bag pesto?
Thanks for joining us
Dear Post Office
The ever-reliable and all round good (devilled) egg Jack Monroe said she had posted me a Lion Bar eleventy-four weeks ago yet it has not arrived. Can you explain?
Yours
Lenny
Dear Lenny
We regret to advise that we had to politely request everyone’s favourite poverty porn star stop sending mail via us. It was too much! We are BUSY! We phoned her up, explained and
Because chocolate is chocolate we recommend you purchase a Caramac.
Yours
The long-suffering staff
Southend Post Office
So sorry to hear of your struggles. I’m not on Twitter, so have no idea who you are, but I wish you well. Many of us are going through our own struggles at the moment, and while they’re all personal to us, I hope you find a solution to yours.
Can I ask and I mean this kindly, I am just interested but if writing isn't getting you out of debt by itself, why do you do it?
I know work is hard to come by nowadays but I really don't get why people stick at freelance work if it just gets them more in debt, why don't you go down the conventional job route?
Like I said I don't mean it unkindly, just trying to understand the freelance journalist world?
Hi Hattie
I wish you the best for the future and sorry to hear about your poor health. But you have taken money from strangers that you got with a sob story on Twitter. You are not the only person person with financial and health problems. Your twitter audience has quite a lot of vulnerable people due to the content. Do you really think it is fair to take money from people possibly worse off than you???
There is no shame in debt & you definitely shouldn’t feel as if you need to justify *why* you have debt to us (or anyone lol). The problem is because you’re Jack adjacent at best, an enabler and platformer bringing her grifting to a new audience of vulnerable people at worst, your tweets will always be read assuming you are kindred spirits. Many people did call out the ambiguity re: £400 being either gifted or work, in fairness to tattle too.
Echoing @Dogmuck - how did you even find this? You’re meant to be mates with Jack, no?
When have I taken money from strangers?
Also in regards to freelance work — I’ve moved into PR because you’re right it’s not great money.
I am unable to work out of the house because living with no large intestine means I am glued to the toilet a lot of the time.
Also in regards to freelance work — I’ve moved into PR because you’re right it’s not great money.
I am unable to work out of the house because living with no large intestine means I am glued to the toilet a lot of the time.
Apologies if you found my comments hurtful. The way the tweets read seemed similar to Jack rattling the tip jar and implying she is poor. Im not really familiar with you and don’t want to be a dick but genuinely if you speak to step change they will be able to help you with your debts in an affordable way which may help with the mental burden too.
I don’t recall previous posts mocking you having bowel issues, only ones mentioning Jack posting a blow by blow account of her own, but I may have missed this and if people were mocking a condition then that isn’t great.
anyway I wish you the best and hope your partner finds work soon.
I refuse to believe that is cake, it’s a spam fritter!I came across this post earlier...seems she did a recipe (though now deleted) for a 'Lemon Cake with Candied Basil Crumb'It was posted on April 1 but in the comments she says it's not an April fools... Hard to tell with Jack's recipes though - they could all be!
View attachment 566674
Sorry to hear you’re ill and you’ve certainly got your plate full by the sounds of it. If you’ve been lurking here for a while you will see that lots and lots of contributors also have problems snd the rest of us have no blue tick and no option but to find our own way out.
We saw from your tweet you asked for work but you’ve ended up with £400 - I assume that’s from people you know (if they’re not strangers?) but not people you could privately ask for help. Saying that £400 isn’t a lot is quite ungrateful imo. And you didn’t have to accept it (I’m not on Twitter so it’s maybe explained there but is this the new tip jar you have to set up? Or did they get your bank details?) None of this is any of my business but you’ve opened the door by coming here.
I wish you well but I can’t agree with what you did I’m afraid.
Did you know each person who contributed to the £400 that was donated to you?
Thank you for the links.
I have actually spoken to StepChange and they said because I'm self-employed there's nothing they can do?
I have also spoken to PayPlan and they gave us 30 days for my partner to get a new job and then asked us to call them back.
Will check out the national debt line though, thank you!
I have actually spoken to StepChange and they said because I'm self-employed there's nothing they can do?
I have also spoken to PayPlan and they gave us 30 days for my partner to get a new job and then asked us to call them back.
Will check out the national debt line though, thank you!
Thank you for answering my question. I am sorry that you have such health issues to deal and I wish you well going forward.
Yeah OG thread 1 Frau here and the bowel comments haven’t happened and CCing in mods @Pocahontas @Yel who can confirm it’s against our rules.
You’re going to have to find receipts for that because there’s no way us as a community would have allowed it - pls don’t come out of lurking and claim that as you should know better as a seemingly regular viewer.
Ummm. Welcome @okaylolbye
Good luck and all that with everything - health, debts, work.
Good luck and all that with everything - health, debts, work.
Hi Hattie, fair play to you for coming and posting here. I’m genuinely sorry you’ve had to deal with those health issues, I hope things are better for you now.
I’m also sorry about the hurtful comments. From what I can see (linked below), it was posters here mocking the concept for an article, mocking themselves, and not meaning any harm to sufferers.
Jack Monroe #108 You’re really good on camera mate, honestly
You know, for those of us who have thought for several years that she is a proper wrong un. We were bloody right.
tattle.life
However, it’s not for me to decide how anyone should feel, and I don’t want to sound like I’m gaslighting. I really just want to clear it up. We’re a good bunch here really, and I think comments about someone’s health condition is a line we wouldn’t cross.
All the best to you and your family.
£400 wasn't donated to me.
£400 was work offered from people I knew mutually through other work. I worked in PR and some help with social media, and some creative writing to earn this £400 (with a contract and an invoice).
But just to say again: This was not donated to me from strangers. I did contracted work.
I also don't have a tip jar, nor do I intend to set one up.
And in regards to the bowel issues: There was mocking from people talking about an article I had written in regards to a toilet paper shortage last year. It was in one of the earlier threads.
The last thing I want is an argument; I just wanted to come on here to clear up that I didn't receive £400 of donations from strangers.
I wish you all well. x
£400 was work offered from people I knew mutually through other work. I worked in PR and some help with social media, and some creative writing to earn this £400 (with a contract and an invoice).
But just to say again: This was not donated to me from strangers. I did contracted work.
I also don't have a tip jar, nor do I intend to set one up.
And in regards to the bowel issues: There was mocking from people talking about an article I had written in regards to a toilet paper shortage last year. It was in one of the earlier threads.
The last thing I want is an argument; I just wanted to come on here to clear up that I didn't receive £400 of donations from strangers.
I wish you all well. x
- Status