Ruby Granger #15 Dustcore

[dodadedo]

Of all the things that annoy me, it's the way she says Na-THAY-nyul Hawthorne. ARUAIUHFAFOIAFA

 

[emmer_moans]

New member here and so glad I found this place!
I thought it was just me who had started to find her insufferable but I’m not alone! When she mispronounced Truman Capote as an almost third year English Lit student I knew there had to be some other like minded folks who would of been equally outraged!


Quick side note, and I apologise if this has already been bought up in previous threads, does anyone know what happened to that cottage she was buying?

It must be over two years ago now, she put up a vlog about how she was buying this cottage and even stayed a night in it, however a few days later it was gone and she hasn’t breathed a word since? I’ve even seen the odd YouTube comment asking about it but obviously she never responds.

Does anyone know what happened? Because it drives me mad !

We think she's the landlord of it but has kept quiet about it because I recall at the time people pointed put to her that it wasn't relatable or something. I don't have any receipts to hand but she hasn't mentioned it since.
Other Tattlers feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Welcome to the thread.

 

[Tasneem]

We think she's the landlord of it but has kept quiet about it because I recall at the time people pointed put to her that it wasn't relatable or something. I don't have any receipts to hand but she hasn't mentioned it since.
Other Tattlers feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Welcome to the thread.

Amazing, thank you! I had a feeling it would be something like that.

 

[staryeet]

I'm sure her local library has a plethora of myth collections intended for kids. That's how I first learned about Greek mythology as a kid.

roobee doesn’t want to read silly myths, victorian children’s literature is her favourite!

 

[burnthatbridge]

Edit: When did The Golden Compass become Northern Lights??? Also, unless it's changed too, it's HIS DARK MATERIALS not "The Northern Lights Trilogy". I'm sorry, I love those books too much to let anyone just have them sit on their shelf to look pretty and not actually read them...

It's always been Northern Lights in the UK. Apparently they changed it to The Golden Compass for US Release but originally and in the UK it's always been Northern Lights

 

[phantomsbaebe]

I am watching Ruby's bookshelf tour and at the risk of sounding overly critical of her, I found it so interesting how she skimmed really quickly over her copy of Lady Chatterley. As an English student, surely it is pertinent to say how truly revolutionary DH Lawrence's work was in the lives of women in 1920s. Lawrence was one of the first published authors to explore female pleasure, gaze, expectations and to show that women are entitled to break free from convention if they are brave enough to do so. Lawrence also describes nature, our connection to it and the link between the female body and life itself through natural metaphors. If Ruby is brave enough to read it properly and not be scared off by the sex, she'll realise how absolutely vital Lawrence's work is to revealing the internal life of womanhood. The fact that he was a man and able to see us in all our facets and quirks and to write a character as alive and vibrant as Constance Chatterley is a testament to his skill and humanity as a writer.

 

[GoinDowntown]

I remember her saying something like this. She said she was struggling to get into it or something? I can't remember exactly but there was defo an insta story where she said she wasn't liking it.


It's so obviously a lazy excuse for the fact that she just doesn't like the book but doesn't want to admit it. It was a massive giveaway that she was talking about it at the same time as The Secret History - apparently one of the best books she'd ever read, but it just 'wasn't the right time' to read it, and she hasn't picked it up since.

Those books aren't illustrated so she's not interested

 

[howaboutnot]

how did she pronounce Truman Capote?? i wanna know haha

Truman Capoat (to rhyme with gloat). It's somewhere in the first 7 minutes of the video (all I managed to watch without going, "oh for goodness sake" and closing the tab).

I am watching Ruby's bookshelf tour and at the risk of sounding overly critical of her, I found it so interesting how she skimmed really quickly over her copy of Lady Chatterley. As an English student, surely it is pertinent to say how truly revolutionary DH Lawrence's work was in the lives of women in 1920s. Lawrence was one of the first published authors to explore female pleasure, gaze, expectations and to show that women are entitled to break free from convention if they are brave enough to do so. Lawrence also describes nature, our connection to it and the link between the female body and life itself through natural metaphors. If Ruby is brave enough to read it properly and not be scared off by the sex, she'll realise how absolutely vital Lawrence's work is to revealing the internal life of womanhood. The fact that he was a man and able to see us in all our facets and quirks and to write a character as alive and vibrant as Constance Chatterley is a testament to his skill and humanity as a writer.

Spoiler: OT: disagreement about Lawrence also references to sex and the Holocaust

Whilst he was vital for that era, I don't find his characters hold up well in this one. His insistence that penetrative simultaneous orgasms were the only "natural" ones made me cringe.

That said I was never going to view an author who said, "If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace , with a miltary band playing softly , and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I'd go out into the back streets and the main streets and bring them all in, the sick , the halt and the maimed : I would lead them gently , and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the brass band would softly bubble out the Hallelujah Chorus" as one whose work deserves to be feted.

 

[ECH]

I hate the way she says her 'S' sounds through her teeth. It sounds so forced and grating, and she literally chose to speak like that.

 

[Griftwood]

at the risk of sounding overly critical of her

I think you’ll find there’s no such thing on these threads

…also you’re absolutely right. She has very little context in which to place anything she reads, except maybe for children’s books and whatever she managed to pick up in her Victorian Lit class, and anyway she’s not very good at talking about anything that isn’t related to children/being a child. Sex? Inappropriate! Why, someone ought to sue that Mr. Lawrence!

 

[CalatheaLater]

Ruby "didn't have a Greek phase" Granger, literally has multiple ig story highlights saying how much she's loving the Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey.

I think they truth of the matter is she can't deal with the quite mature nature of Song of Achilles (and The Secret History) and so doesn't want to finish them, which is fine! There's nothing the matter with not finishing books that are not your cup of tea! But there's no need to lie to herself and to her audience about why she's not finishing them. Also wouldn't be surprised if she was only talking about how much she's loving The Odyssey becuase it has a pretty cover

 

[phantomsbaebe]

Truman Capoat (to rhyme with gloat). It's somewhere in the first 7 minutes of the video (all I managed to watch without going, "oh for goodness sake" and closing the tab).

Spoiler: OT: disagreement about Lawrence also references to sex and the Holocaust

Whilst he was vital for that era, I don't find his characters hold up well in this one. His insistence that penetrative simultaneous orgasms were the only "natural" ones made me cringe.

That said I was never going to view an author who said, "If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace , with a miltary band playing softly , and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I'd go out into the back streets and the main streets and bring them all in, the sick , the halt and the maimed : I would lead them gently , and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the brass band would softly bubble out the Hallelujah Chorus" as one whose work deserves to be feted.

I must admit that my own knowledge of Lawrence is very limited. I've only ever read Lady Chatterley and I didn't know he wrote that which, I agree is appalling. I don't like that he wrote that and I can understand why his opinions on "natural" orgasms would be an outdated and anachronistic view in these times. I loved Lady Chatterley and as with so many writers both modern and not, I think it is important to love their work with the caveat of the context of the times they lived. I loved LC because I thought the characters and plot were beautiful and important. That's enough. I don't go into reading a book necessarily knowing anything about the writer. The writer themselves isn't important; their skill at telling a story is. DH Lawrence was a flawed human being who could write a bloody good story. For me, that's all I need. For Ruby, I think that is what she needs to open her mind to. She has a very limited, very childlike view of the world and it needs to be exposed to the more grown up and adult half of her life.

 

[Ilaariaa]

Ruby "didn't have a Greek phase" Granger, literally has multiple ig story highlights saying how much she's loving the Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey.

I think they truth of the matter is she can't deal with the quite mature nature of Song of Achilles (and The Secret History) and so doesn't want to finish them, which is fine! There's nothing the matter with not finishing books that are not your cup of tea! But there's no need to lie to herself and to her audience about why she's not finishing them. Also wouldn't be surprised if she was only talking about how much she's loving The Odyssey becuase it has a pretty cover

Honestly watching the first few minutes of her video (which is how far I got before getting bored) I kept thinking that she probably has not read most of the books on her shelves. She kept commenting on the pretty covers and how beautiful the illustrations are, which I get, it's a bookcase video, but like...that can't be all there is to say about it lol
I was not looking forward to spending 40 minutes hearing about how beautiful her children's books are so I tapped out. It was a very repetitive video with little substance.

I must admit that my own knowledge of Lawrence is very limited. I've only ever read Lady Chatterley and I didn't know he wrote that which, I agree is appalling. I don't like that he wrote that and I can understand why his opinions on "natural" orgasms would be an outdated and anachronistic view in these times. I loved Lady Chatterley and as with so many writers both modern and not, I think it is important to love their work with the caveat of the context of the times they lived. I loved LC because I thought the characters and plot were beautiful and important. That's enough. I don't go into reading a book necessarily knowing anything about the writer. The writer themselves isn't important; their skill at telling a story is. DH Lawrence was a flawed human being who could write a bloody good story. For me, that's all I need. For Ruby, I think that is what she needs to open her mind to. She has a very limited, very childlike view of the world and it needs to be exposed to the more grown up and adult half of her life.

I think this is a very mature way of looking at things

 

[howaboutnot]

I must admit that my own knowledge of Lawrence is very limited. I've only ever read Lady Chatterley and I didn't know he wrote that which, I agree is appalling. I don't like that he wrote that and I can understand why his opinions on "natural" orgasms would be an outdated and anachronistic view in these times. I loved Lady Chatterley and as with so many writers both modern and not, I think it is important to love their work with the caveat of the context of the times they lived. I loved LC because I thought the characters and plot were beautiful and important. That's enough. I don't go into reading a book necessarily knowing anything about the writer. The writer themselves isn't important; their skill at telling a story is. DH Lawrence was a flawed human being who could write a bloody good story. For me, that's all I need. For Ruby, I think that is what she needs to open her mind to. She has a very limited, very childlike view of the world and it needs to be exposed to the more grown up and adult half of her life.

I do agree that Ruby would benefit from opening her mind to a wider range of literature (and views about the world). Even if she intends to do an MA in Children's Lit it would do her no end of good to explore and engage with other texts.

As to your points about Lady Chatterley. I agree to an extent: it is important to view texts through the lens of the time they were writing. In its historical context, it's an important book. As to it being a good story.. had DH Lawrence not dehumanised Sir Clifford over the course of the novel and said that he essentially deserved what he got on account of his paraplegia, I wouldn't have felt it necessary to read up on his view of euthanasia and eugenics. When an author's politics shines through with so bigoted a light I find it hard to see the story as a good/ enjoyable one.

I know this is a massive tangent from talking about Ruby, so thanks for taking time to share opinions. I often think there are more interesting discussions about literature on this thread than on Ruby's GR page.

 

[sleepypasta]

I hate the way she says her 'S' sounds through her teeth. It sounds so forced and grating, and she literally chose to speak like that.

I think she has a bit of a lisp actually. I was watching some of her old videos from when she was a philosophy/theology student and I picked up on a few instances of her sounding like she has a lisp. And I think someone commented on the last thread that she has a bit of a lisp. I’ve heard it recently too, namely in her room redecoration video.

Nothing wrong with a lisp obviously, I’ve just been hearing every now and then.

 

[phantomsbaebe]

I do agree that Ruby would benefit from opening her mind to a wider range of literature (and views about the world). Even if she intends to do an MA in Children's Lit it would do her no end of good to explore and engage with other texts.

As to your points about Lady Chatterley. I agree to an extent: it is important to view texts through the lens of the time they were writing. In its historical context, it's an important book. As to it being a good story.. had DH Lawrence not dehumanised Sir Clifford over the course of the novel and said that he essentially deserved what he got on account of his paraplegia, I wouldn't have felt it necessary to read up on his view of euthanasia and eugenics. When an author's politics shines through with so bigoted a light I find it hard to see the story as a good/ enjoyable one.

I know this is a massive tangent from talking about Ruby, so thanks for taking time to share opinions. I often think there are more interesting discussions about literature on this thread than on Ruby's GR page.

That's absolutely fair and thank you for being so gracious when we discussed this. The ability to see differing points of view about something is becoming a fading skill in these times. Thank you and I agree, literary discussion is a lovely thing on these threads! xx

 

[captain_sack]

Have we ever dissected the description she's now putting on each of her videos? Hard to decide what my favourite part is, but I think I've landed on "without feeding into Hustle Culture." (Why the capital letters? We may never know)

How delightfully ironic from one of the people most responsible for pedaling hustle culture on YouTube, having crafted her entire social media career off the back of toxic productivity.

 

[Deeznutslol]

Have we ever dissected the description she's now putting on each of her videos? Hard to decide what my favourite part is, but I think I've landed on "without feeding into Hustle Culture." (Why the capital letters? We may never know)

How delightfully ironic from one of the people most responsible for pedaling hustle culture on YouTube, having crafted her entire social media career off the back of toxic productivity.

Grace Beverley vibes right there smh

 

[gossip_guy]

I watched that one a while ago, and I feel like she could do a really cracking video where she revisits it and points out the flaws, and replaces her former advice with better advice. I’m not holding my breath for her to have the self-awareness and maturity to do that, though.

In one of her most recent videos, she literally told people that they should be spending hours more than they need on essays, not to improve the quality, but to force themselves to enjoy the process of essay-writing.

In Ruby’s words, everything you ever do? You're meant to love it. And if you don't? Just keep spending time on it until you magically do, even if you can deliver your best quality version of it in a fraction of the time. Next time you think you hate your job? Don't just clock out at 5 and go home to unwind and have fun. Put in 6 hours of free overtime, eventually you'll love it.

She's completely insane, and clearly she's learned nothing at all.

 

[coffee...cake]

It's always been Northern Lights in the UK. Apparently they changed it to The Golden Compass for US Release but originally and in the UK it's always been Northern Lights

Oh I'm an idiot lol, usually my brain would think that there would be a difference between the US and the UK versions of things (I mean, they rename basically everything) but I'm watching Ruby so my brain just went to her being wrong about it