There‘s a difference between keeping intouch wirh your inner child and being childish.
I’ve always got the impression from Ruby’s videos that she isn’t really enjoying university, and it hasn’t really lived up to her expectations. Maybe in her heart she’s never really committed to Exeter as it wasn’t her first choice, or it could just be the ‘small fish, big pond’ thing but I wonder if that’s why she clings on to her school days so much.
The thing is, I think Ruby actually does need that support too - perhaps not necessarily academically but definitely in the pastoral sense. I don’t think she’s seeking time with her lecturers because she thinks she’s brilliant and wants her ego massaging, but more because she seems to completely lack confidence in herself and she’s seeking reassurance. There’s an underlying anxiety to the way she goes about her work that’s really sad, she seems to do so much extra out of panic rather than because she’s really enjoying herself. She really does need some help and support, even if it’s just a mentor or something like that who can give her some time and help her gain a sense of perspective before she burns herself out - she seems to have got so much more stressed since her marks have started counting to her final degree and I really worry what shes going to be like next year, especially if everything’s still virtual. Both Ruby and her sister seem to crave attention, and Ruby looks for it by being ‘perfect’ and Martha by being ‘bad‘. Neither is particularly healthy when taken to extremes.
Bit harsh? At the end of the day she was what, 10-12ish when she was bullied? Most kids that age have irritating quirks and a lack of awareness of self and other (hell, there are plenty of adults who haven’t developed that either
) Being accepting of difference goes both ways. To be fair, it sounds like her school took it seriously and helped her and she eventually found a niche there - speaking as someone who was bullied through secondary education and who dealt with the bullying by erm ... not going to school I can’t see that as a bad thing really. But the bullying obviously affected her massively and that’s a shame.
The only time it feels warm and festive is only at the very end, the rest is terrifying when you're a child and sobering as an adult. Reading it for the first time was an experience alright. To each their own but it makes me feel as festive as an afternoon tea with Miss Havisham.
Omg I thought it was just me who shudders when I see the constant clutter in the house and the mess all over the kitchen. I'm not a neat freak by any means but I can't stand a dirty kitchen. I bet the whole house smells of dog too and not in a good way. "Middle class mucky" is a fantastic description, I might have to steal it!
this always gets me - I’m female, and am utterly baffled that a woman could ever romanticise living with virtually no rights...I remember during the last election she got all excited over being able to vote, the fact that she doesn’t seem to acknowledge that she fantasises over living in a world where she can’t do that is just weird. Also given her whole personality is built around studying, seems ironic she’s desperate to live in an era she would most likely have been denied access to an education.Ahhh yess! I did wonder if it was the house with the extra word in the title, but there weren't any pictures to be nosey at. The weird triangle hedge would still be visible outside her window too as I think all the houses have that same connecting driveway.
Housing websites online do predict their £775 house would be work £1 mil now though so still a lot of money!
yup, I know for a fact if I was alive in the Victorian era I'd be some slave girl ahah, and the same can probably be said about a lot of her viewers. I think she got some criticism in the past for romanitcising this era from viewers of minority groups.
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Apologies for the horrendous formatting (MS paint + I should be working), but these are a selection of comments from a post she did a few months back
ruby granger #3: call me by my scientific names and i'll still play children's games?#3 Call things by their scientific name to try prove I’m knowledgeable when in fact I’m a 12yo in a body of a 20yo privileged young-adult
Jks but this pretty much summarises her
Oh yeah, it's absolutely to get a pat on the back rather than a genuine concern about misinterpreting an essay question or needing tips. One of my lecturers very tactfully said a similar thing, to try and dissuade those who only need validation from coming to office hours.
Correct, however the BMI criteria for anorexia is heavily criticised in the psychiatric community and there are movements going on to have it removed as it is increasingly recognised people with higher BMIs can also suffer anorexia. My ED psychiatrist told me they are actually more concerned when they have a patient for example whose BMI is around 18 but is rapidly falling, compared to someone whose BMI might be 16 but their weight is relatively stable.
