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mez's avatar

This whole piece was a joy to read but absolute chef’s kiss at the delightful “…She’s slowly hoisting herself by her own mouldy petard.”

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Patrick Lenton's avatar

thank you!!!! i have fun

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Kate Leaver's avatar

LOL lol I came here to say exactly the same thing

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Kate Leaver's avatar

“Hoisting herself by her own mouldy petard” 😂😂GIVE HIM THE WALKLEY

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mez's avatar

CO-SIGNED

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Jacqui Taylor (she/her)'s avatar

What fun 🤩 I was at a Trans Pride event on Saturday and a speaker mentioned a mouldy castle and I didn’t get the reference (not on Twitter) - so thanks for clearing that up and adding such a great spin on this

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Patrick Lenton's avatar

glad my inability to leave the hellhole has helped out!

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Jacqui Taylor (she/her)'s avatar

😁🙏🏻😁

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Isabel's avatar

Now THIS is journalism! Thanks Patrick, doing the real work out there x

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Patrick Lenton's avatar

i agree, thank you!

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rc4797's avatar

As I see it the bigger question is this. Is the mold in Joanne’s house the source of her brain rot or is the rot in Joanne’s brain the source of the mold which is now invading her house? Could be the latter.

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Selena's avatar

This is the best thing I have read ever, the very last part had me ROLLING!!!!!! (not rowling)

"Besides - maybe we’re being too harsh on mould. Maybe she’s the toxic presence in the house, and the poor mould, desperate for light and air to propagate, is forced to absorb the angry sweat and furious breaths of a woman addicted to tweeting cringe. Maybe we’re watching a Last Of Us kind of prequel, where Joanne actually infects the mushrooms with her hate and bad detective novels, and they go mad and start killing people.

The scientists declined to comment on this theory too."

GOLD! ☝🏻

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Dr Richard Worth's avatar

what you said about TERF's " become radicalised into transphobia and homophobia because they can’t handle even a second of constructive criticism." is so true. One minute they're wondering about trans women in prisons and hospitals the next they're having Tea with Trump

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Jennifer dalton's avatar

This is one of the absolute best articles I've ever read. To say I enjoyed every sentence would be an understatement 😂😂❤️

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Cat McGinn's avatar

Walkley-worthy. No notes.

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Jaime's avatar

A point in favor that the mold is mold: If she changed her picture why not just take a picture of the wall and show us that it isn’t mold?

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J B Moore's avatar

another banger! the comparison to Anita Bryant is apt. onya Patrick!

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Kimberley Petrie's avatar

I appreciate you writing this smashing expose on JKR’s mouldy petard.

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Patrick Lenton's avatar

she's going down

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