I think it’s interesting that Ruby’s life is described throughout these threads as sheltered, “narrow”, etc. I’m not sure how true that is? Part of that perspective on Ruby is her own portrayal of herself - she wants to seem sheltered and even “unworldly”, because it makes her special and gives the perfect explanation for her behaviours.
But her background is very privileged and she hasn’t been constrained in her activities by any particular cultural factor (e.g. fundamentalist religion). She has always had access to education, cultural opportunities, travel, sports, and a wealth of material goods. She did multiple extra curricular activities. She travelled repeatedly to London for extra cultural activities to bolster her Oxford application. She was fully supported in her ambitions. She was well-regarded by her school and selected as head girl.
She went to a good university and, yes, did get a first-class degree. She did live away from her parents, as much as we may criticise the details of how she handled Covid. And she became a successful content creator as a teenager - that is her real job. The finances tell their own tale.
She owns property. She is, yes, late learning to drive - but that’s relatively more common now in the wake of Covid, which itself affected driving lesson availability. She is monied enough that it’s understandable it wasn’t her priority. She has now travelled fairly extensively in Europe, albeit without ever going off the beaten track, and she has been to the US - she’s no adventurer, but I don’t think this can be considered a narrow life when many are unable to afford travel at all. Most forms of “adventurous” and “authentic” travel are ultimately fairly fabricated also.
She has hobbies, does sport for pleasure, struggles with mental health issues, sees a therapist, reads, is pursuing graduate education, writes, and continues with her job. Several of her family members are also struggling - she doesn’t focus on that in her content but surely it affects her. Her life isn’t perfect because nobody’s life is.
Believe me, it feels weird to write essentially a “defence” of Ruby when I’m normally very critical of her. I think she’s a deeply troubled person producing harmful content, and nothing I’ve said here changes my take on that. But I think she’s just…experienced what she’s experienced. Her life isn’t inherently narrow because she hasn’t been on a load of dates or gone backpacking in Thailand. She isn’t necessarily sheltered because she pretends to be (especially not if there is indeed alcoholism in her immediate family). A lot of what she posts is always, really, a performance imo.
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