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'''Jack Monroe''' (born '''Melissa Hadjicostas'''; 1988)<ref name="Moorhead">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/sep/01/children |title=The toughest love |author=Joanna Moorhead |date=1 September 2004 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="Bio">{{cite web |url=http://cookingonabootstrap.com/2014/05/07/jack-monroe-biography |title=About Jack |author=Jack Monroe |date=7 May 2014 |work=Cooking on a Bootstrap}}</ref> is a writer, journalist and activist who has campaigned over [[poverty]] issues, particularly [[hunger relief]], and has published a blog and several books of "[[austerity]] recipes".
'''Jack Monroe''' (born 1988) is a writer, journalist and activist who has campaigned over [[poverty]] issues, particularly [[hunger relief]], and has published a blog and several books of "[[austerity]] recipes".


Monroe, who [[Sex assignment|was assigned female at birth]], identifies as [[non-binary]] [[transgender]] and goes by [[singular they]] pronouns, rather than "he" or "she".<ref name="agirlcalledjack">Monroe, Jack. [http://agirlcalledjack.com/2015/10/22/please-dont-call-me-a-girl-called-jack-i-have-something-to-tell-you/ "Please don't call me A Girl Called Jack. I have something to tell you."] (personal blog, 22 October 2015). Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref>
Monroe, who [[Sex assignment|was assigned female at birth]], identifies as [[non-binary]] [[transgender]] and goes by [[singular they]] pronouns, rather than "he" or "she".<ref name="agirlcalledjack">Monroe, Jack. [http://agirlcalledjack.com/2015/10/22/please-dont-call-me-a-girl-called-jack-i-have-something-to-tell-you/ "Please don't call me A Girl Called Jack. I have something to tell you."] (personal blog, 22 October 2015). Accessed 23 October 2015.</ref>


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
Monroe was born in [[Southend-on-Sea]] to David Hadjicostas and Evelyn (née Beatty), a former nurse. David Hadjicostas is of [[Greek-Cypriot]] heritage, and served in the [[British Army]] for seven years, being decorated for active service in the Falklands, and in the fire service for 30 years;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/katie-hopkins-sued-by-jack-monroe-over-vandalism-accusation-tweet-a6819906.html|title=Jack Monroe sues Katie Hopkins for vandalism accusation tweet|author=Olivia Blair|date=19 January 2016|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/esab-introducing.html|title=The safeguarding blog: ESAB Introducing...David Hadjicostas MBE - Essex County Fire & Rescue Service|author=|date=|work=essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="echo-news.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10800647.Death_threats__sexism_and_online_abuse___three_Essex_women_tell_us_of_the_downside_to_overnight_success_on_TV/|title=Death threats, sexism and online abuse...three Essex women tell us of the downside to overnight success on TV|author=|date=12 November 2013 |newspaper=[[The Echo (Essex)|The Echo]]|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref> he was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 2007.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=58358|startpage=17|date=16 June 2007|accessdate=10 March 2017}}</ref> Monroe has three siblings.<ref name="Moorhead" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/esab-introducing.html?m=1|title=The safeguarding blog|author=ESAB|date=|work=essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk}}</ref>
Monroe was born in [[Southend-on-Sea]] to David Hadjicostas and Evelyn (née Beatty), a former nurse. David Hadjicostas is of [[Greek-Cypriot]] heritage, and served in the [[British Army]] for seven years, being decorated for active service in the Falklands, and in the fire service for 30 years;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/katie-hopkins-sued-by-jack-monroe-over-vandalism-accusation-tweet-a6819906.html|title=Jack Monroe sues Katie Hopkins for vandalism accusation tweet|author=Olivia Blair|date=19 January 2016|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/esab-introducing.html|title=The safeguarding blog: ESAB Introducing...David Hadjicostas MBE - Essex County Fire & Rescue Service|author=|date=|work=essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="echo-news.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/10800647.Death_threats__sexism_and_online_abuse___three_Essex_women_tell_us_of_the_downside_to_overnight_success_on_TV/|title=Death threats, sexism and online abuse...three Essex women tell us of the downside to overnight success on TV|author=|date=|work=[[The Echo (Essex)|The Echo]]|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref> he was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 2007.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=58358|startpage=17|date=16 June 2007|accessdate=10 March 2017}}</ref> Monroe has three siblings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/esab-introducing.html?m=1|title=The safeguarding blog|author=ESAB|date=|work=essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/sep/01/children|title=The toughest love|author=Joanna Moorhead|date=|work=the Guardian}}</ref>


Described as coming from a working-class background,<ref name="theguardian.com"/> Monroe passed the 11-plus examinations and attended [[Westcliff High School for Girls]], a grammar school in Westcliff-on-Sea, before leaving at age 16, "bullied and disillusioned",<ref name="theguardian.com"/> with insufficient GCSEs to progress to A-level (either 4 and a half or 7, according to different sources).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9900773/My-49p-lunch-with-a-girl-called-Jack.html|title=My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack|author=|date=4 March 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Bio" /> Monroe left the family home and began working in a chip shop, before going to work as a call handler for [[Essex County Fire and Rescue Service]], a well-paid job which they enjoyed. After having a child, Monroe was unable to arrange the work around childcare responsibilities, and the fire service was unwilling or unable to make adjustments to the working pattern to make continued employment feasible. Monroe resigned the post after serving for some four years between 2007 and 2011. It was at this point they changed their name from their birth name to Jack Monroe – "Jack" being short for "[[Jack of all trades, master of none|Jack of all trades]]", their nickname.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/23/jack-monroe-face-modern-poverty|title=Jack Monroe: the face of modern poverty|author=Patrick Butler|work=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9900773/My-49p-lunch-with-a-girl-called-Jack.html|title=My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack|date=4 March 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
Described as coming from a working-class background,<ref name="theguardian.com"/> Monroe passed the 11-plus examinations and attended [[Westcliff High School for Girls]], a grammar school in Westcliff-on-Sea, before leaving at age 16, "bullied and disillusioned",<ref name="theguardian.com"/> with insufficient GCSEs to progress to A-level (either 4 and a half or 7, according to different sources).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9900773/My-49p-lunch-with-a-girl-called-Jack.html|title=My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack|author=|date=4 March 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cookingonabootstrap.com/2014/05/07/jack-monroe-biography|title=ABOUT JACK|author=|date=|work=COOKING ON A BOOTSTRAP}}</ref> Monroe left the family home and began working in a chip shop, before going to work as a call handler for [[Essex County Fire and Rescue Service]], a well-paid job which they enjoyed. After having a child, Monroe was unable to arrange the work around childcare responsibilities, and the fire service was unwilling or unable to make adjustments to the working pattern to make continued employment feasible. Monroe resigned the post after serving for some four years between 2007 and 2011. It was at this point they changed their name from their birth name to Jack Monroe - 'Jack' being short for "[[Jack of all trades, master of none|Jack of all trades]]", their nickname.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/23/jack-monroe-face-modern-poverty|title=Jack Monroe: the face of modern poverty|author=Patrick Butler|work=the Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9900773/My-49p-lunch-with-a-girl-called-Jack.html|title=My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack|date=4 March 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>


Monroe spent the following 18 months on benefits and looking for work, and moved from relative affluence to poverty and financial hardship.<ref name="agirlcalledjack"/><ref name="dear">{{cite web|title = Dear Richard Littlejohn – here are all the things you got wrong about me|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/richard-littlejohn-wrong-about-jack-monroe-daily-mail |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate = 12 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9900773/My-49p-lunch-with-a-girl-called-Jack.html|title=My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack|author=|date=4 March 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/16/jack-monroe-taste-of-success|title=Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head|first=Lucy |last=Fisher|date=|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Guardian16/02/2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/16/jack-monroe-taste-of-success|title=Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head|first=Lucy |last=Fisher|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 February 2014|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Essex Enquirer">{{cite news | url=http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/08/23/unemployed-mum-sells-off-belongings-essex-enquirer/ | title = Unemployed Mum Sells Off Belongings – Essex Enquirer | work = A Girl Called Jack|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202000141/http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/08/23/unemployed-mum-sells-off-belongings-essex-enquirer/|archivedate=2 February 2013|via=[[Wayback Machine]] | date=23 August 2012 | accessdate=22 July 2013 | last = Monroe | first = Jack }}</ref> Monroe came to prominence in the media through writing the blog ''A Girl Called Jack'', sharing cheap recipes created as a single parent with a young child, and aiming to provide family meals for less than £10 per week.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/20/10-pound-a-week-recipes|title=How to eat on £10 a week: the shopping list and the recipes|first=Jack |last=Monroe|date=20 July 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> In December 2015 the blog was renamed to ''Cooking on a Bootstrap''.
Monroe spent the following 18 months on benefits and looking for work, and moved from relative affluence to poverty and financial hardship.<ref name="agirlcalledjack"/><ref name="dear">{{cite web|title = Dear Richard Littlejohn – here are all the things you got wrong about me|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/richard-littlejohn-wrong-about-jack-monroe-daily-mail|work = [[The Guardian]]|accessdate = 12 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9900773/My-49p-lunch-with-a-girl-called-Jack.html|title=My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack|author=|date=4 March 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/16/jack-monroe-taste-of-success|title=Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head|first=Lucy |last=Fisher|date=|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Guardian16/02/2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/16/jack-monroe-taste-of-success|title=Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head|first=Lucy |last=Fisher|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 February 2014|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Essex Enquirer">{{cite news | url=http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/08/23/unemployed-mum-sells-off-belongings-essex-enquirer/ | title = Unemployed Mum Sells Off Belongings – Essex Enquirer | work = A Girl Called Jack|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202000141/http://agirlcalledjack.com/2012/08/23/unemployed-mum-sells-off-belongings-essex-enquirer/|archivedate=2 February 2013|via=[[Wayback Machine]] | date=23 August 2012 | accessdate=22 July 2013 | last = Monroe | first = Jack }}</ref> Monroe came to prominence in the media through writing the blog ''A Girl Called Jack'', sharing cheap recipes created as a single parent with a young child, and aiming to provide family meals for less than £10 per week.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/20/10-pound-a-week-recipes|title=How to eat on £10 a week: the shopping list and the recipes|first=Jack |last=Monroe|date=20 July 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> In December 2015 the blog was renamed to ''Cooking on a Bootstrap''.


In 2012 Monroe became a weekly columnist for ''[[The Echo (Essex)|The Echo]]'',<ref name="EssesEcho1">{{cite news | title=Jack is Essex girl at her best | work=[[The Echo (Essex)|The Echo]] | date=1 November 2012}} [https://oursouthend.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/20121101-110024.jpg Part 1], [https://oursouthend.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/20121101-110058.jpg Part 2].</ref> and in February 2013 was taken on by the same as a trainee reporter - the timing was fortunate, as Monroe was having difficulty affording nursery fees. Monroe was later retained as an unpaid columnist for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', before signing a publishing deal with [[Penguin Group]].<ref name="The Mirror">{{cite news | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jack-monroe-who-fed-son-1897691 | title=Mum who fed son on £10 a week lands book deal for her breadline recipes | work = [[Daily Mirror]] | date = 19 May 2013 | first = Pamela | last = Owen|accessdate=12 August 2015 }}</ref> The book deal, reported as worth £25,000, resulted in housing benefit being cut off and Monroe came close to being evicted, which led to moving into cheaper accommodation. Despite working every day, Monroe was unable to make ends meet.<ref name="theguardian.com"/> By January 2014, finances had improved, and Monroe was able to move into a small two bedroom flat with their son.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/16/jack-monroe-taste-of-success|title=Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head|author=Lucy Fisher|work=the Guardian}}</ref>
In 2012 Monroe became a weekly columnist for ''[[The Echo (Essex)|The Echo]]'',<ref name="EssesEcho1">{{cite news | title=Jack is Essex girl at her best | work=[[The Echo (Essex)|The Echo]] | date=1 November 2012}} [https://oursouthend.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/20121101-110024.jpg Part 1], [https://oursouthend.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/20121101-110058.jpg Part 2].</ref> and in February 2013 was taken on by the same as a trainee reporter - the timing was fortunate, as Monroe was having difficulty affording nursery fees. Monroe was later retained as an unpaid columnist for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', before signing a publishing deal with [[Penguin Group]].<ref name="The Mirror">{{cite news | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jack-monroe-who-fed-son-1897691 | title=Mum who fed son on £10 a week lands book deal for her breadline recipes | work = [[Daily Mirror]] | date = 19 May 2013 | first = Pamela | last = Owen|accessdate=12 August 2015 }}</ref> The book deal, reported as worth £25,000, resulted in housing benefit being cut off and Monroe came close to being evicted, which led to moving into cheaper accommodation. Despite working every day, Monroe was unable to make ends meet.<ref name="theguardian.com"/> By January 2014, finances had improved, and Monroe was able to move into a small two bedroom flat with their son.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/16/jack-monroe-taste-of-success|title=Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head|author=Lucy Fisher|work=the Guardian}}</ref>
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Speaking in 2015, Monroe described life as having "changed beyond recognition", but said that they are still affected by their experience of poverty.<ref name=five/>
Speaking in 2015, Monroe described life as having "changed beyond recognition", but said that they are still affected by their experience of poverty.<ref name=five/>


In 2015 Monroe won the Women of the Future Award in the media category. Monroe was "surprised", saying "I'm not sure I'll even ''be'' a woman in the future".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jack Monroe Wins Woman Of The Future Award After Coming Out As Transgender|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/28/jack-monroe-wins-woman-future-award-coming-out-transgender_n_8405608.html|work=[[The Huffington Post]] |accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref> The award was won after Monroe came out as trans, which created some controversy. It caused a gender debate and angered Monroe, who questioned the headlines of some newspapers and said "Because of my trans identity, I'm attacked for accepting a real woman's award."<ref>{{Cite news|title=We're all a bit non-binary inside. So why do we segregate by gender?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/29/binary-gender-feminism-transgender-womens-award|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 October 2015|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Jack Monroe on coming out as transgender: 'I will always be on the girls' team'|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/jack-monroe-on-coming-out-as-transgender-i-will-always-be-on-the-girls-team-a3109951.html|work=[[London Evening Standard|The Standard]]|date=9 November 2015|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref>
In 2015 Monroe won the Women of the Future Award in the media category. Monroe was "surprised", saying "I'm not sure I'll even ''be'' a woman in the future".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jack Monroe Wins Woman Of The Future Award After Coming Out As Transgender|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/28/jack-monroe-wins-woman-future-award-coming-out-transgender_n_8405608.html|work=[[The Huffington Post]]accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref> The award was won after Monroe came out as trans, which created some controversy. It caused a gender debate and angered Monroe, who questioned the headlines of some newspapers and said "Because of my trans identity, I'm attacked for accepting a real woman's award."<ref>{{Cite news|title=We're all a bit non-binary inside. So why do we segregate by gender?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/29/binary-gender-feminism-transgender-womens-award|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 October 2015|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Jack Monroe on coming out as transgender: 'I will always be on the girls' team'|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/jack-monroe-on-coming-out-as-transgender-i-will-always-be-on-the-girls-team-a3109951.html|work=[[London Evening Standard|The Standard]]|date=9 November 2015|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref>


== Campaigning and politics ==
== Campaigning and politics ==

Monroe has been an active campaigner for a number of causes in the UK, particularly those concerned with poverty and hunger, campaigning alongside organisations such as Unite, [[The Trussell Trust]], [[Child Poverty Action Group]] and [[Oxfam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpag.org.uk/ambassadors/jack-monroe|title=Child Poverty Action Group Ambassadors - Jack Monroe|publisher=CPAG}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/author/jack-monroe|title=Oxfam Policy and Practice Blog - Jack Monroe|work=[[Oxfam]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://agirlcalledjack.com/about-jack-monroe/|title=A little bit about me|work=A Girl Called Jack}}</ref>
Monroe has been an active campaigner for a number of causes in the UK, particularly those concerned with poverty and hunger, campaigning alongside organisations such as Unite, [[The Trussell Trust]], [[Child Poverty Action Group]] and [[Oxfam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpag.org.uk/ambassadors/jack-monroe|title=Child Poverty Action Group Ambassadors - Jack Monroe|publisher=CPAG}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/blog/author/jack-monroe|title=Oxfam Policy and Practice Blog - Jack Monroe|work=[[Oxfam]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://agirlcalledjack.com/about-jack-monroe/|title=A little bit about me|work=A Girl Called Jack}}</ref>


Monroe was a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], and appeared in a Labour campaign video in October 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/17/jack-monroe-joins-green-party |title=Jack Monroe joins Green party |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 March 2015 |accessdate=31 October 2015 |last=Perraudin |first=Frances}}</ref> Monroe left the party in March 2015 after disagreeing with its rhetoric on immigration,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roisin|first1=O'Connor|title=Labour supporter Jack Monroe switches allegiance to Green Party|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-supporter-jack-monroe-switches-allegiance-to-green-party-10114989.html |accessdate=31 October 2015|newspaper=The Independent|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> and became a member of the [[Green Party of England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/beulah-maud-devaney/jack-monroe-green-party_b_6892200.html|title=Reaction to Jack Monroe Demonstrates How Women's Political Views are Still Dismissed|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref>
Monroe was a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], and appeared in a Labour campaign video in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/17/jack-monroe-joins-green-party | title=Jack Monroe joins Green party | publisher=The Guardian | date=17 March 2015 | accessdate=31 October 2015 | author=Perraudin, Frances}}</ref> Monroe left the party in March 2015 after disagreeing with its rhetoric on immigration,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roisin|first1=O'Connor|title=Labour supporter Jack Monroe switches allegiance to Green Party|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-supporter-jack-monroe-switches-allegiance-to-green-party-10114989.html?dkd|accessdate=31 October 2015|publisher=The Independent|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> and became a member of the [[Green Party of England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/beulah-maud-devaney/jack-monroe-green-party_b_6892200.html|title=Reaction to Jack Monroe Demonstrates How Women's Political Views are Still Dismissed|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref>


In April 2016 Monroe appeared online supporting the [[Women's Equality Party]].<ref name=Half>{{cite AV media | people=Jack Monroe | date= 27 April 2016 | accessdate= 28 April 2016 | title= Jack Monroe: Give half your votes to equality on 5 May - WE think that's fair #VoteWE | medium= Video | publisher= Women's Equality Channel via [[YouTube]] | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5wcNHDPYY }}</ref>
In April 2016 Monroe appeared online supporting the [[Women's Equality Party]].<ref name=Half>{{cite AV media | people=Jack Monroe | date= 27 April 2016 | accessdate= 28 April 2016 | title= Jack Monroe: Give half your votes to equality on 5 May - WE think that's fair #VoteWE | medium= Video | publisher= Women's Equality Channel via [[YouTube]] | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um5wcNHDPYY }}</ref>
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Monroe, who was assigned female at birth, identifies as non-binary transgender, and has spoken of beginning to identify as trans from an early age. Monroe did not take part in a fire service [[passing out]] ceremony in 2008, because protocol would have required them (then living as a woman) to wear a skirt.<ref name="newstatesman.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/being-non-binary-i-m-not-girl-called-jack-any-more-i-m-not-boy-either|title=Being non-binary: I’m not A Girl Called Jack any more, but I’m not a boy either|publisher=}}</ref> Monroe kept their birthname while working at the fire service, concerned over "the potential for deadnaming and bullying in a not-particularly-tolerant organisation. Not a great place to be gay, let alone genderqueer." During this period, Monroe also had a brief relationship with a close male friend, which resulted in a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://8stepsfromshore.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/jack-monroe|title=Jack Monroe|work=8 steps from shore}}</ref>
Monroe, who was assigned female at birth, identifies as non-binary transgender, and has spoken of beginning to identify as trans from an early age. Monroe did not take part in a fire service [[passing out]] ceremony in 2008, because protocol would have required them (then living as a woman) to wear a skirt.<ref name="newstatesman.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/being-non-binary-i-m-not-girl-called-jack-any-more-i-m-not-boy-either|title=Being non-binary: I’m not A Girl Called Jack any more, but I’m not a boy either|publisher=}}</ref> Monroe kept their birthname while working at the fire service, concerned over "the potential for deadnaming and bullying in a not-particularly-tolerant organisation. Not a great place to be gay, let alone genderqueer." During this period, Monroe also had a brief relationship with a close male friend, which resulted in a son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://8stepsfromshore.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/jack-monroe|title=Jack Monroe|work=8 steps from shore}}</ref>


On leaving the fire service, Monroe adopted a short haircut and took the forename "Jack".<ref name="ReferenceA"/> They began identifying to friends and family as a lesbian woman, and began a long-term relationship with a woman; the relationship ended shortly after Monroe told their partner they were considering a mastectomy.<ref name="newstatesman.com"/> Monroe was still careful at this point to downplay any suggestions of gender ambiguity, and in an interview in February 2014 described themself as a "lefty, liberal, lezzer cook" who had reassured their parents that they identified as female. "I was like, no, I'm a little bit tomboyish, a little bit butch. But I have no immediate plans to transition."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Monroe publicly [[Coming out|came out]] as non-binary in October 2015.<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."|date=11 October 2015|work=Twitter|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>
On leaving the fire service, Monroe adopted a short haircut and took the forename "Jack".<ref name="ReferenceA"/> They began identifying to friends and family as a lesbian woman, and began a long-term relationship with a woman; the relationship ended shortly after Monroe told their partner they were considering a mastectomy.<ref name="newstatesman.com"/> Monroe was still careful at this point to downplay any suggestions of gender ambiguity, and in an interview in February 2014 described themself as a "lefty, liberal, lezzer cook" who had reassured their parents that they identified as female. "I was like, no, I'm a little bit tomboyish, a little bit butch. But I have no immediate plans to transition."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Monroe publicly [[Coming out|came out]] as non-binary in October 2015.<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."|date=11 October 2015|work=Twitter|accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>


In 2013, Monroe was ranked No. 19 in ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''{{'}}s [[Pink List]] of influential [[LGBT]] people in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2013|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html|accessdate=1 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Independent on Sunday]]|date=13 October 2013}}</ref> In 2014 it was reported that Monroe and their son were living with Monroe's then-girlfriend<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/DrJackMonroe/status/651857441261518849 | title=Jack Monroe on Twitter | work=Twitter | date=7 October 2015 | accessdate=24 October 2015 | author=Monroe, Jack}}</ref> [[Allegra McEvedy]], and McEvedy's daughter in London; the relationship ended in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lamont|first1=Tom|title=OFM awards 2014 best food blog: Jack Monroe|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/19/-sp-ofm-awards-2014-best-food-blog-jack-monroe|accessdate=25 November 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 October 2014}}</ref>
In 2013, Monroe was ranked No. 19 in ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''{{'}}s [[Pink List]] of influential [[LGBT]] people in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2013|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html|accessdate=1 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Independent on Sunday]]|date=13 October 2013}}</ref> In 2014 it was reported that Monroe and their son were living with Monroe's then-girlfriend<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/DrJackMonroe/status/651857441261518849 | title=Jack Monroe on Twitter | work=Twitter | date=7 October 2015 | accessdate=24 October 2015 | author=Monroe, Jack}}</ref> [[Allegra McEvedy]], and McEvedy's daughter in London; the relationship ended in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lamont|first1=Tom|title=OFM awards 2014 best food blog: Jack Monroe|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/19/-sp-ofm-awards-2014-best-food-blog-jack-monroe|accessdate=25 November 2014|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=19 October 2014}}</ref>


In 2014, Monroe said that David Cameron 'uses stories about his dead son as misty-eyed rhetoric'<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jack-monroe-david-cameron-uses-stories-about-his-dead-son-as-misty-eyed-rhetoric-to-legitimise-nhs-9879063.html</ref>. Sarah Vine (wife of the senior Conservative politician [[Michael Gove]]) then criticised Monroe in the ''Daily Mail'' for allegedly choosing a life of 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.<ref name="Selby">{{cite news|title=Sarah Vine criticises lesbian mother Jack Monroe: 'If she was unsure about her sexuality, she should have taken greater precautions'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sarah-vine-on-jack-monroe-being-a-lesbian-mother-if-she-was-unsure-about-her-sexuality-she-should-have-taken-greater-precautions-9882054.html|accessdate=28 July 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=25 November 2014}}</ref> Monroe denied that [[Sainsbury's]] supermarket reportedly ended their relationship with Monroe in light of Monroe's original tweet.<ref name="Selby"/> Sainsbury's offered comment to ''The Spectator'', stating that "Jack Monroe blogs independently. Sainsbury's is not a political organisation and we certainly don’t share her views."<ref>{{cite news |author=Steerpike |title=Sainsbury’s refuse to side with Jack Monroe after she tweets about PM's late son |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2014/11/sainsburys-turn-their-back-on-jack-monroe-after-she-tweets-about-pms-late-son/ |accessdate=31 October 2015 |newspaper=[[The Spectator]] |date=24 November 2014}}</ref> Monroe initiated legal action in 2015 after the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' claimed that "Jack" was not Monroe's "real" name,<ref name=statesman>{{cite news|last1=Monroe|first1=Jack|title=Being non-binary: I'm not A Girl Called Jack any more, but I'm not a boy either|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/being-non-binary-i-m-not-girl-called-jack-any-more-i-m-not-boy-either|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=New Statesman|date=20 October 2015}}</ref> and has requested that their birth name not be used by the media.<ref name="agirlcalledjack"/>
In 2014, Monroe said that David Cameron 'uses stories about his dead son as misty-eyed rhetoric'<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jack-monroe-david-cameron-uses-stories-about-his-dead-son-as-misty-eyed-rhetoric-to-legitimise-nhs-9879063.html</ref>. Sarah Vine (wife of the senior Conservative politician [[Michael Gove]]) then criticised Monroe in the ''Daily Mail'' for allegedly choosing a life of 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.<ref name="Selby">{{cite news|title=Sarah Vine criticises lesbian mother Jack Monroe: 'If she was unsure about her sexuality, she should have taken greater precautions'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sarah-vine-on-jack-monroe-being-a-lesbian-mother-if-she-was-unsure-about-her-sexuality-she-should-have-taken-greater-precautions-9882054.html|accessdate=28 July 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=25 November 2014}}</ref> Monroe denied that [[Sainsbury's]] supermarket reportedly ended their relationship with Monroe in light of Monroe's original tweet.<ref name="Selby"/> Sainsbury's offered comment to ''The Spectator'', stating that "Jack Monroe blogs independently. Sainsbury's is not a political organisation and we certainly don’t share her views."<ref>{{cite news |author=Steerpike |title=Sainsbury’s refuse to side with Jack Monroe after she tweets about PM's late son |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2014/11/sainsburys-turn-their-back-on-jack-monroe-after-she-tweets-about-pms-late-son/ |accessdate=31 October 2015 |newspaper=[[The Spectator]] |date=24 November 2014}}</ref> Monroe initiated legal action in 2015 after the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' claimed that "Jack" was not Monroe's "real" name,<ref name=statesman>{{cite news|last1=Monroe|first1=Jack|title=Being non-binary: I'm not A Girl Called Jack any more, but I'm not a boy either|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/being-non-binary-i-m-not-girl-called-jack-any-more-i-m-not-boy-either|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=New Statesman|date=20 October 2015}}</ref> and has requested that their birth name not be used by the media.<ref name="agirlcalledjack"/>


The [[University of Essex]] announced in May 2015 that it would be awarding Monroe an [[honorary degree]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Honorary Graduands Announced|url=http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=7677|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=University of Essex|date=12 May 2015}}</ref> During the same month, Monroe threatened legal action against [[Katie Hopkins]] after she posted a tweet in which she appeared to accuse Monroe of vandalising a war memorial. Hopkins subsequently removed the tweet and said she had confused Monroe with the journalist [[Laurie Penny]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ninias|first1=Helen|title=Katie Hopkins and Jack Monroe embroiled in Twitter row as the cook threatens to sue the columnist|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/katie-hopkins-and-jack-monroe-embroiled-in-twitter-row-as-the-cook-threatens-to-sue-the-columnist-10260002.html|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=The Independent|location=London|date=19 May 2015}}</ref> Monroe initiated a libel action against Hopkins in January 2016, receiving £24,000 damages in March 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/mar/10/jack-monroe-wins-twitter-libel-case-against-katie-hopkins |title=Jack Monroe wins Twitter libel case against Katie Hopkins |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 March 2017 |accessdate=10 March 2017}}</ref>
The [[University of Essex]] announced in May 2015 that it would be awarding Monroe an [[honorary degree]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Honorary Graduands Announced|url=http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=7677|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=University of Essex|date=12 May 2015}}</ref> During the same month, Monroe threatened legal action against [[Katie Hopkins]] after she posted a tweet in which she appeared to accuse Monroe of vandalising a war memorial. Hopkins subsequently removed the tweet and said she had confused Monroe with the journalist [[Laurie Penny]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ninias|first1=Helen|title=Katie Hopkins and Jack Monroe embroiled in Twitter row as the cook threatens to sue the columnist|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/katie-hopkins-and-jack-monroe-embroiled-in-twitter-row-as-the-cook-threatens-to-sue-the-columnist-10260002.html|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=The Independent|location=London|date=19 May 2015}}</ref>


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

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

Jack Monroe (born 1988) is a writer, journalist and activist who has campaigned over poverty issues, particularly hunger relief, and has published a blog and several books of "austerity recipes".

Monroe, who was assigned female at birth, identifies as non-binary transgender and goes by singular they pronouns, rather than "he" or "she".[2]

Early life and career

Monroe was born in Southend-on-Sea to David Hadjicostas and Evelyn (née Beatty), a former nurse. David Hadjicostas is of Greek-Cypriot heritage, and served in the British Army for seven years, being decorated for active service in the Falklands, and in the fire service for 30 years;[3][4][5] he was awarded the MBE in 2007.[6] Monroe has three siblings.[7][8]

Described as coming from a working-class background,[9] Monroe passed the 11-plus examinations and attended Westcliff High School for Girls, a grammar school in Westcliff-on-Sea, before leaving at age 16, "bullied and disillusioned",[9] with insufficient GCSEs to progress to A-level (either 4 and a half or 7, according to different sources).[10][11] Monroe left the family home and began working in a chip shop, before going to work as a call handler for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, a well-paid job which they enjoyed. After having a child, Monroe was unable to arrange the work around childcare responsibilities, and the fire service was unwilling or unable to make adjustments to the working pattern to make continued employment feasible. Monroe resigned the post after serving for some four years between 2007 and 2011. It was at this point they changed their name from their birth name to Jack Monroe - 'Jack' being short for "Jack of all trades", their nickname.[9][12]

Monroe spent the following 18 months on benefits and looking for work, and moved from relative affluence to poverty and financial hardship.[2][13][14][15][16][17] Monroe came to prominence in the media through writing the blog A Girl Called Jack, sharing cheap recipes created as a single parent with a young child, and aiming to provide family meals for less than £10 per week.[18] In December 2015 the blog was renamed to Cooking on a Bootstrap.

In 2012 Monroe became a weekly columnist for The Echo,[19] and in February 2013 was taken on by the same as a trainee reporter - the timing was fortunate, as Monroe was having difficulty affording nursery fees. Monroe was later retained as an unpaid columnist for The Huffington Post, before signing a publishing deal with Penguin Group.[20] The book deal, reported as worth £25,000, resulted in housing benefit being cut off and Monroe came close to being evicted, which led to moving into cheaper accommodation. Despite working every day, Monroe was unable to make ends meet.[9] By January 2014, finances had improved, and Monroe was able to move into a small two bedroom flat with their son.[21]

Monroe formerly wrote a twice monthly food and recipe column for The Guardian[22] and additionally contributed a number of political columns, as well as being featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker. Monroe has written several budget cooking recipe books.[23][24]

Monroe appeared in a Sainsbury's advertising campaign, parting company after a dispute with the columnist Sarah Vine.[clarification needed] Monroe donated the fees from the campaign to Oxfam.[citation needed]

Monroe appeared on BBC television's late night political programme This Week in June 2015.[25]

Speaking in 2015, Monroe described life as having "changed beyond recognition", but said that they are still affected by their experience of poverty.[23]

In 2015 Monroe won the Women of the Future Award in the media category. Monroe was "surprised", saying "I'm not sure I'll even be a woman in the future".[26] The award was won after Monroe came out as trans, which created some controversy. It caused a gender debate and angered Monroe, who questioned the headlines of some newspapers and said "Because of my trans identity, I'm attacked for accepting a real woman's award."[27][28]

Campaigning and politics

Monroe has been an active campaigner for a number of causes in the UK, particularly those concerned with poverty and hunger, campaigning alongside organisations such as Unite, The Trussell Trust, Child Poverty Action Group and Oxfam.[29][30][31]

Monroe was a supporter of the Labour Party, and appeared in a Labour campaign video in October 2013.[32] Monroe left the party in March 2015 after disagreeing with its rhetoric on immigration,[33] and became a member of the Green Party of England and Wales.[34]

In April 2016 Monroe appeared online supporting the Women's Equality Party.[35]

See also: Monroe v Hopkins

In 2017, Monroe won a libel case against the newspaper columnist and television personality Katie Hopkins after Hopkins suggested on Twitter that Monroe had vandalised a war memorial. The High Court awarded Monroe £24,000 in damages plus costs.[36][37][38]

Personal life

Monroe, who was assigned female at birth, identifies as non-binary transgender, and has spoken of beginning to identify as trans from an early age. Monroe did not take part in a fire service passing out ceremony in 2008, because protocol would have required them (then living as a woman) to wear a skirt.[39] Monroe kept their birthname while working at the fire service, concerned over "the potential for deadnaming and bullying in a not-particularly-tolerant organisation. Not a great place to be gay, let alone genderqueer." During this period, Monroe also had a brief relationship with a close male friend, which resulted in a son.[40]

On leaving the fire service, Monroe adopted a short haircut and took the forename "Jack".[21] They began identifying to friends and family as a lesbian woman, and began a long-term relationship with a woman; the relationship ended shortly after Monroe told their partner they were considering a mastectomy.[39] Monroe was still careful at this point to downplay any suggestions of gender ambiguity, and in an interview in February 2014 described themself as a "lefty, liberal, lezzer cook" who had reassured their parents that they identified as female. "I was like, no, I'm a little bit tomboyish, a little bit butch. But I have no immediate plans to transition."[21] Monroe publicly came out as non-binary in October 2015.[41]

In 2013, Monroe was ranked No. 19 in The Independent on Sunday's Pink List of influential LGBT people in the United Kingdom.[42] In 2014 it was reported that Monroe and their son were living with Monroe's then-girlfriend[43] Allegra McEvedy, and McEvedy's daughter in London; the relationship ended in October 2015.[44]

In 2014, Monroe said that David Cameron 'uses stories about his dead son as misty-eyed rhetoric'[45]. Sarah Vine (wife of the senior Conservative politician Michael Gove) then criticised Monroe in the Daily Mail for allegedly choosing a life of 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.[46] Monroe denied that Sainsbury's supermarket reportedly ended their relationship with Monroe in light of Monroe's original tweet.[46] Sainsbury's offered comment to The Spectator, stating that "Jack Monroe blogs independently. Sainsbury's is not a political organisation and we certainly don’t share her views."[47] Monroe initiated legal action in 2015 after the Daily Mail claimed that "Jack" was not Monroe's "real" name,[48] and has requested that their birth name not be used by the media.[2]

The University of Essex announced in May 2015 that it would be awarding Monroe an honorary degree.[49] During the same month, Monroe threatened legal action against Katie Hopkins after she posted a tweet in which she appeared to accuse Monroe of vandalising a war memorial. Hopkins subsequently removed the tweet and said she had confused Monroe with the journalist Laurie Penny.[50]

References

  1. ^ a b Monroe, Jack. "About Jack". A Girl Called Jack. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Monroe, Jack. "Please don't call me A Girl Called Jack. I have something to tell you." (personal blog, 22 October 2015). Accessed 23 October 2015.
  3. ^ Olivia Blair (19 January 2016). "Jack Monroe sues Katie Hopkins for vandalism accusation tweet". The Independent.
  4. ^ "The safeguarding blog: ESAB Introducing...David Hadjicostas MBE - Essex County Fire & Rescue Service". essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "No. 58358". The London Gazette. 16 June 2007.
  7. ^ ESAB. "The safeguarding blog". essexsafeguarding.blogspot.co.uk.
  8. ^ Joanna Moorhead. "The toughest love". the Guardian.
  9. ^ a b c d Patrick Butler. "Jack Monroe: the face of modern poverty". the Guardian.
  10. ^ "My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack". Telegraph.co.uk. 4 March 2013.
  11. ^ "ABOUT JACK". COOKING ON A BOOTSTRAP.
  12. ^ "My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack". Telegraph.co.uk. 4 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Dear Richard Littlejohn – here are all the things you got wrong about me". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  14. ^ "My 49p lunch with a girl called Jack". The Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Monroe, Jack (20 July 2013). "How to eat on £10 a week: the shopping list and the recipes". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  19. ^ "Jack is Essex girl at her best". The Echo. 1 November 2012. Part 1, Part 2.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ a b c Lucy Fisher. "Jack Monroe enjoys the taste of success but she won't let it go to her head". the Guardian.
  22. ^ Monroe, Jack. "Austerity bites". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  23. ^ a b Monroe, Jack. "Five recipes from Jack Monroe's new cookbook". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  24. ^ "Jack Monroe". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ "Jack Monroe Wins Woman Of The Future Award After Coming Out As Transgender". The Huffington Postaccessdate=14 June 2016.
  27. ^ "We're all a bit non-binary inside. So why do we segregate by gender?". The Guardian. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  28. ^ "Jack Monroe on coming out as transgender: 'I will always be on the girls' team'". The Standard. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  29. ^ "Child Poverty Action Group Ambassadors - Jack Monroe". CPAG.
  30. ^ "Oxfam Policy and Practice Blog - Jack Monroe". Oxfam.
  31. ^ "A little bit about me". A Girl Called Jack.
  32. ^ Perraudin, Frances (17 March 2015). "Jack Monroe joins Green party". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  33. ^ Roisin, O'Connor (18 March 2015). "Labour supporter Jack Monroe switches allegiance to Green Party". The Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  34. ^ "Reaction to Jack Monroe Demonstrates How Women's Political Views are Still Dismissed". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  35. ^ Jack Monroe (27 April 2016). Jack Monroe: Give half your votes to equality on 5 May - WE think that's fair #VoteWE (Video). Women's Equality Channel via YouTube. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  36. ^ Judgment: Monroe -v- Hopkins, HM Courts and Tribunal Service 2017.
  37. ^ Kennedy, Maev (10 March 2017). "Jack Monroe wins Twitter libel case against Katie Hopkins". The Guardian.
  38. ^ "Writer Jack Monroe wins £24k damages from columnist Katie Hopkins over 'war memorial' tweets". The Telegraph. 10 March 2017.
  39. ^ a b "Being non-binary: I'm not A Girl Called Jack any more, but I'm not a boy either".
  40. ^ "Jack Monroe". 8 steps from shore.
  41. ^ "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. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  42. ^ "The Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2013". The Independent on Sunday. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  43. ^ Monroe, Jack (7 October 2015). "Jack Monroe on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  44. ^ Lamont, Tom (19 October 2014). "OFM awards 2014 best food blog: Jack Monroe". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  45. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jack-monroe-david-cameron-uses-stories-about-his-dead-son-as-misty-eyed-rhetoric-to-legitimise-nhs-9879063.html
  46. ^ a b "Sarah Vine criticises lesbian mother Jack Monroe: 'If she was unsure about her sexuality, she should have taken greater precautions'". The Independent. London. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  47. ^ Steerpike (24 November 2014). "Sainsbury's refuse to side with Jack Monroe after she tweets about PM's late son". The Spectator. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  48. ^ Monroe, Jack (20 October 2015). "Being non-binary: I'm not A Girl Called Jack any more, but I'm not a boy either". New Statesman. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  49. ^ "Honorary Graduands Announced". University of Essex. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  50. ^ Ninias, Helen (19 May 2015). "Katie Hopkins and Jack Monroe embroiled in Twitter row as the cook threatens to sue the columnist". The Independent. London. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

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