Edel Coffey: Is TubeGirl just realising life's truths earlier than us Geriatric Millennials?

"I’m not even sure if it’s about gaining confidence so much as it’s about shedding anxieties about yourself and worries about what other people might think of you."

Picture: Bríd O'Donovan

There is a saying that goes, ‘your right to swing your arms ends just where another’s nose begins’. It’s a phrase I often have in mind, for example, when someone stands too close to me in a public space, to when my kids are bickering about who’s invading their side of the couch. But it came to mind for another reason last week.

If you haven’t heard of TubeGirl, she is Sabrina Bahsoon, a law student at Durham University who has gone viral on TikTok for recording videos of herself dancing on the London tube.