Masterclass in column writing with Owen Jones

[Fallingirl]

This, my fellow vipers, you do not want to miss.

“Whatever your point of view, award-winning Guardian columnist Owen Jones can help you to turn your knowledge and passion into a persuasive argument.”

Self-evidently our arguments have been a bit dippy and frivolous the last 5-7 years, so we really should acknowledge LOJ’s superior talent for persuasive arguing.

-and I’m sure we’d all get our money back if our point of view fails to persuade our teacher.

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No thanks.

Let’s do it!!!

We should all sign up and time how many minutes before it's turned into A Masterclass in petulant tantrumming.

Happy to donate to someone who wants to do it, and return with receipts. Do you think Posy might do it?

Oh that’s very good!😄

"Masterclass" and Owen Jones in the same sentence? Every day is a school day.

@Cismyfatarse

Happy to donate to someone who wants to do it, and return with receipts. Do you think Posy might do it?

Mwa ha ha ha ha….now THAT I would pay for🤣

Posey would be a good choice. 😁

@Cismyfatarse

Happy to donate to someone who wants to do it, and return with receipts. Do you think Posy might do it?

Oh God please?

Julia would do it maybe? I mean I get that she's over qualified but she was over qualified to sit on a chair eating pizza but did that.

Surely this should be how to turn a persuasive argument into a petulant rant?

“Whatever your point of view, award-winning Guardian columnist Owen Jones can help you to turn your knowledge and passion into a persuasive argument.”

Well, to be fair, he's been very persuasive in getting people not to vote Labour over the last few elections, so maybe he does have a few tricks up his sleeve.

(Either that or his publicist's autocorrect has gone haywire over the word "masturbation".)

@Cismyfatarse

Happy to donate to someone who wants to do it, and return with receipts. Do you think Posy might do it?

Take my money now!!! 😂😈😂

Is this in response to that exchange on twitter which deserves framing?

Ooh, please show me that exchange? I don’t do Twitter...

I'm still searching for it - it was bloody marvellous. Don't worry I'll find it ... eventually

Ha ha ha!

#NoThankYou

He's called the BBC article about the Cotton Ceiling one of the great British journalism scandals of our time, I see. He's veering into parody, now.

#NoThankYou

I think I’d like to do it...

Ta da! It's here - @WarriorN post 'Mic drop'
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4386461-BBC-responds-to-backlash-to-article-about-lesbians-being-pressured-into-sex-by-some-trans-women?msgid=112160034#112160034

This has to be somebody at the Guardian having a laugh, surely: "go on Owen, you're great at this stuff (snigger)".
A look at different narrative approaches – from the contrarian to the activist-columnist and the voice-of-reason
How to use research and statistics within your argument
Structuring an argument (!!!)
This last one I can almost agree with:
Using social media and blogs to push your work and get recognised as a writer
... though I'd change the last word to 'twat'.

So tempted

I really would like to do this.

Go on, Pam. Take one for the team.

Is there such a thing as a mass tutt-athon?

I think I'd pay £50 to witness that in action to OJ's presentation verbal ejaculation of patronising misogyny.

Mic drop: (couldn't remember what it was!)