Not at all! You've made some good points. You mentioning her name just reminded me of Hannah and wasn't sure if it was actually true or I had made it up
Not at all! You've made some good points. You mentioning her name just reminded me of Hannah and wasn't sure if it was actually true or I had made it upI think my point still stands though - in fact, I think that is quite an “upper classes” thing to do, to keep a school nickname as a professional name.
I’m well aware that I am now coming across on this thread as if I am obsessed with class and status! I’ll see myself out...
I had totally forgotten to be honest! Your post jogged my memory.Not at all! You've made some good points. You mentioning her name just reminded me of Hannah and wasn't sure if it was actually true or I had made it up
Ohmygiddyaunt this is so accurateI can’t bear the posting of glamorous photos and then dolly putting captions such as “put on eye shadow and felt like Lily Savage” - it’s just the constant humble brag.
THIS !!I’ve listened to the High Low for a while, although enjoyable in a superficial way I find both women terribly pretentious at times and a bit out of touch with common opinion, especially when covering mainstream topics. Dolly is definitely the more personable and likeable of the two. Pandora often goes off on a word salad tangent or goes on and on about books I neither want to or will read.
However, both women went down in my estimation when they completely bypassed the furore caused by Clemmie Hooper/Mother or Daughters being outed as a Tattler, they didn’t even mention it even though it was dominating social media/twitter and news. They had MOD on their pod previously so it isn’t as if they weren’t aware of who she is and what her spiel was.
I also find that despite the common discourse on influencers and the ever increasing backlash they rarely if ever mention it as if it’s far too lowly as a topic for them to cover.
I find their book/literary talk terribly self indulgent and fast forward all the those bits. I genuinely couldn’t give a flying fig about Pandora’s latest literary passion project. Both sound and are incredibly posh which they can’t help but it does make me eyerolly when they try and “relate” to the common, non media, London dwelling woman.
Oh okay! Well I still think that's absolutely ridiculous, she could easily have gone back home - she lives alone! It's so poor little rich girl, stuck in beautiful beach-side holiday cottage! Such a cliche to go there to write too lol.Unless she is flat-out lying, Dolly has said that she was renting a cottage on a Holiday estate in Devon to edit her book and then when lockdown was announced didn't want to break the rules by leaving - but it was the same estate she grew up going to Holidays on with her parents, so this may be where the confusion lies. In general I really enjoy the podcast in terms of it as an information source to articles and issues I may not have come into contact with otherwise - I do completely agree with the fact that they massively downplay their privilege though.
Yes this is it for me too!Ohmygiddyaunt this is so accurateIt’s how I have felt but not been able to pinpoint into words. It’s a type of appearance humble brag isn’t it?
They’re too posh for me.
He works for a sports digital media agency. He’s not hugely senior. I do wonder how on earth they live in that massive place in Notting hill rammed full of expensive furniture and art on their salaries. I saw it in an interiors magazine!Yes this is it for me too!
Also on Twitter it's always tweets like the attached, and I don't know why but they drive me mad. Very much "I said this hilarious thing to my famous friend and she said this about me".. I can't explain what I mean very well
I feel like I'm in the minority in that I have always preferred Pandora. Does anyone know what her husband does?
I think your point about the privilege is interesting as I noticed it less in the book than I did in the podcast. I did not grow up with the kind of wealth they had but I did have a sort of working gap year abroad after Uni where I didn’t make much at all. I did just muddle through With no help from my parents though but I related a lot to her stories about men and friends. Despite the privilege I found the human emotion parts to be quite relatable.I used to love listening to The High Low, I do generally agree with their opinions on a lot of the things they talk about. But I just got sick of listening to them humble brag about everything. It’s hard to quite put it into words - they will discuss a topic and then vaguely compare it to something that’s happened in their own life but the comparison is so far detached that it’s just irritating, or they will simply talk about something and say how ‘thankful’ they are that they haven’t had to endure such hardships in their life.
I read Dolly’s book and just got frustrated. I really love her writing style, but just kept finding myself thinking this isn’t relatable for most people and wondering if she realises that the lifestyle she was living wasn’t the way most young people grow up, and wondering why such a privileged woman was constantly trying to play the victim.
That’s the most nonsensical thing I think I’ve read.. I am not sure but I would imagine something like banking (total assumption based on the lifestyle they seem to lead tbh)Yes this is it for me too!
Also on Twitter it's always tweets like the attached, and I don't know why but they drive me mad. Very much "I said this hilarious thing to my famous friend and she said this about me".. I can't explain what I mean very well
I feel like I'm in the minority in that I have always preferred Pandora. Does anyone know what her husband does?
Yes, that’s exactly why I like her writing because the emotional side of it is extremely relatable regardless of your background. Whether you’re privileged or not, having your heart broken still hurts the same.I think your point about the privilege is interesting as I noticed it less in the book than I did in the podcast. I did not grow up with the kind of wealth they had but I did have a sort of working gap year abroad after Uni where I didn’t make much at all. I did just muddle through With no help from my parents though but I related a lot to her stories about men and friends. Despite the privilege I found the human emotion parts to be quite relatable.
Yes, I agree with the use of unnecessary ‘intellectual’ show-offy vocabulary. Dolly has openly spoken about her eating disorder but Pandora has never talked about the subject and I suspect going by the half a bagel comment that she most likely has history of unhealthy relationships with food.I used to listen regularly to the podcast but have now stopped. I found a lot of their 'woke' opinions misguided or wishy washy. They try and broach topics objectively but end up missing the mark. It grates on me that they like to use big descriptive words in place of more regularly used, less clunky vocabulary, just seems a bit show-offy. And I always remember the time Pandora mentioned her habit of eating half a bagel for lunch when she was either pregnant or had a young baby - it struck me as wholly unhealthy attitude towards food but was mentioned as if it were a completely normal amount to eat. I read Dolly's book and came to the conclusion that she hadn't lived enough years to write a memoir.
I saw someone earlier in the week tweet a photo of her book saying “really want to review this if anyone wants to commission me”. Could be related but I feel like I’m missing something as I didn’t quite get the tweet lol.Hmm I thought it could be referring to here but then this bit "You do not need to (as one book's publicist did, having pitched me her author previously) tweet about how 'unbearable' they are." makes it sound like it was on twitter?
Yeah, definitely seems like Twitter. It just seems like a cry for attention tbh. Here come all the glowing responses telling her how much people love her. And of course she always likes to mention that she's a mum or has a baby now (no offense to new mums, but every time I've criticized her, her immediate defense is always "I'm a new mum!" as if that lets her off the hook).Hmm I thought it could be referring to here but then this bit "You do not need to (as one book's publicist did, having pitched me her author previously) tweet about how 'unbearable' they are." makes it sound like it was on twitter?
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