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more about #lizjones Tart of Darkness: And if she's that much in debt she isn't as rich as she claims to be anyway. If she were rich she wouldn't be incurring debt, she would be earning mo... more » GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): People like me make people like Liz Jones feel rich. People like Liz Jones make me feel not so desperately poor. I ride the bus, and anything "design... more » willwriteforfood: I'm guessing now she knows the pearls aren't real, she won't be wearing them ever again. Clearly, she wasn't wearing them because her dad gave them to... more » voteforme: Sometimes I can't fathom how stupid and/or out-of-touch some people are. It's the easiest thing in the world to, say, brew your own coffee, and right... more » lobsterswithmittens: Liz Jones, you don't know to rub pearls against your teeth? Really? more » Cat45: Dear Liz, Get a life. A real one. The kind that matters. Where you'd rather get a second job than hawk the pearls your Dad gave you. While the sen... more » SheelaNaGig: Does anyone remember the series with Morgan Spurlock from a few years back where he and his girlfriend lived on minimum wage for a month in the poores... more » la.donna.pietra: Dear Liz, When my grandpa was coming back from the Korean War, he stopped off in Okinawa and bought my grandma a double-strand pearl necklace. About... more » sirsnarksalot: The worst part of the damn recession in my opinion is the "rich posing as poor" phenomenon like this...and they honestly believe they now know what it... more » tammygarrison: OBVIOUSLY the pearls, a gift from her father, didn't mean ENOUGH to her if she was trying to pawn them. For more THINGS. *grr* That really gets my goa... more » TeachItLikeYouPreachItLizLemon: "Oh. Gold shoes. My nephew just joined the Marines to try to pay for college. But that’s fun." - Elisa, 30 Rock more » Bitingpika: This article makes me very uncomfortable. It's not just that Liz Jones is a first-rate asshole, but I'm afraid that the next story will be "Will Liz J... more » vulcanized: This is what I don't understand: She's incredibly wealthy and owns a plethora of designer goods, yet she chooses to pawn a string of pearls given to ... more » babyruthless: Also, one more crazy thing. Her goal was to spend, what? £65 a week...instead she spent £265...that's roughly $440. And she didn't count the trai... more » babyruthless: "I reluctantly cancelled all my appointments for the week: hair colour at Jo Hansford in Mayfair, leg and Brazilian wax at Paul Edmonds in Knightsbrid... more » zanthinegirl: Did I correctly read that she normally spends $1200 a month on "beauty treatments"? $1200?? really?? Either british newspapers pay their columnists... more » booboolee: A harder "experiment" I did several times last year, is in the week before the end of the month try not to buy ANYTHING. No gas, no food, no stuff. My... more » konstantinbothari: "You'll never live like common people You'll never do whatever common people do You'll never fail like common people You'll never watch your life slid... more » BeckySharper: Where can I sign up to be Liz Jones's bat? Because I could use a new sanctuary, and 26k quid would almost cover it. Really, I'll start flapping righ... more » girlarchaeologist: 26,000 pounds for a bat sanctuary? Jesus, and I think I'm daring when I spend more than fifty bucks at Winners. more » -
#keepingupwiththejones
Liz Jones Turns In Her "Recession Woes" Piece, But Will It Change Anything?
After realizing her insane spending habits, which include a "£26,000 bat sanctuary," are to blame for her enormous debts, Liz Jones decided to try to live on £64.30 (or roughly $106) per week...and she actually learned something. Sort of. More » -
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Liz Jones: "What Poor, Sad Creatures Modern Men Are. What Wimps. What Wastes Of Space."
"It's official," Jones writes in her latest column for the Daily Mail, "Modern man is a wimp." Yes, it's true: after attacking everyone from "posh" women to the "stupid" women of America, Jones has finally set her sights on men. More » -
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Liz Jones Hates Everything And Refuses To Party With The "Stupid" Women Of The U.S.A.
"Tennis player Serena Williams on Twitter: 'Does anyone know the difference in the time, say if I were in like New York?' I told you all American women were stupid."- Liz Jones, who also really hates "smug women." [DailyMail] -
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"I Hate Posh Women - They Are All So Stupid, Inept And Absolutely Filthy."
I decided, a few months ago, that it would take something truly outrageous to make me give any more press to unhappy professional oversharer and exhibitionist Liz Jones. This is what did it:
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Liz Jones: "I Am Quite Shocked At How Small Minded People Are"
It seems as though everywhere she goes, trouble follows Liz Jones. She left London, she claims, "to get away from gunfire, feral children, and aggression," and yet her life in her new home, Exmoor, is apparently just as terrible. More » -
#neighborhoodwatch
Angry Neighbors Fire On Liz Jones' Mailbox
A backlash against columnist Liz Jones, who recently published a book trashing her new neighborhood, has reached the point where someone has fired on her mailbox. Jones was not hurt, but neighbors say "nobody is surprised it's turned nasty." [Guardian] -
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Liz Jones Dons Burqa, Understands All
When I saw that resident crazypants Liz Jones had donned a burka for a week, I frankly just didn't want to give her the attention. Luckily, Muslimah Media Watch issued a pretty brutal takedown.
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#theawfultruth
Is This Woman Actually "Mad"? Results Inconclusive, Fascinating
It seems we're not the only ones obsessed with professional oversharer, food-phobic, American-and-child-hater Liz Jones. Begins a tart profile in the Guardian, "Is Liz Jones mad? I'm not sure. She certainly looks a bit mad." But that's just for starters:
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#mommywars
Assholes Without Kids Challenge Assholes With Kids
A Maclean's article boasts the tagline, "They can hurt your career, your marriage, your social life, your bank book. Why bother?" I'm getting really sick of this infantile "anti-kids" movement. It makes anyone who doesn't want children look bad!
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#madness
Daily Mail's Liz Jones Strengthens Her Case For Biggest Crazypants In World
"When I turned 40, I married a much younger man. I had lied to him about my age, so he wasn't that concerned with my ticking ovarian time bomb." Okay, then! Liz Jones is at it again. More » -
#maghag
3 Reasons Ex-Marie Claire Editor Hates Ladymags
Liz Jones, whose anorexia stunt piece disturbed us last month, writes in the Daily Mail about her career with women's magazines — and why she now finds them "patronising, fake and pointless."
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#painpornpartii
Broadsheet Writer: Confessional Journalism Not New, Not Bad For Women
Broadsheet's Amanda Fortini takes issue with Hadley Freeman's indictment of female confessional journalism. "How boring," she writes, "if all pieces of writing were made to meet some standard of exemplary behavior and thought."
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#painporn
Female Confessional Journalism And The Business Of Self-Hate
Hadley Freeman has a very smart piece in the Guardian today about a very disturbing phenomenon: female journalists publicly baring their depressing and ultimately unsuccessful battles with various forms of self-loathing.
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#thinspiration
Lifelong Anorexic "Forced" To Eat Normally For 3 Weeks
Liz Jones' "For 40 years I have battled anorexia - so what happened when I had to eat normally for three weeks?" is, hands down, one of the most upsetting pieces of writing we've ever seen.
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#thinprospects
Daily Mail Writer Says Drive To Be Thin Holds Women Back
We never thought we'd say this, but we kind of like this Daily Mail piece: Liz Jones argues that striving to be tiny keeps women from achieving equality with men. More » -
#ragtrade
Olivier's Unemployment Outrages Anna's Sense Of What's Right
- Like everyone, Anna Wintour heard that rumor Nina Ricci was firing Olivier Theyskens. Her reaction? "How could you do this to me!" It's nice to know her concern rests with the possibly unemployed guy. [Blackbook]
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#celebrityjeopardy
The English Continue To Pile On Probable Oscar-Winner Kate Winslet
Fresh on the heels of the national "humiliation" that was her Golden Globes acceptance speech, Britain has again turned on Kate Winslet. Now she's "smug" "duplicitous" and "the world's most irritating actress." Harsh much?
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