Jack Monroe #95 The only poverty she works to eradicate is her own

[Lanie]

Gosh she's just a barrel of laughs isn't she. Come one missy, it's half term just go out and enjoy life with your kid. Get a cheap pumpkin and carve it, use the inside to make some pumpkin soup or pie. I do that every year and just have fun.

Stop howling into twitter about how she once had it. just enjoy the time now. She is missing out on so much because she is basically wallowing in her own self pity. She needs to Pull up her big girl pants and just get on.

If you have to move house then do it, if you have to sell furniture then do it, but just make life as fun as you can for the kid.

 

[Oofadoofa]

It's like donating a fiver to charity loudly and quietly asking for 4.99 in change.

This is brilliant, and a perfect thread title..

 

[JJusa69]

Anyhow, I thought she wasn't publishing her recipes this week lest they fall into the wrong hands?
Or is she only not publishing the *free* ones.
The paid ones are fine though.
Gotta pay for those sideboards and miserable trips to Paris somehow eh?

 

[Bugger13]

In her own words, she bought a sofa, went on holiday, paid back 'friends', says the judgement didn't cover the loss of wages (which to me is an admission she kept it all so she would be 'made whole') and also bought a carpet (WHY?? WHY WOULD YOU CARPET A RENTED HOUSE OUT YOUR OWN POCKET??). No mention of giving any of it to charity obvs.

Poverty lingers a septic wound, choleric, stenching, bursting rancid all over your Sunday best.

You jest at scars, that never felt a wound, I muttered to my phone screen as an avatar of a sneering man stared back, his grainy face positioned just to the left of his barbed jab about why a ‘best…

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Jesus Christ-so she kept the lot? What a shameless git-bollocks did it stop her working. Let me guess, she did the lawyers’ work for 20 months (& it only centred on 2 tweets ffs)? What were they doing then, bumming about? Work was deleting tweets from what I’ve heard. God she’s bloody unbelievable.

 

[instacharlie]

Just read the guardian article. That bit about musty clothes... She's been watching "Parasite" hasn't she?

The musty clothes thing happens to everyone at some point though. Years ago I remember having to go to work, and you know your uniform is just still a little damp and the bugger wouldn't dry overnight. There was nowhere to put a tumble dryer even if we could afford one, and shite storage heaters that weren't worth putting on. Winter was just an endless task of days on end getting something actually dry.
Pretty sure we've all been there, so Jack can't claim exclusivity on that I'm afraid. I'm beginning to think that she's so outraged by these things because she never experienced them until she was in her 20's and it was a bit of a shock to the system.

 

[lilamay]

It's like donating a fiver to charity loudly and quietly asking for 4.99 in change.

And isn't it ironic, don't you think?

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

Oh ffs, this has raised £410 already - that money could be used for FOOD!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/039tin-c...ign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all

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bleeping utter morons. I really hope this isn’t offensive and please do call me out fraus - but I don’t think anyone in this country should be made to live off of crappy tinned food? Or made to feel like they need to resign themselves to this crappy sad way of life, or patronised with this book as a nudge nudge you won’t need one of these parcels again u feckless poor now you can cook! There are so many reasons someone may find themselves needing assistance and an inability to cook isn’t one of them...for one £10 book you could donate 10 of those Christmas choc tubes for kids, buy formula, buy a tit ton of nappies, it’s needlessly depriving people in need?

 

[LexiLu]

I had free school meals growing up, in primary school it was anonymous, with all of us queuing up together.
In secondary school it was embarrassing and I felt so ashamed; first we were given a dinner pass (cue newly made friends asking what that was for and why was I getting it) it was given out during registration on that first day and not discreetly.
Then secondly once in the school canteen there was two lines, one for those paying and one for us having to show our dinner pass to have our number ticked off to receive a ticket.
I’m sure it wasn’t done to cause embarrassment but it did mark us on fsm our to our peers.
I know with the cashless system that most schools operate this would no longer happen but I’m only a few years older than Jack and that’s how it was.

 

[instacharlie]

bleeping utter morons. I really hope this isn’t offensive and please do call me out fraus - but I don’t think anyone in this country should be made to live off of crappy tinned food? Or made to feel like they need to resign themselves to this crappy sad way of life, or patronised with this book as a nudge nudge you won’t need one of these parcels again u feckless poor now you can cook! There are so many reasons someone may find themselves needing assistance and an inability to cook isn’t one of them...for one £10 book you could donate 10 of those Christmas choc tubes for kids, buy formula, buy a tit ton of nappies, it’s needlessly depriving people in need?

TBH the foodbank could just photocopy some of the recipes and add the relevant sheets into the food parcel.
In all likelihood those people will be getting a book that has no relevance to any of the actual produce in the food parcel itself.

 

[Bugger13]

bleeping utter morons. I really hope this isn’t offensive and please do call me out fraus - but I don’t think anyone in this country should be made to live off of crappy tinned food? Or made to feel like they need to resign themselves to this crappy sad way of life, or patronised with this book as a nudge nudge you won’t need one of these parcels again u feckless poor now you can cook! There are so many reasons someone may find themselves needing assistance and an inability to cook isn’t one of them...for one £10 book you could donate 10 of those Christmas choc tubes for kids, buy formula, buy a tit ton of nappies, it’s needlessly depriving people in need?

Totally agree with you. This really pisses me off & it’s the jack sycophants who are responsible. It’s patronising & rude-pretty sure essentials or even the money to choose something for themselves (even a voucher) would go down far better. I cringe thinking of some people who could be brilliant cooks (genuinely think most people are better than jack at cooking anyway) being given that. Like a pat on the head. Awful.

 

[Scarletfever]

Going back in time because I WAS BUSY yesterday, but I do think this needs a bit more attention. Apart from all the I I I I, me me me me, my my my my, she admits here that she tells her story because it echoes the experiences of thousands of people she has spoken to. Sorry Jack, I think constantly banging on about your own story (which is so melodramatic and OTT and embellished as duck) detracts from the conversation on poverty, and limits it to ME ME ME. It centred a white, educated, middle class woman, which is the last thing we need. We don't need to hear from you anymore. You have howled and clawed and screamed etc, and you have got nowhere and done nothing to address the root causes of poverty. She is also blatantly saying she ignores any stories that don't reflect her own. She makes NO effort to widen the conversation beyond her own narrow experience.

Stop hogging the spotlight and overdramatising your experiences. No-one is asking for your rehashed poverty porn origin tale or misty eyed rhetoric about your son being hungry or missing his favourite toys, while a loving family waited a few miles away to help out, and you ignored them for your own reasons.

The last part is very JM. Don't be angry at her for grifting, WHEN THESE OTHER THINGS IN CAPITALS ARE HAPPENING. That doesn't excuse scams, Jack.

Lastly, to me, when she says "I anonymise them and take the hits myself" - is this an admission of lying? Is she admitting that she takes elements of what people have told her, and "takes the hits herself" ie pretends it happened to her in order to (as she sees it) raise awareness of poverty?

Just a very odd turn of phrase and I don't know exactly what she means otherwise.

 

[SoulRebel]

I had free school meals growing up, in primary school it was anonymous, with all of us queuing up together.
In secondary school it was embarrassing and I felt so ashamed; first we were given a dinner pass (cue newly made friends asking what that was for and why was I getting it) it was given out during registration on that first day and not discreetly.
Then secondly once in the school canteen there was two lines, one for those paying and one for us having to show our dinner pass to have our number ticked off to receive a ticket.
I’m sure it wasn’t done to cause embarrassment but it did mark us on fsm our to our peers.
I know with the cashless system that most schools operate this would no longer happen but I’m only a few years older than Jack and that’s how it was.

I don't know how it works nowadays but this is a massive issue and it stinks. Surely what was the 5th/6th richest country in the world could give all school children a decent lunch?

 

[Captainmouse]

Christ, the only awkward one here is Jackie. Searching for her own name just so she go, “Needless to say, I had the last laugh”

Hence why I refer to her as mackie jonroe so search doesn’t pick it up

 

[lifeissweet]

People can't eat books, Colin.

What is that quote from? I can hear it in my head but can't place it!!!!!!

 

[instacharlie]

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Going back in time because I WAS BUSY yesterday, but I do think this needs a bit more attention. Apart from all the I I I I, me me me me, my my my my, she admits here that she tells her story because it echoes the experiences of thousands of people she has spoken to. Sorry Jack, I think constantly banging on about your own story (which is so melodramatic and OTT and embellished as duck) detracts from the conversation on poverty, and limits it to ME ME ME. It centred a white, educated, middle class woman, which is the last thing we need. We don't need to hear from you anymore. You have howled and clawed and screamed etc, and you have got nowhere and done nothing to address the root causes of poverty.

Stop hogging the spotlight and overdramatising your experiences. No-one is asking for your rehashed poverty porn origin tale or misty eyed rhetoric about your son being hungry or missing his favourite toys, while a loving family waited a few miles away to help out, and you ignored them for your own reasons.

The last part is very JM. Don't be angry at her for grifting, WHEN THESE OTHER THINGS IN CAPITALS ARE HAPPENING. That doesn't excuse scams, Jack.

Lastly, to me, when she says "I anonymise them and take the hits myself" - is this an admission of lying? Is she admitting that she takes elements of what people have told her, and "takes the hits herself" ie pretends it happened to her in order to (as she sees it) raise awareness of poverty?

Just a very odd turn of phrase and I don't know exactly what she means otherwise.

She doesn't want someone else's story to be more relevant than hers. That's what she means.
If someone came to you for help and were willing to put their story out there, why wouldn't you help. Why wouldn't you give them their time to be heard. Why wouldn't you shine a light on the other issues that are out there?

The answer is ££££.

 

[lifeissweet]

Jesus Christ-so she kept the lot? What a shameless git-bollocks did it stop her working. Let me guess, she did the lawyers’ work for 20 months (& it only centred on 2 tweets ffs)? What were they doing then, bumming about? Work was deleting tweets from what I’ve heard. God she’s bloody unbelievable.

Is this the Katie Hopkins money?

 

[Veronicaaa]

She doesn't want someone else's story to be more relevant than hers. That's what she means.
If someone came to you for help and were willing to put their story out there, why wouldn't you help. Why wouldn't you give them their time to be heard. Why wouldn't you shine a light on the other issues that are out there?

The answer is ££££.

Yep, she wants to be the ultimate gatekeeper of poverty, which is rich considering she barely touches the sides of it.

Is this the Katie Hopkins money?

Yes, it is.

 

[lifeissweet]

Bloody hell, gullible me believed the story that she donated it all to charity

 

[Cuileann]

In her own words, she bought a sofa, went on holiday, paid back 'friends', says the judgement didn't cover the loss of wages (which to me is an admission she kept it all so she would be 'made whole') and also bought a carpet (WHY?? WHY WOULD YOU CARPET A RENTED HOUSE OUT YOUR OWN POCKET??). No mention of giving any of it to charity obvs.

Poverty lingers a septic wound, choleric, stenching, bursting rancid all over your Sunday best.

You jest at scars, that never felt a wound, I muttered to my phone screen as an avatar of a sneering man stared back, his grainy face positioned just to the left of his barbed jab about why a ‘best…

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Her need to stress that everything is cheap/half price/in the sale really pisses me off. Just say you bought a sofa, Jack! No one cares whether it was a cheap one or not! It's over embellishment and it's scary that even when she's literally discussing what she did with a large sum of money, she feels the need to go 'poor, me'. Can she hear herself?

 

[Veronicaaa]

Bloody hell, gullible me believed the story that she donated it all to charity

I think if she had given even a percentage of it to charity, she'd have mentioned it in the blog she wrote which was meant to be a clapback to the haters on this very subject!