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Spring sunlight

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Art by Frank Sun

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i feel like you’re probably the best person to ask this; do you have any recommendations for someone trying to get into poetry? any specific poets or poems?

omg i absolutely do have recommendations! 💓 give me a hot min to compile a list and i’ll post it on here soon!

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this book website gives you the first page of a random book without the title or author so that you can read it with no preconceptions!!! great for discovering new recs

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Hijab friendly academia lookbook prt 2

Prt 1

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are you bored by listening to the same 3 songs and 2 classical music pieces over and over again?

are you looking for a perfect playlists to accompany you during your yearning/studying/reading oscar wilde sessions?

oh boy, do i have playlists for you! all great, all aesthetic, all very dark academia.

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[ you said i killed you. haunt me, then ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SG2cOUfK1zOzhJeLNjtiL?si=2B1RYtTQTamzzqJsfzYGfw

this is my go-to dark academia playlist (and my go-to playlist in general). makes you feel like you’re a character from a contemporary dark academia novel. the songs include e.g. “perfect places” by lorde, “from eden” by hozier, “achilles come down” by gang of youths and “boris” by lo-fang.

[ and all i loved, i loved alone ] 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gCawRg08cMnqitFeJjjLP?si=MCTxuOqKQGGox9zDXtMvjg

this playlist fills my musical school kid heart with joy, because it’s full of classical music! i like to listen to it while i’m studying/reading/just chilling and trying to forget that i have a physical form. you can find some lovely composers here, like  debussy, tchaikovsky, schubert and liszt.

[ i will love you if i never see you again, and i will love you if i see you every tuesday ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7okHgt0X2YsDHUcu7MwdU8?si=jzP9SXCqTju8B1GUo13WPQ

this banging lemony snicket quote can only mean one thing - love songs! this songs make you yearn for a romance. the titles on this lovely playlist include “jackie and wilson” by hozier, “mystery of love” by sufjan stevens and “ophelia” by the lumineers.

[ beautiful girls ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2E48ADp0UMHPs9FVAK5XXL?si=_2VYJCdgSkOyUyZs6zf4Fg

oh, what’s that? you’re in love with your straight best friend and want to listen to some cool wlw titles? i got you covered, my friend. on this playlist you can find e.g. “someone tell the boys” by samia, “girls” by girl in red, “sofia” by clairo and “she” by dodie. let the yearning begin!

[ zeus can go pee his pants ]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jmbUuU0NLoWoHZs3NJiXN?si=bRmZlnkpTPq0xtb1bgJWVw

this is my go-to for those days when i’m just done with this world and want to listen to some cool guitar and screams. the titles include “poor boy” by the regrettes, “arabella” by arctic monkeys and “daft pretty boys” by bad suns.

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holy hell, this post is long. have fun with the playlists! < 3

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#poetry #poem #art #literature #space #mercury #poet #writer #aspiring poet #aspiring writer

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it is quite illegal that i’m not running in this castle, barefoot and in a white, airy dress.

#dark academia #light academia #academia #castle #photography #ancient ruins

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the study method that has changed the way i study

and made me so much more effective is called “active recall”.

the concept of active recall is based on the fact that we retain information much faster through testing ourselves than through any other study method!

each time you ask yourself a question and try to answer it, neuron pathways are enforced in your brain, and every time you try to retrieve information, the connection to this information grows faster and stronger.

but what exactly does this mean? this means that the best way of studying is actually not through input, but through output.

if, for example, you’ve read through your lecture notes and understood them, the most effective way to remember them for a long time isn’t to read it again, to paraphrase it or to highlight the most important parts. instead, the best method to use is to test yourself by formulating questions and trying your best to answer those without looking at your materials.

if you can’t answer a question, look it up, either in the lecture notes, in the lecture itself, in a textbook or on the internet.

this way, you are forcing your brain to engage actively with the material as much as possible, which is why it’s been shown by several studies to be the most effective method for studying.

once i started using this method, i wasn’t just remembering a lot more and saving myself so much time otherwise spent with highlighting or making notes - i was actually a lot more confident to speak up in class when asked something and performed so much better in oral examinations!! by actively recalling the material, you’re basically giving your brain the best workout ever, while skipping time-consuming methods that lead to no results.

so read through your latest lecture slides, open your notebook, and think of some questions!

ps: you can also color-code your questions to denote how well you can already answer them!!

for more tips like these, visit my Instagram @softlyshade where I post them daily!!

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two shining lights that i had once thought were stars, were planets this whole time. the brighter one is jupiter and the other is saturn

#astronomy #space #planets #stars #saturn #jupiter #solar system #night #sky #nightsky #milkyway #universe #life

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I’m just going to say it: to my fellow white people, READ AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE. James Baldwin! Toni Morrison! Ralph Ellison! There are many, many authors out there, so expand your horizons! Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. If you’re into art, discover African American artists! Henry Ossawa Tanner! Mickalene Thomas! LaToya Ruby Frazier! I truly encourage all of you to be open to new perspectives! Not just that, but educate yourselves. Be an ally to the black community! Listen to what these people have to say!

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A hijab friendly academia look book.

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Radclub Library

Andrea Dworkin, Our Blood

Andrea Dworkin, Woman Hating

Andrea Dworkin, Intercourse

Andrea Dworkin, Letters from a War Zone

Andrea Dworkin, Life and Death

Andrea Dworkin, Pornography, Men Possessing Women

Andrea Dworkin, Right Wing Women

Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete

Angela Davis, Beyond the Frame, Women of Color and Visual Representation

Audre Lorde, Zami, Sister Outsider Undersong

Catharine A. MacKinnon et Andrea Dworkin, In Harm’s Way, the Pornography Civil Rights Hearings

Catharine A. MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified, Discourses on Life and Law

Catharine A. MacKinnon, Only Words

Catharine A. MacKinnon, Points Against Postmodernism  

Bell Hooks, Ain’t I a Woman?

Janice G. Raymond & Donna M. Hughes, Sex Trafficking of Women in the United States

Sheila Jeffreys, Beauty and Misogyny

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Dark Academia, Light Academia, Study and more Playlists:

—dark academia vibes playlists:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2U5JayfHKIuOvtwoDFRw9t?si=1pyVxRs_RvqN4-uJVPNvMQ

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tlAGIxetz8wFTHeVIvC0N?si=isfHJ81dQjqqQubuKuFy0Q

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bNYNtLlaT3QfN4DnnXrYT?si=DkXTG-uxQmiLjLb-qPxyAA

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6t7bnXyNywrqEJQZysTyqn?si=qy0UhRTjRsWd9pCNvEF6jA

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3aIJdo6l4UuC8I3Gq3OQMR?si=YbEoIUF9RA-zC7jxHyHQ1w

—light academia vibes playlists:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31rx4uyAiJecOt7fv8eheN?si=2d0Vm01hQky86jJ7TN0ujw

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DU0aTPTiDkryGXFmr94yN?si=dnqlUewTQLaCgDRQiOvd3w

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31rx4uyAiJecOt7fv8eheN?si=9QmwX9T8T3C6TpRJu6ZzDQ

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iAKUysyu53Dses2wEfuz7?si=Gnr4ntUNRtO5GV-Harsv0A

—oscar wilde vibes playlists:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lFJix7OzbZtfpqn7wNWGU?si=ucELoQvtQoupd3HXVxRg3g

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZqmMK6SEUuFkl8NR7wkCJ?si=pE0zW7CvSSeb8g8vswz6QQ

—study vibes playlists:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kqQ97VnXi5Pq5hf7aGOTa?si=NaOG39WrRT6YWnMkKR4u_A

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Pgl0sOprjj6p5tywqpcxf?si=qUiTEEYrRKCQHArg56fG6g

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0F1d1aeesfv3ouENDM84KR?si=Jkx38VO9QCyhVQQFg54yeQ

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DuUsueL1HFLQXP8wWnMXr?si=ZY1MSJ6tQpCTCmuDoKjUog

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mrzHC4SHq76RHQOJOtCuS?si=NiNbsqpySgmi1xmcdy5N9A

And just bc I’m a Slytherin:

—slytherin study vibes:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bos93fez7BUnFCvBb7LsO?si=2-4pedIoSEaSGjG-NmR_KQ

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1alAx2NAiVuLeY4KQcRDTE?si=FJnsp1OiTPq1EPNI5ZAnWA

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bos93fez7BUnFCvBb7LsO?si=xIjPQ9yvSzK4zACfzx5lrQ

—only slytherin vibes:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1EzoHLasmDIBraApTKk0MB?si=L4gfx_53R3eBVklr3sgVew

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ro7Pi4blvzphW6uSoy7U7?si=1X6RdRxRTB6mEMi2V7JtOw

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wvu5KPsxr6VCktm3fN8bE?si=t2_iLBTsTIiNKafbG_s_eA

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jxqSEya0BUP1EeioxTCYD?si=mee_xnrzT8-OD4wn-umafQ

hope you enjoy!