Sasha Alsberg Part 2

[Bloopina_]

Am I missing something or are her 2 weeks of self isolation up? I really don't want to say.e the worst but it's so bizarre seeing her going to the elvetham and now to a restaurant.

Like surely she cant be this flagrant with her violations

[lavinyaapash]

Am I missing something or are her 2 weeks of self isolation up? I really don't want to say.e the worst but it's so bizarre seeing her going to the elvetham and now to a restaurant.

Like surely she cant be this flagrant with her violations

Welcome to Sasha! You'll soon see she can indeed be as careless about her violations as she seems.

[chattybox]

Part of me wants her to not get her visa because her failing to follow the UK’s quarantine guidelines (and being so blatant about it!) is inexcusable and indefensible, and the entire way she’s handled her immigration process shows how privileged and entitled she is. But another part of me thinks it is clear that she’s been struggling for a long time, and that moving to London (where she clearly prefers being) would do her some good.

I think she desperately needs some kind of structure in her life — I don’t think it is any coincidence that she changed so drastically and that her channel went down hill as soon as she moved out of Texas. I think working with and living so close to Lindsay forced her to both stick to a schedule and be accountable to someone she saw face-to-face regularly. I also don’t think it is any coincidence that her and Lindsay’s relationship seemed to break down when they were writing and editing Nexus. I cannot imagine how difficult it would have been for Lindsay to work with someone who is not only unreliable but lives across the country.

I know it will never happen, but I think she would benefit hugely if she got a part-time job or went back to school, especially now that it seems like she’s close to finishing Project Red. Or even if she just surrounded herself with someone like Lindsay who behaves like an adult. Her new roommate doesn’t seem to work, though (likely doesn’t need to). I think her goal is to be like Taran: he doesn’t need to work, spends a lot of his time going on trips and living extravagantly, but still gets to call himself a writer (not trying to knock what he’s achieved), but she doesn’t want to put in the work to write the way he does.

I think you make a lot of great points, especially in regard to her detrimental lack of routine and your evaluation of Taran. (I won't take away from his career achievements, but I always got the vibes that becoming an author was a part of staking out an identity outside of being rich. Hence the bio: "NYT Bestselling Author of the Summoner Series - Read 8 million times online & published in 15 languages." All props to him but the flaunt comes off weird.)

Anyway, I believe it's been said before, but a complete shift into lifestyle guru with writing on the side would suit her more than clinging onto this booktube bookish gal identity.

[cringeanalyst]

I saw this thread on Twitter when Elizabeth May responded to it. It's a loooong read but TLDR: immigrating to the UK is hard. Of course she's getting through some of this with Taran or her "childhood friend" dumping tons of money into it to speed things along for her

[driftwood93]

I saw this thread on Twitter when Elizabeth May responded to it. It's a loooong read but TLDR: immigrating to the UK is hard. Of course she's getting through some of this with Taran or her "childhood friend" dumping tons of money into it to speed things along for her

This is exactly why I brought up Elizabeth May in previous posts. It wasn't me trying to be overly negative so much as just pointing out how HARD it is. I'm not defending my country's policies. Frankly, when it comes to immigration, I think the UK is fucking appalling with the way we treat migrants. But my point is, if getting a long term visa which then turned into ILR was so hard for Elizabeth May, a PhD graduate from St Andrews - so had hugely beneficial qualifications, and had earned those qualifications in the UK and thus put money and research into the country - found it gruelling, then what does that say about the process?

[Callan]

Looks like Ramen princess traded up, clever use of whatever body parts she had to offer, can't be her brains for sure.

[BlueGiraffe]

I actually don’t think Taran’s family owns her apartment — it looks like it belongs to her roommate’s family. Her roommate (who is also flying back and forth between the UK and US) was posting photos at the apartment in early July, long before Sasha posted about looking for a roommate. The decor in the living room also seems to belong to her roommate.

So Sasha just knows two extremely wealthy families, one of whom is definitely greasing the wheels of her visa application, and the other of whom is likely giving her a reduced rate (at the very least) on an apartment in West Kensington, in one of the most expensive boroughs in London.

I wouldn't be so sure based on this picture from Taran's insta a year ago.



Sasha also had one like this on her insta, only it'd take a while for me to find.

I'm thinking Taran, too. But mostly because the street she lives on isn't viewable on Google Street View. I know that some of the rich and famous manage to somehow get that little bit of privacy of not having their private properties seen by anyone and everyone via Google.

[chattybox]

I saw this thread on Twitter when Elizabeth May responded to it. It's a loooong read but TLDR: immigrating to the UK is hard. Of course she's getting through some of this with Taran or her "childhood friend" dumping tons of money into it to speed things along for her

I had no idea immigrating to the UK was so challenging. I do know that Laura Sebastian (another author who Sasha has been spending time with) has acquired a Global Talent visa. And though Sebastian's books have been much more successful than Sasha's, with Taran's financial and influential backing, I do think Sasha will be successful in getting a visa. Ugh. Of course, more longterm residence is another story.

[Sarahbat04]

Guys she just posted to her story that she’s going back to the states to vote.... she didn’t vote early? Request an absentee ballot? She’s going to be either A- voting early in MA (and there’s STILL lines and she’s STILL out in public without quarantining. MA numbers are on the rise) or B- going ON Election Day a week later STILL not quarantining for enough time. You’d think that if she knew she was going to England she would vote absentee. Jesus.

[PlanetJanet]

I noticed something interesting on Sasha’s Instagram story some time last week (not sure exactly when). She said she had an appointment to get her biometrics done for her visa. The way she has been expressing things about this visa is as though she’s already gotten it approved. But she definitely hasn’t. Because according to this UK government website, you get your biometrics done and then you wait to be approved: https://www.gov.uk/apply-to-come-to-the ... ppointment
So she’s furnishing this apartment and making all these plans on a 50/50 chance. That is ridiculously irresponsible. Not surprising, considering what we all know about Sasha. What she’s doing, the way she is behaving, is the definition of counting your chickens before they have hatched. She literally has a 50% chance of this all blowing up in her face. I genuinely cannot imagine living like that. I studied abroad in the UK. I didn’t book the flight until I was approved to go. Because that’s what you do. What normal people do. You wait for confirmation and then you act. Switching those steps is so foolish.

[oh_do_tell]

I noticed something interesting on Sasha’s Instagram story some time last week (not sure exactly when). She said she had an appointment to get her biometrics done for her visa. The way she has been expressing things about this visa is as though she’s already gotten it approved. But she definitely hasn’t. Because according to this UK government website, you get your biometrics done and then you wait to be approved: https://www.gov.uk/apply-to-come-to-the ... ppointment
So she’s furnishing this apartment and making all these plans on a 50/50 chance. That is ridiculously irresponsible. Not surprising, considering what we all know about Sasha. What she’s doing, the way she is behaving, is the definition of counting your chickens before they have hatched. She literally has a 50% chance of this all blowing up in her face. I genuinely cannot imagine living like that. I studied abroad in the UK. I didn’t book the flight until I was approved to go. Because that’s what you do. What normal people do. You wait for confirmation and then you act. Switching those steps is so foolish.

I'm 100% sure she will get the visa ...

[jysk]

I noticed something interesting on Sasha’s Instagram story some time last week (not sure exactly when). She said she had an appointment to get her biometrics done for her visa. The way she has been expressing things about this visa is as though she’s already gotten it approved. But she definitely hasn’t. Because according to this UK government website, you get your biometrics done and then you wait to be approved: https://www.gov.uk/apply-to-come-to-the ... ppointment
So she’s furnishing this apartment and making all these plans on a 50/50 chance. That is ridiculously irresponsible. Not surprising, considering what we all know about Sasha. What she’s doing, the way she is behaving, is the definition of counting your chickens before they have hatched. She literally has a 50% chance of this all blowing up in her face. I genuinely cannot imagine living like that. I studied abroad in the UK. I didn’t book the flight until I was approved to go. Because that’s what you do. What normal people do. You wait for confirmation and then you act. Switching those steps is so foolish.

Thanks for pointing this out! I was shocked when she posted about getting her biometrics done and assumed her visa was much further along than it actually is.

Can someone who's been through the UK immigration system on a tier-2 or a tier-5 visa explain if she actually needs to be in the UK for any part of her application? From what I can gather, it doesn't seem like she needs to be, seeing as she's giving her biometrics at a VAC in the States, but I've never been through the UK immigration system, and the immigration system I have been through (Canada) instructed applicants to complete their visa and residency applications from the current country they were living in. Is there any real justifiable reason for her to be flying back and forth during a pandemic? She's framing her trips as essential and immigration-related when it is pretty clear that they're not.

[anastasia1989]

I am currently in the UK on a Tier 5 visa (not the same as the one she’s applying for but still a similar process) and you are actually not allowed to be in the UK to submit your application. At the moment there are different rules because of coronavirus but they only apply if you’re already in the UK and switching to a different visa. There is absolutely zero reason for Sasha to be here now and to be rushing the process and flying back and forth. She just wants to decorate her flat and visit her sugar daddy. That is not essential travel. She is not trying to get in on a European passport before the deadline so she should be staying put in the US where she already has a home and an income, and not floating around as if there is not a pandemic. London will still be there next year. She is impatient and entitled and expects to get what she wants right now, regardless of the consequences, all while preaching to other people about how they should act. Do as she says, not as she does.

[Gossip_chatter]

Ugh. I hate it when Sasha posts with a book, and is like "duhh, of course I love books!" when she even mentioned months ago that most books she takes pictures with are just a "prop" for her bookish madness. Like if you don't want to do it anymore no use pretending you still are because most people know she isn't a booktuber any more.

[egomaniacpancakes]

Sasha isn't in the UK. She's in Boston. I was scrolling thru Instagram and noticed that JD Netto posted a picture with Sasha in Copley Square. They are in front of the old church there and acting like they are in Scotland and talking bout Outlander. The funny part Copley Square sits in the middle of the Back Bay of Boston. You can actually see the Hancock tower in the background. But sure dress up and take pictures. Then they are in Barnes and Noble in the Prudential Mall. Pre-covid I worked down the street and spent many a lunch in that Mall and Barnes and Noble. It's the only one in the whole area.

[anastasia1989]

Sasha isn't in the UK. She's in Boston. I was scrolling thru Instagram and noticed that JD Netto posted a picture with Sasha in Copley Square. They are in front of the old church there and acting like they are in Scotland and talking bout Outlander. The funny part Copley Square sits in the middle of the Back Bay of Boston. You can actually see the Hancock tower in the background. But sure dress up and take pictures. Then they are in Barnes and Noble in the Prudential Mall. Pre-covid I worked down the street and spent many a lunch in that Mall and Barnes and Noble. It's the only one in the whole area.

Yeah, she just returned to Boston a couple of days ago, but is planning to go back to London in November. She’s already out and about in Boston as she has a negative Covid-19 test, which is apparently sufficient for Massachusetts. Interesting, as I know many countries have a mandatory 14 day quarantine regardless of whether you have a negative result as the virus has a long incubation period.

Side note, cannot believe she has been sent a massive PR gift from drunk elephant despite her skincare/beauty content being even more half-assed than her book content.

[egomaniacpancakes]

Yeah, she just returned to Boston a couple of days ago, but is planning to go back to London in November. She’s already out and about in Boston as she has a negative Covid-19 test, which is apparently sufficient for Massachusetts. Interesting, as I know many countries have a mandatory 14 day quarantine regardless of whether you have a negative result as the virus has a long incubation period.

Side note, cannot believe she has been sent a massive PR gift from drunk elephant despite her skincare/beauty content being even more half-assed than her book content.

Yes, Massachusetts only requires 14 day quarantine or a Negative Covid test taken within 72 hours of arriving here. Covid is spiking all around here though so she may get stuck in Mass for a while before she can go back.

[anastasia1989]

Interesting to se what she’ll do now that the UK are returning to another lockdown, as she said she was going to be coming back in mid-November. I realise she didn’t care about following the quarantine requirements before, but now there doesn’t see much point in coming over if she can’t do any shopping, dining or travelling, which is all she seems to do. She would literally be coming over to sit in her empty flat ordering Uber eats and waitrose deliveries for a few weeks, then flying back.

[driftwood93]

Interesting to se what she’ll do now that the UK are returning to another lockdown, as she said she was going to be coming back in mid-November. I realise she didn’t care about following the quarantine requirements before, but now there doesn’t see much point in coming over if she can’t do any shopping, dining or travelling, which is all she seems to do. She would literally be coming over to sit in her empty flat ordering Uber eats and waitrose deliveries for a few weeks, then flying back.

As this is now a policy, I'm questioning whether she'll even be allowed here. (Btw, Peston is the political editor for ITV news, our biggest UK news channel after the BBC, it's a very verifiable news source) British people are no longer allowed to travel internationally except for work. So I would assume it goes the other way too, that you could only come here for work purposes? Honestly, she has no reason to be here. And as a Brit I'm infuriated. I support another lockdown, but I'm so mad that our government has not enforced quarantine and thus people like her have just been coming here and not been quarantining properly and we are in another crisis. There's loads of other reasons why we're here but I'm just incredibly angry tonight.

[Bloopina_]

Interesting to se what she’ll do now that the UK are returning to another lockdown, as she said she was going to be coming back in mid-November. I realise she didn’t care about following the quarantine requirements before, but now there doesn’t see much point in coming over if she can’t do any shopping, dining or travelling, which is all she seems to do. She would literally be coming over to sit in her empty flat ordering Uber eats and waitrose deliveries for a few weeks, then flying back.

As this is now a policy, I'm questioning whether she'll even be allowed here. (Btw, Peston is the political editor for ITV news, our biggest UK news channel after the BBC, it's a very verifiable news source) British people are no longer allowed to travel internationally except for work. So I would assume it goes the other way too, that you could only come here for work purposes? Honestly, she has no reason to be here. And as a Brit I'm infuriated. I support another lockdown, but I'm so mad that our government has not enforced quarantine and thus people like her have just been coming here and not been quarantining properly and we are in another crisis. There's loads of other reasons why we're here but I'm just incredibly angry tonight.

I'm really curious how itll affect her plans seeing as how all non-essential travel is now banned and she doesnt even have her visa yet