Jaw-dropping Brixton description in blog

[quimcunx]

So, one moral of this story might be...don't imagine or write about people that shop at Iceland as if they are mind/resource dumbingly POOR, as if you suspect that some people don't have the cash or creativity to shop elsewhere too; attack/write about the issues/context that promotes that...

Or, join urban, read, talk and maybe bring a more interesting slant to your writing.

 

[quimcunx]

Seems to me the selection is better.

Not better than M&S. *sneers*

 

[editor]

Wasn't she only talking about Iceland in the context of the Canterbury?

She mentioned Iceland twice. The first time was FingerBuffetgate and then there was this gem:

Surely anything is better than a Waitrose nonsensically opening in an area largely resided in by council tenants and people poor enough to think Iceland is fantastic

 

[London_Calling]

Ouch! And I'm not talking about her mangled construction.

 

[TruXta]

Not better than M&S. *sneers*

Yes, better than that too. You never noticed when I switched labels and pocketed the difference did you?

 

[TruXta]

For the record, what is the proportion of council tenants in Brixton?

 

[Belushi]

She mentioned Iceland twice. The first time was FingerBuffetgate and then there was this gem:

Okay, can you now retitle the thread Buffetgate?

 

[Treacle Toes]

She mentioned Iceland twice. The first time was FingerBuffetgate and then there was this gem:

I especially like the implication that council tenants are different from people, both of whom think that iceland is fantastic...and are both something of a curiousity and POOR...

 

[Treacle Toes]

Okay, can you now retitle the thread Buffetgate?

 

[quimcunx]

For the record, what is the proportion of council tenants in Brixton?

110%

 

[TruXta]

110%

Doh, I forgot about all the illegal subletting.

 

[Gramsci]

ah, but she explained she loves Iceland. Her mum shops there

Well she did say that. And I believe her.

In the light of her one and only post I did re read her blog and u could see her review in another light. But thats more due to the fact that she , in effect, put another piece out (her post) explaining how to read her style of writing.

This is a problem with this kind of writing. It probably works as long as ur au fait with the humourous asides. U are supposed to be knowing enough not take it literally or seriously.

I can see why she took the blog review down. It would have been more interesting if she had put her post on the blog next to the piece she wrote.

I have put up some posts trying to take the spotlight off her and to the mainstream media that fosters this style of writing . I wouldn't think she is the only one. She has not responded.

Blogs are often only seen by a limited number of people. The power of Search engines means that occasionally someone will come across something they wouldn't normally read.

That also why I posted up earlier about the growing influence of the internet. This thread shows how people have different ideas of web "etiquette".

Also using a real full name on a Blog u use for work (ie its open to all) is not a great idea. First thing i and others did was search for Twitter and FB.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I don't think it does, but am happy to be proved wrong.

Edit: to violentpanda

In my own experience, most sub-let places aren't sub-let to dupes who don't realise that the property is owned by the local authority. That being the case, the tenant would then have to collude with the "landlord" in participating in what is an illegal act.

 

[quimcunx]

Why do we think it's sublet by a tenant and not by someone who bought their flat?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Her blog did'nt sneer at the poor. It is in your head!

Are you taking the piss? What else does "people poor enough to think Iceland is fantastic" if it's not sneering at the supposedly-crude and easily-satisfied tastes of the poor?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Why do we think it's sublet by a tenant and not by someone who bought their flat?

I'm operating on the principle that most of the flats off Brixton Hill are so hideous, that no fucker would actually buy them.

 

[quimcunx]

I'm operating on the principle that most of the flats off Brixton Hill are so hideous, that no fucker would actually buy them.

When I was looking to buy years back one of the ones I looked at was in um, endymion house? Not a good looking block but a fair few changed front doors, indicating they'd been bought.

So there.

I'd have bought it too if I could have got a mortgage for it.

 

[ViolentPanda]

You're a real charmer eh ?

Mrs M was the one acting hysterically, going on about dishing out severe tongue lashings in the street, insinuating that the girl is illegally renting her flat etc.

And then wants an apology too after the girl has removed the offending articles and explained what her comments actually meant.

It stinks.

Odd how you always do the white knight bit for the "damsels in distress", drew.

 

[Gramsci]

So, one moral of this story might be...don't imagine or write about people that shop at Iceland as if they are mind/resource dumbingly POOR, as if you suspect that some people don't have the cash or creativity to shop elsewhere too; attack/write about the issues/context that promotes that...

spot on I hope Sophie sees this. As Belushi said there is plenty going on in Brixton.

Sophie u could read Pilger. Here is Owen Jones using Pilgers term "Unpeople" and relating to how working class are viewed:

The campaigning journalist John Pilger coined a chilling term: "unpeople". It refers to millions of people in poor countries who are marginalised or entirely absent from media coverage. Because these people are a faceless mass, it's easy for western governments to wage war against them. After all, if electorates can't imagine that there are real people suffering the consequences of war, they are less likely to protest.

In modern Britain, the inhabitants of places like Ashington are treated as unpeople. Their very existence is barely acknowledged in the media. It isn't necessarily vindictive: it's partly the legacy of the demise of local newspapers; the result of cuts to national newspapers that have left journalists increasingly chained to their desks.

http://www.xydo.com/toolbar/16895940-unpeople_we_used_to_call_them_working-class_owen_jones

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Lidl on Acre Lane is ace for the same reason. I always get my tinned goods and householdy stuff in there.

Yuppies have started shopping in Lidl since the recession. I think it picked up after a couple of papers did supermarket challenges for middle class yummy mummies and they were stunned at the savings. I've had to do a double-take a few times at the class of customer that's going in there lately

 

[leanderman]

...
I buy quite a lot of stuff from Iceland.

It's great. Everything seems to be £1.

Like Poundland, for food.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I use M&S loads. I sneer at Sainsbury, tbh.

Yeah, but that's because Sainsbury's is totally shite, despite the fact that I often shop there, along with Tesco, M&S, local convenience stores, Lidl etc.

 

[TruXta]

Yuppies have started shopping in Lidl since the recession. I think it picked up after a couple of papers did supermarket challenges for middle class yummy mummies and they were stunned at the savings. I've had to do a double-take a few times at the class of customer that's going in there lately

You think? I've noticed it's got more popular over the last few years, but the class of customer seems the same to me. Maybe we're going at different times in the day - mine are mostly mid-days on weekends or after 7 on weekdays. I always put the increase in popularity down to a combo of increasing familiarity with the brands as well as the rather successful refurb.

 

[quimcunx]

I like a little rootle round Lidl once in a while.

Maybe I'm turning into my parents.

 

[leanderman]

Yuppies have started shopping in Lidl since the recession. I think it picked up after a couple of papers did supermarket challenges for middle class yummy mummies and they were stunned at the savings. I've had to do a double-take a few times at the class of customer that's going in there lately

Probably me.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm operating on the principle that most of the flats off Brixton Hill are so hideous, that no fucker would actually buy them.

They're a great size though and of solid construction (well, some of them are)

 

[quimcunx]

Three bedroom maisonette, it was. I could have kept a live in cleaner in the 3rd bedroom.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You think? I've noticed it's got more popular over the last few years, but the class of customer seems the same to me. Maybe we're going at different times in the day - mine are mostly mid-days on weekends or after 7 on weekdays. I always put the increase in popularity down to a combo of increasing familiarity with the brands as well as the rather successful refurb.

I saw a woman in the Streatham one the other week who looked like she should have a chauffeur sitting outside and would expect a doorman to greet her. Another one I saw looked like she should be living in Dulwich and shopping in Waitrose and actually looked embarrassed to be in there

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like a little rootle round Lidl once in a while.

Maybe I'm turning into my parents.

I've been into Lidl about 4 times in the last couple of weeks buying pot plants

 

[TruXta]

I saw a woman in the Streatham one the other week who looked like she should have a chauffeur sitting outside and would expect a doorman to greet her. Another one I saw looked like she should be living in Dulwich and shopping in Waitrose and actually looked embarrassed to be in there

Oh, I've never been to the Streatham one. Rest assured you'll see no such sights in the one on Acre Lane. Is it bigger than the AL one?