Agree. Plus I always enjoyed watching those videos. I can't relate to them at all, but I still loved seeing what she got.It's funny, she stopped doing haul videos and 'what i got for my birthday' videos because she thought they were flaunting her privilege too much. But in my opinion, vlogs where she spends 100% of her time at home doing nothing are MUCH worse in terms of showing off privilege. The material stuff is one thing, but the lifestyle is on a completely different level IMO. If you buy yourself or get gifted a ton of expensive stuff BUT work hard at the same time, I frankly don't mind as much (you can do what you want with your money as long as you're not a dick about it). On the other hand, if you are so privileged you don't even need to work a day in your life and can afford to turn 'reading books in bed' into your full-time occupation, THAT bothers me a lot more as a viewer and it shows a LOT more privilege. The fact that she seems so oblivious to it (re constant comments about how tired she feels, etc) makes it a lot worse as well.
Yeah well said. Something that kind of grates on me is when youtubers say "I'm editing a video for you guys" - as if it is a selfless gift lolExactly. I find it a bit odd. A lot of the comments are asking questions and she definitely has time to answer. I just find it quite hollow when youtubers refer to their audiences as 'you guys' and 'you guys are so supportive' and 'you guys are the reason I get to live this life' but they don't even bother interacting with their audience any more than that. Just makes their gratefulness seem performative.
She moved back in with her mum and stepdad, did a master's, bought a house that's being renovated. That's pretty much it! Zak became a chef for a bit and is now unemployed as he's helping Jess with whatever the hell she does... Bit of an anomaly!Hi. New to the thread but watched her since Edinburgh uni days. Can someone catch me up, whats happened to her mum? Is she still living at home? Etc etc
May I add the address isn’t on here, just an interiorhttp://www.thelightingasylum.com/w12residence sorry if this is inappropriate but this is her house is it not?
was he unemployed as a result of covid? Thats awful news if thats the case and incredibly awful about her mum.She moved back in with her mum and stepdad, did a master's, bought a house that's being renovated. That's pretty much it! Zak became a chef for a bit and is now unemployed as he's helping Jess with whatever the hell she does... Bit of an anomaly!
Edit: oh and her mum was recently diagnosed with lymphoma.
No, I believe he left to be her personal joey before Covid.was he unemployed as a result of covid? Thats awful news if thats the case and incredibly awful about her mum.
im astonished that she hasnt done anything with her degree and masters or gone on to do something great. Back when I watched her at uni i always got the impression she would go on to do great things and be successful
what is it her mum does that means she can fund jess’ lifestyle
You are correct! He quit his chef gig to become her personal assistant and that was well before Covid.No, I believe he left to be her personal joey before Covid.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong..
Ahhh ok. Won't be becoming a private investigator anytime soon then!This doesn't sound right. Jess' mom's house is in ——— while the Gorillaz house is located at ————. Also, her house is more spacious than the one in the Gorillaz video and her mom is so private I highly doubt she would ever let a film crew come into her house to shoot a music video. What's more, the music video is from 2012 -- by comparing the staircase from the Gorillaz video with Jess' videos from 2012 you can tell it looks different.
Jess has mentioned before both her mum and stepdad are lawyers. They're partners at the firm too so I'd imagine they make 7 figures each.was he unemployed as a result of covid? Thats awful news if thats the case and incredibly awful about her mum.
im astonished that she hasnt done anything with her degree and masters or gone on to do something great. Back when I watched her at uni i always got the impression she would go on to do great things and be successful
what is it her mum does that means she can fund jess’ lifestyle
I think she just wants a purpose, and studying clearly made her happyIn her Vlogtober Week 2 video she mentioned that she wants to take her science A levels to maybe study science at a higher level. Does she want to go into medicine like her dad?
I’ve just gone and watched that part now, it sounds quite far fetched and surely it would be really difficult to just dive into science subjects at a level when she’s been studying literature based subjects for so long, especially maths. In Ireland we have to do maths for our leaving cert and I also did physics, even though I would be more inclined to English like Jess. It’s much harder than I think she imagines it to be. I admire her for thinking about it, but she does admit she probably would never do it. The botany course sounds good though, better than lying in bed. God I really wish I had the money to just endlessly educate myself hahaWow I don’t watch her videos much anymore but I’d never have expected that