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LGBT labels are broad and often confusing because they are meant to bring people together so that we can fight our oppression together

nitpicking and microlabeling every aspect of your sexuality and attraction is literally achieving the opposite - instead of bringing us together so that we can collectively analyse and fight the system, we are over-analysing ourselves and distancing ourselves from broad alliances because of semantics

it’s literally a collective vs individualist approach and i can tell you that only one of them is actually going to help us change the world 

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what do you mean your family doesnt speak english? how do you comunicate?

i know this may sound surprising for a lot of you, but english isn’t the only language in the world

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Language Blog? Spanish Blog?

Are you a language blog? Learning a language? Learning Spanish in particular?

Please like / reblog so I can follow you on your journey. I am taking attempting to start learning Spanish myself and I’d love to connect with some of you all!

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can we destroy the idea that people must apologise for poor english because whenever someone says that to me i break apart because no no you’re perfect you’re learning another language different from your native one and thats so much more than so many others, who expect everyone to just know english fluently

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TEDTalks related to language (learning)

because (sometimes) they motivate me

How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky

The secrets of learning a new language | Lýdia Machová

How to learn any language in six months | Chris Lonsdale | TEDxLingnanUniversity

Learning a language? Speak it like you’re playing a video game | Marianna Pascal | TEDxPenangRoad

Why We Struggle Learning Languages | Gabriel Wyner | TEDxNewBedford

5 techniques to speak any language | Sid Efromovich | TEDxUpperEastSide

Breaking the language barrier | Tim Doner | TEDxTeen 2014

How to learn any language easily | Matthew Youlden | TEDxClapham

The Irish Language and Beauty | Dónall Ó Héalaí | TEDxBerkeley

How to Talk Like a Native Speaker | Marc Green | TEDxHeidelberg

How the language you speak affects your thoughts

Hacking Language Learning: Dr. Conor Quinn at TEDxDirigo

How learning German taught me the link between maths and poetry | Harry Baker | TEDxVienna

We'r Needin tae Talk Aboot Wir Language | Michael Dempster | TEDxInverness

One Simple Method to Learn Any Language | Scott Young & Vat Jaiswal | TEDxEastsidePrep

Learning a Second Language | Shinyoung Grace Kim | TEDxYouth@AISR

Let me know if I missed your favourite!

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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an aesthetic that will never go out of style: making others feel loved, needed, and important 

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life is too hard. it’s too hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would like to be a cloud. 

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dad’s back with stellar life advice 

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List of adjectives in ~스럽다

These are the most common I’ve found on Twitter. This list is by no means exhaustive.

사랑스럽다 : lovely 자랑스럽다 : proud 자연스럽다 : natural 실망스럽다 : disappointing 만족스럽다 satisfactory 송구스럽다 : sorry, apologectic 급작스럽다 : abrupt, sudden 존스럽다 : to be out of style 수다스럽다 : talkative 뻔뻔스럽다 : shameless 바보스럽다 : foolish, stupid 변덕스럽다 : unpredictable, fickle, temperamental 부담스럽다 : burdensome 혼란스럽다 : confusing 탐스럽다 : desirable, attractive 유감스럽다 : unfortunate 퉁명스럽다 : abrupt, brusque 조심스럽디 : careful, cautious 안쓰럽다 : to feel sorry (for) 당황스럽다 : embarrassed, disconcerted 겸연스럽다 : embarrassed, sheepish 혐오스럽다 : disgusting, detestable 후회스럽다 : regretful, remorseful 여성스럽다 : feminine, girly 남성스럽다 : masculine 무지스럽다 : ignorant, dull 의심스럽다 : doubtful, suspicious 쑥스럽다 : shy, bashful 어른스럽다 : mature, adult-like 믿음직스럽다 : reliable, worthy 존경스럽다 : admirable 감동스럽다 : touching, moving 먹음직스럽다 : appetizing 개탄스럽다 : deplorable, lamentable 감격스럽다 : impressed, touched 망령스럽다 : childish, foolish 수치스럽다 : shameful, disgraceful 공포스럽다 : frightening, scary 별스럽다 : odd 죄스럽다 : feeling guilty

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List of adjectives in ~스럽다

These are the most common I’ve found on Twitter. This list is by no means exhaustive.

사랑스럽다 : lovely 자랑스럽다 : proud 자연스럽다 : natural 실망스럽다 : disappointing 만족스럽다 satisfactory 송구스럽다 : sorry, apologectic 급작스럽다 : abrupt, sudden 존스럽다 : to be out of style 수다스럽다 : talkative 뻔뻔스럽다 : shameless 바보스럽다 : foolish, stupid 변덕스럽다 : unpredictable, fickle, temperamental 부담스럽다 : burdensome 혼란스럽다 : confusing 탐스럽다 : desirable, attractive 유감스럽다 : unfortunate 퉁명스럽다 : abrupt, brusque 조심스럽디 : careful, cautious 안쓰럽다 : to feel sorry (for) 당황스럽다 : embarrassed, disconcerted 겸연스럽다 : embarrassed, sheepish 혐오스럽다 : disgusting, detestable 후회스럽다 : regretful, remorseful 여성스럽다 : feminine, girly 남성스럽다 : masculine 무지스럽다 : ignorant, dull 의심스럽다 : doubtful, suspicious 쑥스럽다 : shy, bashful 어른스럽다 : mature, adult-like 믿음직스럽다 : reliable, worthy 존경스럽다 : admirable 감동스럽다 : touching, moving 먹음직스럽다 : appetizing 개탄스럽다 : deplorable, lamentable 감격스럽다 : impressed, touched 망령스럽다 : childish, foolish 수치스럽다 : shameful, disgraceful 공포스럽다 : frightening, scary 별스럽다 : odd 죄스럽다 : feeling guilty

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real talk, don’t let anyone tell you a language is too hard to learn, because nine times out of ten, they don’t know what they’re talking about

I’ve had a native Italian speaker tell me Italian was insanely difficult, even though they knew I have French background, and speak Spanish to a pretty good level. 

I’ve had so many people who can’t even tell you one word in Japanese or Korean tell me it’s almost impossible to form a simple sentence because particles are so hard to grasp

Every language has challenges, but you can overcome any of them with enough practice and exposure

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tips i have on running a studyblr

****heyyyyyyy, babycakessss! lol, it’s been a while since I’ve actually posted and like made stuff for y’all and this isn’t exactly related to Korean but does help some of y’all out there. today I compiled a bunch of tips I have on running studyblrs in general… it’s mostly just stuff i would have told myself a while ago before when I started and some motivational stuff to help you out. so if you’re interested, then continue reading my g!****

don’t just do it for followers, do it for you and your growth 

This was probably the hardest concept for me to understand about studyblrs… in the beginning, when I came back and found that I had a ton of followers on tumblr I felt such a strange pressure to find a concept, stick to that one concept, to make content catered to what was getting traction on my blog… and it gave me so much stress and literally inflated my ego so much omg you don’t even know. I wasn’t used to it, I would just watch and obsess over how much followers I would lose. lmao yes, i was that person, I think we were all that person at some point and like there isn’t anything like… wrong with lol not being humble for a couple days but anyways until it runs your life, you know?…. i think caring only about what your followers want and what would get popular (unless that your thing, by all means, get popular, do ya thing, bb) lowkey puts you into a box and makes you think that you can only post certain things about certain topics and certain… not that that is bad, I just think it’s kinda sad. didn’t you start this to document your learning, to help yourself and people grow with what you learn…? does it matter if you lose a follower or two saying your truth, whatever that is? a person can follow you for a million reasons and unfollow you for just as many, why kill yourself over what that is? it’s not that deep, b. and plus, i think any follower of yours would love to see you make or repost any content that makes you happy and some that you resonate with… just my 2 cents.  

don’t write immediately into tumblr, it’ll probably go away 

this was the thing that literally affected my productivity and drive and desire to make content so freaking much omG. the amount of times i have made posts and legit finished them and tumblr hit me with that “sorry, something went wrong, your entire post has disappeared/something went wrong/suck it up and type it again”. believe me it sucks and it’s terrible and like unless you have another copy, you gotta start again babygirl/babyboy and it sucks. so like… just watch out for that. i recommend using apps like evernote and even simplenote to post stuff with.  

make a schedule 

One of the hardest things for me was pacing myself. Like knowing when to stop, when to make more, when to put it out….. It was a strange and messy experience and  put me in such a weird limbo lol. so like pick days that you know when you’re going to post, when you need to be done, if that’s honestly something you want to do, you know.  

you get better at writing, don’t worry 

something that gave me a ton of anxiety in the beginning was how the heck i was going to write all of these posts. my writing skills had always been subpar and honestly prevented me from actually writing and like stopped me from writing… it still is there, the fear and like shame (?? idk it’s not that deep but lowkey is at the same time idk) but it’s not as bad. it eventually lessened as it  just kind of went away and transformed into this acceptance that it was just the way i wrote and probably showed my personality better and like who i am. honestly, it wasn’t just how my writing was grammatically and how well i could logically communicate my ideas it was more of me just not knowing what the heck to freaking say. like i had absolutely no idea what to put out there, if people would like it, if i would like it, even what i should call my followers. lmao, my advice for that is trusting yourself and being okay with whatever it is you decide. if you wanna call your followers babygirls/babyboys/babycakes/lovelies or whatever it is, do so. if you wanna interact with them more, do so. if you don’t then don’t. do what you want and don’t do what you don’t wanna. people like you for you anyways.  

don’t be afraid to change it up whenever you need to 

i don’t really need to use this tip a TON but like… idk. acknowledging and knowing that change is normal, that it happens and that you change and your interests change is a normal part of life and moving through your journal. i used to think that i needed to keep up with a cutesy aesthetic and never stray outside of that and i honestly got so weirded out at myself whenever i wanted change or to change what i posted… but understanding that it’s not that deep, that it’s your blog and your learning and your aesthetic- keyword- yOU. This is a blog about you and what you wanna post. Just do whatever you feel is right and if you change and don’t like it, just change it back. it’s not that deep, it’s not that unfixable and it’s tough but believe that you’re tougher, okay, my g? it all goes back to trusting yourself. 

you’re probably helping people 

it’s a weird thing to have to admit but idk… sometimes sudden feelings of “what am i doing this for? why do i care so much, what am i doing?” overcome me. maybe it ties into other issues i have (lmaoooo, not gonna get into that right now haha) and my sister always talks about how i probably don’t have as much influence over other people (also another issue i’d rather not get into lol) and i let myself like.. believe that. it’s really easy to fall into thoughts that you don’t matter, that you aren’t loved, that you aren’t valued etc etc… but i’m here to remind you (as many times as you need) that you’re probably helping somewhere out there. with all the effort, research and like idk creative blocks you’ve been doing through… whatever you put out there, whatever you teach our put out there probably is helping someone. you are probably someone’s favorite blog, someone probably finds comfort in your posts, maybe it was exactly what they were looking for. you never know, babe. you never know and you should take comfort in that and help it keep you going, okay, bb? you matter, you are loved and you are valued. at least by me~  

you’ll get to that idea, don’t you worry my bb

okay, the amount of ideas and things i have to get done… like the amount of post ideas i have circling around in my head gets really overwhelming??? like i would make a list and like get so! freaking! anxious! i would be like, omg am i ever really going to get to that idea? it’s so hard. but i still have- alright, my g, you gotta calm yourself a bit. just a bit. listen here, my amazing, productive, always gets their shit done dude, you can do this. time passes and you will get the work done. you got a ton of discipline and you will get the work done. even if you don’t get to it now, even if it sits somewhere in the bottom of a list somewhere, i know you will get it done. it’s just a matter of priorities. if it hounds on your mind a ton, just do it now. if it can wait, it can wait. you’ll get to it, okay? 

develop a style that you know,,, like 

i feel like finding my own color has always been like i a thing i have… simultaneously not struggled with but also find the hardest thing??? like finding a format, finding a certain niche of information you wanna give out, a certain way to design your aesthetics…. idkkkkk…… it’s so harddddd,,,, sometimes i’m so good at knowing what i want to do and how i want to present myself and my content to the world but sometimes i have absolutely no clue. i think just going with your heart and deciding on whatever it is that you want to do and then sticking whatever that is for however long you vibe with it. i found that me actually liking what i was doing and how i dressed it up and did my shit… actually really motivated me to continue writing, espcially whenever i really, really, hated it. i feel like loving and believing in what you do helps alot.  

sometimes you need to like force yourself to write 

this is my last tip and is currently something that i am putting into practice right now in this moment lmao. sometimes sitting at your computer or just writing or making or producing a blog post is the last thing you’d rather do. like trust there will be days where you will have to drag yourself to write and to create even when you don’t feel that spark or that type of joy that you do whenever you want to. and like taking care of whatever it is that you need to do or write or make or whatever it is, i believe you can overcome this mountain of doubt and procrastination and arrive to your destination. i believe in you and you are gonna do some many great things. my gosh, i’m so excited for you. 

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There are three rules.

1. If you do not go after what you want, you will never have it. 

2. If you do not ask, the answer will always be no. 

3. If you do not step forward, you will remain in the same place. 

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Topics for vocab lists for beginners

greetings and introduction phrases

family

numbers

days of weeks and months, times of day

countries + languages

pets

common animals

fruit

vegetables

food + drinks

daily routine

rooms

furniture

shops/public buildings

school/work related words

travel related

shopping vocabulary

clothes

jobs

common hobbies + your hobbies

colours

common adjectives

body parts

directions

basic nature vocabulary

kitchen equipment/cooking 

toiletries/ make up