Imteresting. He writing was rather earnest, but she came over as more mature and capable than she does now.ITotally agree having read her blog from 2012/3 this morning! She had a different tone of voice and covered a lot of wider social issues in it. Food was honestly a lot more of an aside in the blog posts and maybe counted for 30% of the content. It was more of an example of how to cope while living in poverty. I can see why people became her fan in the earlier days because she largely comes across as likeable in it (aside from the JO mention haha). Absolutely nothing like how she writes now. Having read it, I really don't doubt she struggled late 2011/2012 - although she mentioned having trial jobs and three weeks of shifts in March 2012 so not the eight months of no jobs/300 applications she later claimed (having left the Fire Service in late 2011 it seems).
But I do struggle to understand why she self-flagellated to the point where she didn't ask her parents for help.
It actually made me go back into the cycle of feeling pity for her. I think fame has fucked her up.
If anyone is interested in taking a look: https://web.archive.org/web/20121013232912/http://agirlcalledjack.com/
I read about her moving in to a new flat, two things caught my sttentiotn. First, she said it's still a two bed flat. I took this to mean that she was pleased that her child still had their own room. No, she meant it only has two bedrooms.
Second, she was pleased that she did need to apply for council housing.