Ellie
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Eleanor "Ellie" Payton |
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Dorley girl |
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| Gender | Female |
| Year of intake | unknown |
| Sponsor | unknown |
| Gender at intake | Cis male |
| Date of birth | unknown |
| Name at intake | unknown |
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Eleanor, more commonly referred to as Ellie, is a Dorley graduate who sponsored Pippa in the 2016 intake.[SD 5] She did not sponsor any other girls and has since moved to New England; it is unclear what exactly she is doing now. [SD 25]
Relationship with Pippa
Ellie and Pippa seem to have had a somewhat difficult relationship that left Pippa with mixed feelings about her sponsor. Pippa remarks that Ellie “hadn’t exactly been a hugger” [SD 29] and recalls that the morning after her orchiectomy, Ellie brought her a novelty mug with an orchi joke on it:
Step one of recovery, Ellie claimed, was learning to laugh about it. [SD 25]
Pippa expresses gratitude for the distance currently between them, [SD 25] but nevertheless admits Ellie was the "right person" to sponsor her and that she did a good job, "all things considered", [SD 29] crediting Ellie with making her understand how destructive her anger was and the path it was leading her to, [SD 36] as well as encouraging her to embrace femininity. [SD 45]
Pippa seems to still be in occasional contact with Ellie. [SD 29]
Notes
- There is a mention of Ellie in Chapter 5 that was edited out of the Neem Tree Press edition of Welcome to Dorley Hall, where Pippa explains that her cold treatment of Stephanie early in the programme was an imitation of Ellie’s behavior at that stage. [SD 5]
| Dorley girls (and a few non-girls) | |
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| Others from unknown intakes | Amethyst, Atiena, Bella, Daisy, Donna, Ellie, Emma*, Farah, Francesca, Harmony, Indira, Jan, Jane (Natalie), Jenna, Lisa, Margaret, Monica, Pamela, Rabia (Trish), Sally, Selena, Tanya |
| 2016 intake | Cally, Meredith*, Pippa (Ellie), Siobhan*, Veronica, Willow, plus 3 unnamed washouts |