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'''Jack Monroe''' (born 1988, changed name in later life) is a [[transgender]] ([[non-binary]])<ref name=nb>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DrJackMonroe/status/653190794023706625 |title=Jack Monroe on Twitter: "*deep breath* Yes I am transgender. Not all trans people transition from one binary gender to another, and it's #NationalComingOutDay." |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2015-10-11 |accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref> writer, journalist and campaigner on [[poverty]] issues, particularly on [[hunger relief]] from [[England]].
'''Jack Monroe''' (born Melissa Monroe, 1988) is a [[transgender]] ([[non-binary]])<ref name=nb>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DrJackMonroe/status/653190794023706625 |title=Jack Monroe on Twitter: "*deep breath* Yes I am transgender. Not all trans people transition from one binary gender to another, and it's #NationalComingOutDay." |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2015-10-11 |accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref> writer, journalist and campaigner on [[poverty]] issues, particularly on [[hunger relief]] from [[England]].


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 23:34, 19 October 2015

For other people named Jack Monroe, see Jack Monroe (disambiguation).

Jack Monroe
Born1988 (age 35–36)[1]
Southend-on-Sea[1]
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist and campaigner
Years active2012–present
PartnerAllegra McEvedy
Children1
Websitewww.agirlcalledjack.com

Jack Monroe (born Melissa Monroe, 1988) is a transgender (non-binary)[2] writer, journalist and campaigner on poverty issues, particularly on hunger relief from England.

Career

Monroe gained a profile in the British press for creating recipes for affordable meals, which Monroe created after they left work and was forced to find cheap ways to feed themself and their son.[3] Monroe says that they could not negotiate flexible working and so caring for their son, Johnny and working at their previous job became impractical.[4]

Monroe started blogging at A Girl Called Jack, sharing the cheap recipes made for themself and their son. They aimed to provide meals for the two of them for less than £10 per week.[5] The blog with Monroe's "austerity recipes" was featured heavily in the media.

In 2012 Monroe became a weekly columnist for The Echo.[6] They were later retained as an unpaid columnist for The Huffington Post, and signed a publishing deal with Penguin Group.[7] Monroe is no longer poor but has stated that they are still affected by their experience of poverty.[8]

Monroe formerly wrote a twice monthly food and recipe column for The Guardian[9] and additionally contributed a number of political columns.

Monroe has been featured in the New York Times and The New Yorker magazine.

Monroe is self employed and has written a number of columns for The Guardian newspaper, and has written several budget cooking recipe books.[8][10]

Monroe appeared on BBC television's late night political programme This Week in June 2015.[11]

Campaigning and politics

Monroe has been an active campaigner for a number of causes in the UK, particularly those around poverty and hunger. They have campaigned alongside organisations such as Unite, The Trussell Trust, Child Poverty Action Group and Oxfam.[12][13][14]

In 2015 Monroe joined the Green Party of England and Wales.[15]

Personal life

Monroe's parents are Evelyn and David Hadjicostas. Their father, David Hadjicostas MBE, was a former soldier and fire-fighter with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.[16][17]

Monroe initially worked for the fire service. Monroe went from relative affluence to poverty and financial hardship after leaving full-time work after they could not negotiate the flexible working hours they had requested in order look after their son.[18] It was at around this time Monroe changed her name to "Jack",[16][17][19][20] although Monroe did not come out as non-binary until 11 October 2015.[2]

Monroe was criticised in 2013 by Daily Mail journalist Richard Littlejohn for spending money on tattoos and thereby making their own financial position worse.[21] Monroe responded that her tattoos were received at a much younger age, at a time when they was in a much better financial position.[18]

In 2013, Monroe was ranked No. 19 in The Independent on Sunday's Pink List of influential LGBT people in the United Kingdom.[22] In 2014 it was reported that Monroe and their son were living with Monroe's girlfriend Allegra McEvedy and her daughter in London.[23] In 2014, Sarah Vine (wife of the senior Conservative MP Michael Gove) criticised her in the Daily Mail for allegedly putting themself into poverty, and using the death of David Cameron's son for political purposes. The Independent described this as a "caustic attack", and Monroe replied that the column was "homophobic, transphobic, deadnaming [and] ignorant" on Twitter.[24]

In May 2015 the University of Essex announced that it would be awarding Monroe an honorary degree.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b Monroe, Jack. "About Jack". A Girl Called Jack. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Jack Monroe on Twitter: "*deep breath* Yes I am transgender. Not all trans people transition from one binary gender to another, and it's #NationalComingOutDay."". Twitter.com. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ Monroe, Jack (23 August 2012). "Unemployed Mum Sells Off Belongings – Essex Enquirer". A Girl Called Jack. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Fisher, Lucy (16 February 2014). "Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ^ Monroe, Jack (20 July 2013). "How to eat on £10 a week: the shopping list and the recipes". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Jack is Essex girl at her best". The Echo. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  7. ^ Owen, Pamela (19 May 2013). "Mum who fed son on £10 a week lands book deal for her breadline recipes". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b Monroe, Jack. "Five recipes from Jack Monroe's new cookbook". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  9. ^ Monroe, Jack. "Austerity bites". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Jack Monroe". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  11. ^ Nelson, Sara C (26 June 2015). "Jack Monroe Clashes With Michael Portillo Over Child Poverty Amid 'Up The Duff' Benefits Row". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Child Poverty Action Group Ambassadors - Jack Monroe". CPAG.
  13. ^ "Oxfam Policy and Practice Blog - Jack Monroe". Oxfam.
  14. ^ "A little bit about me". A Girl Called Jack.
  15. ^ "Reaction to Jack Monroe Demonstrates How Women's Political Views are Still Dismissed". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  16. ^ a b "The safeguarding blog: ESAB Introducing...David Hadjicostas MBE - Essex County Fire & Rescue Service". essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Death threats, sexism and online abuse...three Essex women tell us of the downside to overnight success on TV". The Echo. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  18. ^ a b "Dear Richard Littlejohn – here are all the things you got wrong about me". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  19. ^ "My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack". The Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  20. ^ Fisher, Lucy. "Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  21. ^ Littlejohn, Richard. "Ah, Pesto! Meet the poverty poster girls". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  22. ^ "The Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2013". The Independent on Sunday. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  23. ^ Lamont, Tom (19 October 2014). "OFM awards 2014 best food blog: Jack Monroe". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  24. ^ "Sarah Vine criticises lesbian mother Jack Monroe: 'If she was unsure about her sexuality, she should have taken greater precautions'". The Independent. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  25. ^ "Honorary Graduands Announced". University of Essex. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

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