Alix Earle is a 22 year old who blew up on social media overnight, and became famous for “GRWM” (Get Ready With Me) content. She was a senior at the University of Miami when she became super popular on social media.
The other night, my friends and I watched Alix Earle’s new podcast, and she talked about how one night she went out to a Gatsby themed party. It stuck with me, and I began to think about how she is todays Daisy.
Alix came from a very wealthy family from New Jersey and is undeniably one of the most influential ‘it’ girls right now. She is someone that many look at and just see her as a pretty, rich, Miami party girl and become obsessed. I think that Daisy was also seen in that light, a wealthy and pretty girl who did not have much behind the surface.
Alix Earle for Elle Magazine (2023)
I unfortunately, began to fall down the trap of assuming the same about Alix in the past few months, when I would only see the highlights on social media of her constantly going out, partying, and just having fun. On another famous and recent podcast of another girl, Alix opened up quite a bit about her personal life and how it affected her. I immediately felt guilty because of all the things I assumed about her life being enviable and carefree. Likewise, Daisy had lots of things going on beyond the surface that she did not show with her marriage. Daisy was very aware of her situation with some of the things she would tell Nick in chapter one, like how, “Tom was God knows where” (Fitzgerald, 16) for the birth of their child. Daisy seems to keep a lot of things to herself and project herself differently in society. Alix does the same, and I do not see much wrong with keeping your personal life out of the media, especially in todays world.