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I don't have a dream job. I want to be a fairy and sleep in a tulip

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One of the worst feelings is when you feel a hyperfixiation slipping.. Like no.. Youre so sexy pls keep giving me happy chemical

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nice

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"I hope this email finds you well!"

How the email finds me:

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hey so it’s march now aka the beginning of endometriosis awareness month and i feel obligated to remind you that debilitatingly painful periods are not normal. if you or someone you know is ending up sick or bedridden every month, you are not crazy and deserve medical attention from someone who will take you seriously

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Wax seals & pressed flowers - A perfect romantic combination 🌼💌

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Enola Holmes, 2020

ignoring politics is a privilege

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Classic novels from POC authors

The Analects, Confucius- a collection of his quotes, documented by his pupils shortly after his death. 

Theologus Autodidactus, Ibn Al-Nafis- one of the first Arabic novels and considered an early example of sci-fi and a coming of age story

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Pu Songling- a collection of classical Chinese stories

The Heart of Hyacinth, Onoto Watanna- coming of age story about a Eurasian child raised by white parents

Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe

The Woman in the Dunes, Kōbō Abe- themes of myths and suspense wrapped into an existential novel

The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran- collection of poetic essays

Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup- memoir of a black man sold into slavery in America

Contending Forces, Pauline Hopkins- focuses on African American families in American society, post Civil War

Iola Leroy, Frances Harper- one of the first novels published by an African-American woman

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez

On Love and Barley, Bashō Matsuo-

The Home and the World, Rabindranath Tagore- a love story mixed in with a political awakening

American Indian Stories, Zitkala-Sa-legends and tales from the authors life based on her childhood and the community

A Dark Night’s Passing, Naoya Shiga- a young mans trial through disturbing experiences

Cane, Jean Toomer- fiction based of black life in Harlem

Where There’s Love, There’s Hate, Silvina Ocampo and Adolfo Casares

A Backward Place, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala- six characters (five of which who are westerners) come to Dehli to experience a new way of life

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I love this so much, I’m gonna start saying “nuts” we need to bring it back

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me, yelling at the sky, drawing summoning circles: sure would be a shame if a handsome, hair changing, heart eating, flamboyant wizard found me and scooped me up in his walking baba yaga castle to take me away from this boring life and fall in love with me

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“I studied art in Florence, that’s why I thought a lot about the meaning of this painting and I thought she’s the perfect woman. So, I talked to myself ‘Why not?’ Why can’t I be Botticelli’s Venus? I can be perfect even with all my imperfections. In the end, all women can represent this figure.”

Trans model Lea T for ELLE Brazil.

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99% of all murders committed by women in ancient greek plays are completely justified

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Artemis - lady of wild things, huntress, protectress of animals, guardian of the young.

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academia

can we have some half-assed academia please, for those of us who want to do the bare minimum

handwriting legible only to the writer, but not in that mysterious calligraphy way, we’re talking kindergartner script

oversized hoodies, sweatpants, leggings, that one t-shirt you got during orientation, buns, braids, hairbands, bandanas, I just want my hair out of my face

all readings are pdfs, all highlighting is done in that ugly ass mustard yellow default Preview highlighter color

post-its literally fucking everywhere—on books, printouts, walls, windows, computer, etc. layered on top of each other because you keep adding to your hoard.

assignments submitted with less than a minute to go

“I haven’t started that yet lmao”

and yet, surprisingly okay GPA because procrastination is expected as well as accounted for

“Dear Professor So-and-So, I hope you are doing well. Unfortunately, I have been struggling with the latest assignment and will not be able to finish it on time. Would it be possible to get an extension? Thank you.“

Keurig/pod/instant coffee because you gotta get your caffeine somehow

cereal at midnight

“bold of you to assume i did the homework”

what do you mean color coding, all notes will be done with my trusty Zebra Sarasa Dry X20 0.7 because I got a twelve-pack from Amazon and it dries quickly and I killed my eyesight through childhood late-night reading so I require BIG BOLD LETTERS and I don’t care if it looks ugly

having too much faith in Quizlet

all the “my last two brain cells” memes

your life gradually deteriorates as the semester/quarter goes on

you walk out of your final exam content with the blissful sense of another class successfully bullshitted

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Little Women + landslide