I still don’t know why she agreed to do the debate, given the horror she had about being recognised at AXE-tar. I suppose she does have a degree of expertise but there are influencers and there are influencers, and I’m not sure that a StudyTuber is really best placed to talk about the ‘influence of influencers’ in the widest sense.
Ruby Granger #42 The Earnestness of Being Important
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The fact that not everyone does it doesn't mean that's not the event's dress code...Ruby sticks out like a sore thumb in the pictures and that's because she's underdressed compared to everyone else. And the reason why she's underdressed is because she stubbornly refuses to act her own age
I'm thinking she was still ashamed of not getting into Oxford. Now she's at Oxford, so if people want to come up to her and take pictures, she's not embarrassed to be associated with her school
Never in my nash did I expect to see the words Gemma Colins and Oxford University in the same sentence.
Eh, some of us feel self-conscious showing lots of leg, or don't like tight and short skirts. I'll happily wear a nice dress to a club or bar but at work I dress pretty formally, with a lot of knee-length skirts. It's what I feel comfortable in, even if it's not 'mature' or fashionable. I do kinda resent that people (not you, but some others I've seen online) think women should either look super sexy or like Christian grannies, no in-between. Ruby's clothes are just baggy and ill-fitting and emphasize how small she is, so they give her that 'childish' look - and the school badge and Victorian child details don't help. It's not about the length, it's more the general cut of her clothes, like they're borrowed from someone older or younger.
That wasn't at a debate, was it? Because speaker events aren't black tie, but evening debates are.
And lack of ironing i would add.
I also dont iron regularly (almost never).
But I buy clothes that dont get wrinkled much.
Another trick is to spray water on wrinkles and blowdry. I did that for my shirt before an online interview today.
I get that it’s tradition etc but honestly, I would refuse to wear a ballgown to a debate as well. I just wouldn’t want to be cold and uncomfortable.
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Not to get too far into this, because it is thoroughly off topic, but I am just some rando on a forum. Literally wear whatever tf you want. I go around in "granny" skirts as you call them, because they're practical and easy to exist in, so I'm hardly a fashionista. Love me a good circle skirt that hits at the mid calf.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with dressing conservatively (as in being as undaring as possible with your clothes, that is) and in certain situations (like the office) it is expected. I just don't think it is at all flattering, or the most practical way to dress. So you kind of get the worst of both worlds. (Belt is probably also the wrong descriptor. Mid-thigh is really the bound there imo.)
There's absolutely nothing wrong with dressing conservatively (as in being as undaring as possible with your clothes, that is) and in certain situations (like the office) it is expected. I just don't think it is at all flattering, or the most practical way to dress. So you kind of get the worst of both worlds. (Belt is probably also the wrong descriptor. Mid-thigh is really the bound there imo.)
I have a lot of linen shirts, and my top tip is to put them on a hanger, pull out as many creases as possible, and then hang somewhere with good airflow to dry. CBA to iron.And lack of ironing i would add.
I also dont iron regularly (almost never).
But I buy clothes that dont get wrinkled much.
Another trick is to spray water on wrinkles and blowdry. I did that for my shirt before an online interview today.
possible thread title : Mouldy plates, lousy debates and stalking course mates
looks like some weird Masque or pageant from the court of Henry 8th.
Idk if you saw the picture of Ruby at the debate, but the dress she chose was actually shorter than a lot of her clothes and she didn't wear tights. Everyone else dressed nicely and many women wore floor-length dresses. Ruby looked like the younger sibling that one of the debate participants was forced to bring because their parents needed a babysitter. It would be understandable if Ruby didn't have the means to acquire proper attire, but we know she does.
Exactly. No one is mandating a particular skirt length for Rubert. Just saying that her continued determination to dress inappropriately for specific occasions reveals a bizarre mindset. She is more attached to her need to appear different / childlike / special / small than she is to actually fitting in, even in a context that she claims has long been a desired one for her (ie Oxford).
But she is capable of dressing appropriately, remember when she went to that film premiere in a black strapless evening dress that was so out of character for her but it actually looked decent!
Bad mental health evening
Yeah this is quite out of character too? Maybe she really isn’t feeling great- or her management is telling her to push mental health
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Bad grades? Publisher rejections? Post-debate embarrassment? Separation anxiety from being away from mummy for more than a week?
Of course, it's just a lead-in for her to be incredibly fake again and mention that she bought some books that she has zero interest in, because she's JANUINELY a VARRY INTALLIJANT BOCKWARM.
Ruby, this might be a bit more meaningful if you hadn't spent your entire YouTube career setting a literally impossible standard of toxic productivity with your fake, staged vlogs, cramming days worth of footage, fictional off-screen activities and endless lies into what's presented as a 12 hour day for young people to aspire to and burn themselves out trying to emulate.
That screams "Oxford is much harder than I thought and I'm less prepared and less capable than my fellow students" to me. Could also be the very first step towards an attempted change of subject or dropping out (supposedly subtly implying that she's just not doing well and that mental health is more important than academic success = excuses for failure).
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