Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[love detective]

https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/321755771488575488

They all seem to have that same sense of activist un self aware importance

Another Angry Woman ‏@stavvers

Hey, police, since you're scanning social media let it be known that I've plans for next Weds that don't involve Thatcher's funeral at all.

Let it be known!

 

[killer b]

They all seem to have that same sense of activist un self aware importance

the responses from people on twitter are almost as embarrassing tbh.

 

[rekil]

who is this cunt and what does he want?

I quite like Jacobin and the pressures to put shit stuff in it so it stays afloat have to be appreciated but Molly's article was basically an advert for an exhibition of her pictures next week and that's why Laura is going to be in NY instead of stalking people at thatcher's funeral.

Having a special opening for Kickstarter backers who pledged $100+ w/ @stoya in a bathtub full of Molly-money, styled like Marie Antoinette

 

[J Ed]

https://twitter.com/IainDale/status/321758441808986112

 

[frogwoman]

doesn't he run the "conservative home" blog?

 

[J Ed]

I quite like Jacobin and the pressures to put shit stuff in it so it stays afloat have to be appreciated but Molly's article was basically an advert for an exhibition of her pictures next week and that's why Laura is going to be in NY instead of stalking people at thatcher's funeral.

It's interesting how much these two talk about Stoya and try to associate an American porn actress with their social media presence. I think they do it for the same reason that Laurie constantly refers to herself sexually, it's a marketing technique. Car companies drape women over their cars, they are doing the same thing but with their tweets!

 

[ymu]

doesn't he run the "conservative home" blog?

That's Tim wotsisname. Dale is a Tory blogger though.

 

[rekil]

I don't think that's bovril. Since when does anyone keep bovril in its own little ceramic jar? I reckon it's instant coffee.

(please note: storing instant coffee in a special ceramic container rather than just the original jar strikes me as a petit bourgeois affectation; we'll have to watch out for reformist tendencies in this one, comrades)

Maybe she buys refill packets instead of new jars everytime? That's what I do.

She's also been seen sharing a platform with those of a "hipster hat" tendency; again, we'll have to check this doesn't develop into adopting these tendencies herself...

Here's Camila's da checking Laura's twitter to see if she's given his daughter the mention yet. His hat is acceptable but the scarf draped over the shoulder is a no no. Asking for trouble.

 

[ymu]

Maybe she buys refill packets instead of new jars everytime? That's what I do.

You can get refills for Bovril?

My dad always had it on toast so I don't really think of it as a drink. It's better than marmite!

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

I don't think that's bovril. Since when does anyone keep bovril in its own little ceramic jar? I reckon it's instant coffee.

(please note: storing instant coffee in a special ceramic container rather than just the original jar strikes me as a petit bourgeois affectation; we'll have to watch out for reformist tendencies in this one, comrades)

I can't watch the clip right now, but I would assume it's maté in the ceramic jar

 

[ymu]

That's not a mark on my screen and you don't mean coffee-mate. What's maté?

 

[Greebo]

That's not a mark on my screen and you don't mean coffee-mate. What's maté?

Yerba Mate - a South American herb infused and drunk as a tea. AFAIK high in guaranine; similar effects to caffeine (mild stimulant, mild appetite suppressant and mild diuretic) but not caffeine therefore more acceptable to healthfreaks.

 

[DotCommunist]

You can get refills for Bovril?

My dad always had it on toast so I don't really think of it as a drink. It's better than marmite!

I've made a hot drink from marmite before. It's like the old beef tea thing. Good for the guts

 

[Bakunin]

So now we know roughly how long it takes for her to make a "quote" up.

For hacks, anybody taking that long to fake a quote really is a talent-free zone.

 

[J Ed]

https://twitter.com/IainDale/status/321758441808986112

Nevermind https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/322002611291189248

 

[andysays]

Maybe she buys refill packets instead of new jars everytime? That's what I do

I happily bow to your superior bovril knowledge.

Here's Camila's da checking Laura's twitter to see if she's given his daughter the mention yet. His hat is acceptable but the scarf draped over the shoulder is a no no. Asking for trouble

Is that really her dad? I think that hat's borderline, TBH, but maybe difference cultural norms operate in Chile. I certainly don't want to be accused of Euro-centrism in my assessment of what's stylistically appropriate.

But purely from a practical point of view that scarf is, as you say, asking for trouble in any close combat/street fighting situation...

 

[andysays]

Yerba Mate - a South American herb infused and drunk as a tea. AFAIK high in guaranine; similar effects to caffeine (mild stimulant, mild appetite suppressant and mild diuretic) but not caffeine therefore more acceptable to healthfreaks.

Putting "yerba mate" into the Sainsburys website search engine comes up with three different suggestions:

• Nestlé Coffeemate
• Aussie Shampoo, Colour Mate
• Mates Condoms

Doesn't look like I'll be sampling it anytime soon.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I just can't for the fucking life of me understand how she got to be this left wing icon. I find it stunning.

A mix of assiduous self-promotion, cashing in of social capital, and outright blagging a la Johann Hari.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Our Owen's "I actually know Tony Benn" was unintentionally hilarious.

And to which the only reasonable reply is to ask "but Owen, does Tony Benn actually know you?".

 

[Libertad]

And to which the only reasonable reply is to ask "but Owen, does Tony Benn actually know you?".

 

[Bakunin]

A mix of assiduous self-promotion, cashing in of social capital, and outright blagging a la Johann Hari.

It certainly wasn't for quality, thoughtful, intelligent reportage.

 

[ViolentPanda]

It certainly wasn't for quality, thoughtful, intelligent reportage.

Or for taking responsibility for what she writes. Remember the blaming of sub-eds, and then excusing herself by saying "but I was a subbie once!"? What was great was that someone who was at the Morning Star when she was supposedly a trainee subbie tore her a new one, mentioning she was always off looking for opportunities for self-promotion, rather than proofing prose.

 

[Bakunin]

Or for taking responsibility for what she writes. Remember the blaming of sub-eds, and then excusing herself by saying "but I was a subbie once!"? What was great was that someone who was at the Morning Star when she was supposedly a trainee subbie tore her a new one, mentioning she was always off looking for opportunities for self-promotion, rather than proofing prose.

The Resistable Rise Of Penny Dreadful.

 

[rekil]

Glenda Jackson MP lays it down with a tirade against Thatcherism in 'tribute' debate. Finally, a politician with guts

Jackson (and Diane Abbott) abstained from the workfare vote last month. Anything else on their voting records that makes Laura look silly?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

https://twitter.com/PennyRed/status/321755771488575488

at urbz piling in on that one

 

[DaveCinzano]

Thora has just admitted/remembered now that the brain fog caused by Polish Special Brew has finally lifted that when she was a little bit tipsy towards the end of the Chelsea Road Thatcher party, she began hurling abuse about Laurie Penny and Owen Jones. Hurled at whom she is a little hazy on, seeing as neither were there.

 

[Greebo]

Got a photo of Owen Jones being given a dressing down by an older and much more cynical urbanite. No, you lot don't get to see it, (not in this section anyway) but I'll treasure it.

 

[ymu]

You short of PMs or summat? Go on, send us it.

 

[rekil]

Got a photo of Owen Jones being given a dressing down by an older and much more cynical urbanite.

?

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Yerba Mate - a South American herb infused and drunk as a tea. AFAIK high in guaranine; similar effects to caffeine (mild stimulant, mild appetite suppressant and mild diuretic) but not caffeine therefore more acceptable to healthfreaks.

More importantly loads of people in the Southern Cone drink it, and it's not a posers drink there - it tastes like strong green tea