{"id":1395185,"date":"2017-01-11T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1395185"},"modified":"2017-01-13T09:29:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:29:19","slug":"rubyetcs-new-book-of-honest-mental-health-drawings-is-a-must-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/rubyetcs-new-book-of-honest-mental-health-drawings-is-a-must-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubyetc&#8217;s New Book of Honest Mental Health Drawings Is a MUST-READ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/rubyetcrelease_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of our SparkNotes editors (not saying names, but Emily) first discovered Rubyetc \u00a0while dining on a \u00a0midnight snack of a sleeve of Oreos \u00a0and seltzer as she \u00a0infinite-scrolled \u00a0down her Tumblr feed until the break of \u00a0day. \u00a0She describes the moment she first saw one of Ruby&#8217;s illustrations as an awakening.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit A:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BLLQfuODLrg\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s all going beautifully<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Ruby (@rubyetc_) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-10-05T09:17:22+00:00\">Oct 5, 2016 at 2:17am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><br \/>\n London-based Ruby Elliot (internet~* handle Rubyetc)&#8217;s bio reads: &#8220;a twentysomething artist and illustrator; lover of dogs, and hater of kale,&#8221; which is ten out of ten as kale is objectively overrated and dogs are the only thing in this world that SparkNotes employees love more than making memes out of classic literature. \u00a0Ruby&#8217;s<span class=\"emoji\"> \u00a0areas of expertise, besides posting A+ insta-stories of her gorgeous dog, are cranking out \u00a0comics \u00a0about mental health that are <a href=\"http:\/\/rubyetc.tumblr.com\/post\/152252383482\/why-are-you-so-relatable\" target=\"_blank\">the MOST \u00a0relatable<\/a> on every level.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 45.74074074074074% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BLI1MI5jkO_\/\" target=\"_blank\">Please<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Ruby (@rubyetc_) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-10-04T10:40:17+00:00\">Oct 4, 2016 at 3:40am PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>^Hand-boots: a Rubyetc motif<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ruby&#8217;s comics \u00a0are candid about her experiences with depression, anxiety, and self-harm, and \u00a0her art is a testament to the support she&#8217;s found in her online community. It works in the other direction, too\u2014her comics can be \u00a0hilarious and deeply moving, often simultaneously\u2014they provide \u00a0comfort \u00a0to \u00a0people struggling with the mental illnesses that \u00a0she illustrates.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BLnttqXDhMq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ha ha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Ruby (@rubyetc_) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-10-16T10:31:25+00:00\">Oct 16, 2016 at 3:31am PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was a REAL \u00a0treat when we found out \u00a0that Ruby, whose Tumblr following has surpassed 200k, scored a book deal last year. \u00a0Come January 31, you will be able to purchase, caress, and file &#8220;It&#8217;s All Absolutely Fine: Life Is Complicated So I&#8217;ve Drawn It Instead&#8221; \u00a0to your Goodreads list labeled \u00a0&#8220;YESSSSS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can preorder it on BN.com \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/its-all-absolutely-fine-ruby-elliot\/1124086241?ean=9781449480424\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, take a look at Ruby&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rubyetc_\/\" target=\"_blank\">Insta<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rubyetc.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rubyetc\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. There are more <a href=\"http:\/\/rubyetc.tumblr.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\">potatoes<\/a> than Sam Gamgee could ever ask for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our SparkNotes editors (not saying names, but Emily) first discovered Rubyetc \u00a0while dining on a \u00a0midnight snack of a sleeve of Oreos \u00a0and seltzer as she \u00a0infinite-scrolled \u00a0down her Tumblr feed until the   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[23410,438,6161,23436],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395185"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}