Jack Monroe #523 Everything she does is pointless busywork that solves nothing

[I'm not actually here]

In today’s good news… She’s once again haemorrhaging followers and is now back to pre-Gengar chaos levels on the Hellsite. And Greenbelt have lost the narrative as, surprise surprise, they are unable to control quote Tweets.

ooh, any screenshots for us Twexiles?

 

[SharkAttack]

What book is it, deer heart?

I read one recently (fiction but good, a beachy type read) about a wellness influencer who is basically lying to her followers. It was called Full. ED TW content in it in case any fraus read this and don't want that).

Who’s it by? A good friend has a severe eating disorder and I would be interested to read it but can’t find it on Amazon.

 

[Florid Language]

Show them the kitchen rug that's my favourite

My Gran used to make proggy mats but she never had one in the kitchen.

 

[Traazers]

Who’s it by? A good friend has a severe eating disorder and I would be interested to read it but can’t find it on Amazon.

Julia Spiro!

 

[friedeggswithmetalfeagmen]

Answers on an onion postcard please.

This but "where is the tee spring money? answers on an onion postcard" as a thread.

 

[Sensible Susan]

I'm new. I am not guest LOL. I speak your lingo as I learned it over this last six months when at home poorly reading this thread daily.

I'm only here for this thread and a couple other people I loathe, otherwise I'm way too old to know who 95% of the grifters / influencers / bloggers mentioned here are, not a clue. I used to be an active member of DS many years ago and had a little following at one time (because outrageous, but sadly they changed) so I do enjoy participating in forums where one can express self freely and am glad this one opened up.

I have a couple of gaps in my knowledge - why is it called 'grunking'? Why are you the 'canal' (does it mean cabal?)? and why you call one another fraus and herren?

I know what you mean. I have no idea who Alice or Vonny are and cba to ask

 

[Captainmouse]

I agree with all of the above. For me, it’s two main fronts she needs to remedy:

1. Lack of transparency
As someone with a public profile she can’t get away with the absolute nonsense responses she puts out to people’s genuine concerns. She either deems critics as EVIL TROLLS out to get her to cease inhaling oxygen or she gets on her high horse of denial. Those are her two defaults and neither is okay.
There’s no reason whatsoever that she can’t make her Patreon income public, be public about exactly how much she ‘funded’ to sue Lee Anderson and where those funds went, etc. it’s an active choice that she doesn’t and it leads to a massive level of distrust and it gives the people asking questions a very sturdy basis on which to question her.
As someone who constantly screeches about ‘all the good she does’, she doesn’t prove it. Ever. And if you’re in what I’d argue is a charitable position/held as a do-gooder, you have an obligation to be transparent.

2.Inability to apologise or go towards any form of self-improvement
She seems fundamentally incapable of admitting when she’s done wrong, owning up to mistakes and undertaking to fix her ways going forward. She’s lost followers and Patreon supporters because of her own behaviour and you’d think that would make her want to be more contrite and try to make it up to the people who support or have supported her, whether that be financially or otherwise. For someone constantly talking about engaging in the very hard work of a 12-step programme and seeking improvement in that regard, she seems so blind to how she isn’t applying those principles more generally to her life. Not to myself but I have personal experience of addiction and these programmes and the onus is so strongly placed on you to look inward and recognise in no uncertain terms that you have harmed people through your behaviour and you should seek to make amends where possible and at the very least apologise AND recognise your own impact on others. It’s founded on honesty above all else, yet she is a deeply dishonest and shady person so deep into her own narcissism that she’s so averse to anything that doesn’t paint her as a perfect human being.

I realise none of these things are really tangible steps or a list of things she could tick off, but from my observations these are the sort of general areas that really strike me as problematic and I genuinely do wish she would look inward once in a while instead of projecting everything on to imagined evil forces that don’t exist.

(Also I looked for her on BlueSky but I don’t think she’s there!)

No doubt she will be on threads once it’s launched

 

[StringyMango]

Thread title nomination!!!

Seconded.