Ruby Granger #35 Hello, it's Flu-bee!

[zoeanned]

Not her saying she loves Shakespeare’s tragedies, when according to her Goodreads she’s only read 3

 

[Griftwood]

No way! In her second newest tiktok (where she talks about watching Shakespear) she's actually brushing her hair! Maybe she will include this into her newest morning routine?

”And whilst Oiy’m broshing my hahr, Oiy loike tyo lie about hyow many bocks Oiy’ve read! Naxt, I tyouch moiy frackles with an invisible bryown pansill, johst to remoynd them of thahr natchroll colour!”

 

[figgypud]

I'd happily spend a day reading the same book as my friend, I actually think that would be super fun. But we'd do it in one of our homes, not our parents' camper van? I think that's what gives it such a teenage vibe - Mummy and Daddy's van in Mummy and Daddy's garden with snacks that Mummy and Daddy bought.

 

[Griftwood]

Also, when she rambles on about Pope using ancient mythology in his works, like, girl, that's the whole point! Pope was a classicist, that was his thing, "to copy nature is to copy them", i.e. the ancient Greek and Roman poets. We had to read his An Essay On Criticism in our first semester of our B.A. English Lit degree, I'm surprised she obviously hasn't.

Yeah but Roobee never ”went through a Greek mythology stage” in her childhood, which according to her is the only way anyone could possibly know anything about it, so it’s entirely understandable she also can’t comprehend entire literary/philosophical movements centred around classicism. Except for Cicero, she skimmed through several pages of Cicero’s letters once to suck up to her thesis supervisor.

 

[hart301]

I don’t find Ruby’s lack of wanting intimacy a real bother, honestly. I know a lot of other people in the same boat. I don’t think it’s a lack of maturity with intimacy, but more of a fear of sex / confronting her sexuality.
I know speculating on someone’s mental health isn’t a good thing to do, but to me it’s pretty clear that Ruby is neurodivergent and for a lot of neurodivergent people (as myself) dating & sex isn’t really running the show as it is for a lot of people in their early twenties. It can be uncomfortable to hear about ppls sex lives (especially if they are friends) but I doubt Ruby is friends with any of the sixteenth influencers anyways.
As long as she isn’t shaming people for having sex, I think her lack of having intimacy is fine imho.

 

[VallegGirl]

Hanging out with friends is a good thing and I'm glad to see Ruby with Blakeney. I hope Rubes & Blakes had fun but honestly I just get tweeny vibes from it. I used to do things like that with my bestie when I was around 12. By the time we were in our 20s we weren't hanging out in that way. Neither of us were into clubs or similar but snacks in an old van no - not at that age. A walk, a drink in a pub, coffee out, a meal out, making a meal together, a weekend somewhere were more our thing.

 

[moosesauna]

Has the video been deleted? Kinda miffed, I almost wanted to watch the cringe

 

[DrinaM]

Maybe I'm being snobbish but nothing screams 'I'm not a good writer' more than using "this essay will..." at university level

What bothers me most is she never tells us how "private" and "public" are being defined by her, the critics she's discussing, or how they may have been defined at the time of Dickinson writing. You can't present an argument like this without defining your terms. Your whole god damn argument rests on how you define these terms.

If I've picked it out correctly, I think her core idea is interesting; a binary, public OR private approach isn't useful in understanding Dickinson's poetry or her intentions. There's so much potential in this argument and it's all wasted

The fact this was published in any capacity is astounding to me.



Yooo lemme tell you, I went to Cambridge for my master's after getting a first in undergrad elsewhere and it humbled the ever living fuck out of me. And I didn't even have the same jumped up ego she does, I went in thinking applications to my course must've been sparse that year.

Warning: Crazed rant ahead!
Please don't feel snobbish. You are absolutely correct. It is such a poor sample of writing. It is not worthy of being published anywhere. You've hit the nail on the head too, with her failure to define terms. A total waste of an argument. I worry that younger, more impressionable students will see her published work as something to aspire to.

This is why Ruby angers me. Her focus on busy work nonsense, aesthetics, planners all decorated, vibing with a candle and some tea....this shit is not conducive to ACTUAL productivity. Her essays and written 'arguments' are awful. Her book reviews are so empty and vague. The way she summarises texts, whether orally or in writing is so meaningless. I see her as the opposite of a positive role model. My lifestyle during my undergrad and postgrad years looked nothing like what she presents in her content. My overall grades were excellent and I am proud of them. They were not achieved by doing any of the crap she does. At what point will she receive a wake up call? Are the people around her giving her dishonest or insincere feedback?

I am convinced that her obsession with Hermione is the motivating factor behind her academic career. Not a love of learning, not a love of books or knowledge. She wants to be seen as a smarty pants, old-fashioned, good little girl that can boss others around. Her smug superiority pisses me off and I really hope her content is not negatively impacting students.

If she mentions her YouTube channel in her personal statement, someone's going to look at it, and it'll only take a quick glance at a few videos to realise she's a lazy, fake and dishonest moron with a fragile grasp of the English language. If she brags about her AMMILY DICKENSON SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, they'll see a dead TikTok channel full of directionless, poorly-produced content which attracted almost no views. If she mentions her school job, they'll see a very short, very late tenure at the private school she attended and has close ties to (and she'll likely use her old teacher as a reference), which won't make her world look any less small, sheltered and privileged.

This. Absolutely this. The only institution or committee that I could see possibly being impressed by her socials is a library looking to hire someone to put returned books on the shelves or work in the early childhood reading corner

 

[Hannahebee]

Someone has just commented on Ruby's video by saying about Tattle and Ruby has said she would value constructive criticism if people said it to her directly.

 

[Griftwood]

Not that collar
In front it looked sloppy and like it was made in 10 minutes with shaking hands, but then she turned around and this massive flap on her back... I have no words

I put ”sailor collar sewing” in the search bar on youtube and got about 10 videos that immediately look useful. But nooooo, let’s just go by what we think one might look like, and then just straight cut it out of some wrinkled ass fabric on the bed.

 

[opal73]

I'm glad Ruby has at least one very close friend but Blakeney always looks like she's humouring a much younger cousin she's looking after when they're together

 

[ariawyn]

That’s not a collar it’s a fucking cape she’s finally regressed to the point of running about the house playing superhero. Unreal.

 

[londongirl92]

I was just looking back through her Instagram as I don't think I ever properly "followed" her and was curious. I feel like she was previously way more genuine about her interests/her style was actually nice a lot of the time. She still wore the weird hats and Miss Patina stuff but at least she actually put items together properly rather than always cosplaying as a schoolgirl.

Also, I came across a post from her 21st birthday, which made me laugh, where she claims someone had recently asked her if she was under 12. I don't believe this for a minute as the youngest she could pass for at that time is maybe 17/18 at a push. In the same post she also talks about finding it difficult to get older so it was an obvious cry of "oh I'm 21 but I look SO young - like a child!!". I feel like we still see a lot of this in her current content.

Spoiler: ED/Food

There was also a time where she looks physically healthier. Her weight seems to have pretty much stayed the same apart from losing some fullness in her face in about 2021 (totally normal at that age). But her body previously looked more toned/strong and she just seemed to have more energy. Filming herself running and dancing around... whereas now she claims to go on runs but never shows us any evidence of it.

Also her "food" highlight has pretty much always showed some kind of ED baiting. Very similar to Holly Gabrielle at the time with "aesthetic" meals with not much substance. And doing things like eating pasta with chopsticks.

I feel like she's almost cosplayed at having an ED which is an issue in itself. Trying not to speculate/diagnose her but it just seems so bait (even now!).

 

[Redrose97]

I don't think that Ruby even knows and just looks at a thesaurus all the time when she's speaking and picks words at random to make herself look intelligent.

 

[opal73]

Is she trolling us with her latest thumbnail making herself appear even more disturbed than normal, or was that the best she could come up with?

On Ruby being at home - the thing that's most maddening to me is that she owns her own house and has done absolutely nothing with it. I know we've had this discussion a million times that she doesn't realise her privilege but she's in a unique position practically no one else is in their early 20s to make enough money to be completely financially independent and own small property. Yet she's continued to live as a teenager in her parent's bedroom since graduating apart from a 3-week trip to New England that she never would have done if it hadn't been paid.
She could definitely have moved out by now and still stayed close to her family. Honestly if I were the Boneses I'd at least have sat her down by now and asked her about her future and gently encourage her to start packing up the old candles and school uniforms and get on with it.

 

[opal73]

I do think it's a bit funny how they all have a seat at the table and Ruby's awkwardly stuck on the far left end like an afterthought

 

[berkeleymoon87]

I find it strange that Ruby went to a private school and spent 4 years at a good university, but no one seems to have advised her about writing a CV.

I don't think she takes it too seriously because she wasn't seriously looking for a job anyway. I think her using the Granger last name and listing all those things is just so her fans will think that she was a prodigy who was able to balance a ton of activities with her academics. It seems to be mostly a vanity CV rather than a professional one.
Plus, whatever jobs she could potentially get are through connections she already has (her current job, for example). And Sixteenth plays a role in this, too.

 

[emmer_moans]

Why the random beret too? 🫣

 

[theMoth]

Never let anyone tell you you can't achieve anything you want, just as long as daddy can donate enough money to buy your way into it.

that is basically what Ruby has been told her whole life, I guess. and all the other children from rich families.

But if Ruby can get a job without the necessary qualification, I can too! (only without the help from my daddy's money)

 

[Redrose97]

I found Ruby's activities such as burning the poem to be absolutely strange to be honest, I found the whole video to be strange. I don't know if a part of this video, as someone said, is that she is trying to set herself up as being a creative genius who wasn't recognised until after her death. I don't understand why she can't think of her own ways to be creative instead of taking advice from another author and doing what they do. She just copies bits and pieces from other authors and how they write or they techniques such as Emily Dickenson and writing on scrap paper instead of finding a method that works for her.

I honestly think that she would be able to be a bit more creative if she left her bedroom and stopped acting like a child and lived a bit more of life. I don't know about anyone else but if I've been stuck inside for a few days, I'm not able to be as creative when it comes to writing or doing something academically, and I need to go out or I do something like go to work and ponder about what I need to think about. This is my technique when it comes to essay writing, I think about my essay as I work in the petrol station and I usually find the answer. I even wrote large sections of my dissertation in the back office in the petrol station!

I don't know if Ruby is struggling a lot more to be creative or with her writing of recently, especially since Lottie Parson isn't getting published just yet and she is apparently, writing so many books. I don't know if she is floundering a bit and she is trying all these methods to be creative and all the boredom activities to see if it helps her to generate an idea. Also that collar was awful, I was screaming at the screen for her to use a table when she was cutting. I think that she honestly spent more time making a mood board instead of actually reading instructions on how to make a collar, I know it was a sponsorship and she has to advertise that app, but I felt that she could have done much better instead of looking so pleased at herself for making a cape and having it lopsided with loose threads. I know it's her first attempt but her crafts are looking so juvenile.

Off note, I was rather stressed with her making her noodles in a milk pan as it was much too small. It bothered me so much more than it should have. I'm finding it odd on Tiktok she is doing a planner giveaway for teachers, I don't know if there is many teachers who would follow her and its for a secondary school class, you change teachers for every class you go to (at least I did) , so I am not sure how her give away is going to work.