Jack Monroe #39 Cat's in the bathroom with silver spoon,this is real life not Mills & Boon

[peperomia]

He's written about 15 books. She claims to have just read the latest but has a pretty good knowledge of the characters in other books? Eh?

SHE'S TRIANGULATING AGAIN

 

[TheDragonWithAFlagon]

Well she’s laying into David Walliams’ kid’s books now over on Twitter. Says they are classist and fat shaming.

I’ve no idea - are they? She might well be correct. I’ve never been a fan of his.

They're horrible and generally misogynistic.

 

[NorthernSoul]

Oh piss of

 

[TriviaNewtonJohn]

I have got a horrible feeling she is planning a series of children's books featuring Pretzel - the little kitten who found a loving home with a quirky maverick owner. They both confronted their disabilities together and in doing so became better people/kittens.

I really hope you get some royalties when this happens.

 

[antisocialmedia]

No, showing a small extract for review is not breaching copyright. She's still a dick though.

Also, David William's books are problematic and lazy in my humble opinion, but none of the examples she quoted are really the problem, AND, more importantly, BE KIND!!!!! KINDNESS MATTERS. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT COMMENT. SCROLL ON. Etc., Etc.

She's a bleep whatever way you look at it.

 

[Toffee finger]

The being nice on twitter thing obviously didn’t get her enough likes/new followers then

 

[MrsOgre]

 

[LennyBriscoe]

Keeping my fingers crossed for no further sexy cat videos.

FFS @LucyPeach! My eyes my eyes! I was *literally* just starting to block out the cat-astrophic video and now this!

 

[acca00]

She's still a dick though.

And she's got a drawer full of them!!!!

 

[AmberSpyglass]

I’ve no idea if this is really true about Walliams charging but she has to shoehorn in that she gives FREE visits to schools .

All hail St Jack

 

[GrunkaLunka]

Holy tit, she's in a mess again tonight isn't she? I mean, if you disagree with the way minorities or social classes are being portrayed by an author and you want to do something about it... this ain't it Jack.

 

[Motherwellgirl]

She’s grim. The actual state of this

 

[Saint_clemmie]

My kids are grown up so they missed the Walliams books but I say if they encourage boys to read and the kids enjoy them then that’s a good thing.

exactly. No matter what your opinion is on DW theres just no need to go in on anyone like this, literally no need. I think someone’s bored.

 

[chocolate choux]

I don’t find David Walliams / Little Britain funny, just not my thing, but I understand that we’re supposed to be laughing at the ridiculous characters and not with them - they are the objects of comedy with their ignorance and bigotry

Of course this can be hard for some people to understand, such as children (and those who share the characters’ beliefs). If I was concerned that my child was misunderstanding the books, I would talk to them about it - “that guy who laughs at poor people is silly, right?”

You know, have a discussion rather than tearing the author apart on Twitter. If SB has read all DW’s books he clearly enjoys them, and outright sending the message that his (SB’s) opinion is wrong isn’t the way to go

 

[Jelly Bean]

Mm yes such a toss up for school children - Jack Monroe visiting or David Walliams. Mm that is a puzzler.

 

[Aquamarina]

My children are all grown up now, but I am aware of how popular David Walliams’ books are with younger readers. I really hope he bites back, I’d love to see her get her arse handed to her by him. Walliams can be quite the bitchy queen at times.

 

[TriviaNewtonJohn]

How could a school possibly pay £25k for an author visit?! That sounds like complete crap.

 

[lilamay]

The irony!

 

[MrsOgre]

Hmmmm.

 

[antisocialmedia]

The irony! View attachment 173142

That's what she does, stupid scrawny FROG FACE COCKWOMBLE

Part of me wants to use my incognito twitter to say something but she will just block it and I'm not making another