#dissertation stuff

[jared19]

hello mutuals i have gotten permission from my dissertation supervisor to write it on tumblr vernacular so if anyone sees this please tell me something that instantly comes to mind when you think of tumblr vernacular (e.g. “i like your shoelaces” and “horse plinko”) and makes you immediately think oh that’s from tumblr

also if you reblog for a wider circle it would be helpful:)

#dissertation stuff #save post #tumblr #sociolinguistics #tumblinguistics #linguistics

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

I will never get tired of seeing academics publish articles in journals titled things like:

"Response to Dr. Wrong-Again: A Rebuttal"

"Academic Blorbo on Fancy Topic: Are They Really Saying What Professor Beardface is Saying?"

which is basically the academic way of being totally passive aggressive, disagreeing with someone publicly, and then putting it on your CV/resume.

and IDK I think it's beautiful that academics will go back and forth via journal articles, racking up more publications, all over interpretations of some dead person's text, and no one really wins.

it is why, for the millionth time, fandom wank and discourse is both exasperating and totally fine by me, because grown-ass academics with fancy titles and books published are doing exactly the same with non-fiction.

because academia is fan-non-fiction and we need to just own that.

#fan nonfiction #fanfiction #fanfic #phdblr #phd life #academia #grad school #dissertation stuff #academic stuff #academic research #academic writing

[crucibleknight]

backed myself into a fucking corner. writing grant proposals for my dissertation research and trying to explain why it’s important to research T4T relationships and trans perceptions of bodies is so hard it’s exactly as hard as explaining gender to a cis person

#lucas.txt #dissertation stuff #what if i BLEW UP!!!!!! #i have to do it though. for 37k a year for 3 years #oh i’m so unhappy i wish fedex would bring my package containing a little freak to make me happier

[acertainidontknowwhat]

Petronius’ Satyrica has an uncomfortable scene that involves a mock wedding, or perhaps anti-wedding, between a girl no older than 7, named Pannychis, and a young man of 16, named Giton that is followed by a possible consummation.

Under Roman law this would be illegal; the minimum age that a Roman girl could become engaged to marry was 10 and even then under Augustan law she would be required to wait two more years, making 12 the accepted minimum age at which a marriage could take place. This is not to say that 12 was the common age of marriage for Roman girls, just the earliest allowed age by law.

But why would Petronius depict a 7 year old girl here? I don’t think it is a coincidence that Pannychis’ age is exactly within the age range when a young girl would be chosen to become a Vestal Virgin, between the ages of 6 and 10. This fits with the religious atmosphere of the scene involving the priestess of Priapus, Quartilla, as she conducts her ritualistic orgy that was prefaced as required for the atonement of a sacrilege. Quartilla says that it is the perfect time for Quartilla to be “devirginatur”, and thus, perhaps, become initiated as a priestess of Priapus herself, which is the exact opposite of the Vestals who remained chaste for their 30 years of service. The act of selecting a Vestal Virgin was called “captio”, the girl was ceremonially taken from her family to become a Vestal Virgin, whereas here it is Pannychis’ virginity that is “capta”.

Lastly, Pannychis’ name means “all-nighter” which while it can be interpreted as sexually suggestive can refer to the role of a Vestal as one who keeps vigil over the eternal flame and sacra (sacred items) in the temple of Vesta.

Petronius is no stranger to parody in the Satyrica, but making a travesty of the rites of the cult of Vesta, whose task it was to protect the eternal flame of Vesta which signified Rome’s preeminence as long as it burned, is one of the more daring parodies. Even more daring because the Vestals became closely connected with the emperor Augustus in 12 BCE when he became the chief priest of the Roman state, pontifex maximus. Instead of moving into the home traditionally reserved for the pontifex maximus, Augustus broke centuries of tradition by instead building a public shrine of Vesta inside his home on the Palatine hill, possibly containing some of the sacra from the temple of Vesta in the Roman forum, and thus the religious cult most associated with the safety of Rome was now under Augustus’ own roof. The safety of Rome now became connected directly with Augustus and the Vestals became more and more involved with the ritual acts associated with the domus Augusti (the house of Augustus).

#tagamemnon #dissertation stuff #Petronius #Satyrica #Roman Religion #Satyricon #ancient roman #ancient #roman #latin #Augustus #vestal virgins #Vesta #Roman history #roman law

[dysfucktional-queer]

perhaps I should've thought of this earlier, given this is the gender website, but.

Would anyone here be interested in participating in my dissertation research? I'm doing interviews to learn about trans and gnc relationships with feminism and I'm really hoping to get more respondents. There are a few restrictions:

18 years or older

Live in the UK (ethics committee requirement, sorry; they were adamant about some sort of geographical restriction)

Be trans, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, or something similar.

Send me a DM if you want more info <3

#personal #dissertation stuff #making it not rebloggable for now #don't know how far I want this to get atm. but if you know someone who might be interested feel free to share with them

[magpiecollectingknowledge]

Dissertation prep is scary but exciting! I can’t believe I’m already having to start this; it feels like I started uni yesterday.

#studyblr #study #studying #studygram #study aesthetic #study space #studyinspo #studyspo #study tips #notes #dissertation #uni studyblr #uni student #uni stuff #uni studyspo #religious studies

[beartitled]

I’m struggling

/silly

Mini announcement

There’s probably going to be less posts? I dunno for sure, most likely will be posting old art or some sketches

Currently concentrated on finishing writing and drawing my diploma project, so need some time to get over with it 💪

#final year of uni go brrrr #*aggresively sips even more coffee* #beatline tm munched on my thesis #bet it didn’t even taste good #academy memes #bachelors degree #student #student memes #student life #student struggles #student stress #art memes #memes #funny memes #dissertation #thesis #university #university struggles #university stuff #life struggles #art struggles #bachelor #bachelor memes #bachelor degree #academic stuff

[isbergillustration]

Creature

#frankenstein's creature #sketchbook #colourpencil #coffee #drawing #portrait #illustration #artists on tumblr #my art #any depiction of him that doesn't include eyes from two different bodies is a wasted opportunity #i will stop drawing frankenstein related stuff by october 26th i promise #i just have to be obsessed with it until my dissertation is handed in #also any design with perfectly matched skin tones? that's not how skin works. cowardly. although understandable in film because i imagine #that would be difficult on real human beings

[kyouka-supremacy]

Who in sskk would you say has the higher IQ?

IQ as in, conventionally smart? Then definitely Atsushi does. I'm sorry. I've said it many times before, but I don't think Akutagawa is a particularly perceptive person. Or witty. Or intelligent in general. It's due to external factors, he never got the chance to have anything that could resemble a proper education; but it's also a matter of his nature, he's just so impulsive, and narrow-minded, and stubborn, he really has the thickest skull ever. But seriously, especially in a world full of geniuses, Akutagawa simply doesn't shine for sharpness of mind, and is way too impulsive and instincts-driven to be a person that relies on reflection or rationality. Everything that Akutagawa does is the epitome of irrational, it's one of the greatest appeals of the character.

Atsushi is smart,,,, I've talked about this also, and I think it's less sustained by canon than for Akutagawa, but I like to think he's a very observant and perceptive person whose intelligence doesn't show because he's constantly surrounded by geniuses, but still he is smart. When it comes to observations skills, I find it easy for him to have them due to his childhood of ill-treatment and abuse: as a defense mechanism, he learnt to be especially observative of people's behaviour in order to tell what sets people off and be able to prevent any escalation, I think that's a widely shared abuse survivor experience. Something among these lines is shown in chapter 51:

I also think Atsushi is a very fast learner. He's observant, and that results in him constantly absorbing other people's knowledge. He's often asking for explanations for Dazai and Ranpo's reasonings, and although I know more often than not it solves an expositive role in the storytelling picture, there's still the fact that it makes Atsushi a person who's constantly trying to understand the reality surrounding him. Atsushi is also shown to be very cool-minded and calculating in fight: from him sliding under Akutagawa and attacking him from behind successfully eluding having to face him front-off in chapter 4, to him retracting his tiger limbs to escape Rashomon's bonds in chapter 12, to the strategy he elaborated with Tanizaki (and his ability to catch up on that) to defeat Lucy in chapter 16, to his attempt to outsmart Fitzgerald in chapter 34 (that, although failed, was still driven by rational thinking nonetheless), and the list could go on. The way in fight Atsushi is shown to ponder over and implement the advices people like Dazai or Mori offered him further makes me believe he's really good at absorbing information. And Atsushi is probably book smart, too! He's compelled by reading to the point he would even risk the orphanage director's punishment just to sneak into the library and read (not explicitly supported by canon, but I can take a guess). According to the second guidebook, he spends his leisure time borrowing books from the library and studying. Overall, he really seems to be rational in all the places Akutagawa is on the contrary driven by impulses¹.

It's like… A physics law when it comes to sskk, that Akutagawa will have the most despicable trait while Atsushi has the trait that is conventionally considered the best; or at least that's as far as my characterization of them goes. Atsushi is beautiful, Akutagawa is ugly². Atsushi is polite, Akutagawa is rude. Atsushi is pure, Akutagawa is stained. Atsushi is smart, Akutagawa isn't. Atsushi is lovable, Akutagawa is destined to cause repulsion in everyone he meets³. In the end, none of this matters: they're no different where it counts, that is, Atsushi isn't any more morally just than Akutagawa is. Atsushi in not any more good than Akutagawa is (I actually suspect the contrary is true). But as far as appearances go, it's still important to portray them as opposites, because Akutagawa being unlovable and Atsushi receiving all the love Akutagawa didn't get for being his contrary - even though deep down they're the same - is almost everything their relationship is about. It's also a big part of why they act like they do towards each other: it's source of Akutagawa's bottomless envy for Atsushi; it's source of how devoted and loyal he will grow to be for him - reaching the point of giving his life for him -, because he can't see Atsushi as anything but perfection. It's source of confidence and of that certain justified hatred towards Akutagawa Atsushi feels because to his eyes Akutagawa is about the worst person to have ever walked on earth. It's source to their wish to annihilate the other as the opposite they can't exist at the same time of. It's the reason Akutagawa had to die, because he's not the good one. Overall it's also expression of Akutagawa's thematic struggle to be good and unavoidable failure at that because of the constraints of a narrative that never wanted him to be good.

But I also think they can make it work. More precisely, I think sskk can make it work when both of them can overcome and defeat the narrative dichotomy they found themselves stuck into: by recognizing that deep common ground of “we're the same” and that where it matters, in morals, neither of them is better or worse than the other. The Beast universe exemplifies that for us readers, but they don't know Beast, so they'll have to realize it by their own. About that, I think Akutagawa already caught on, because he was faster to call out the hypocrisy of Atsushi's good guy façade, and from that it's a short distance to realizing that, as much as he hates to admit it, at his core Atsushi is not that different from himself. It's taking a little more for Atsushi to realize, because it's harder to get down from that higher moral pedestal he believes himself to be on, but with his whole reevaluating Akutagawa after he stopped killing and sacrificed himself for him (and then saved him again. And then showed him how formidable of a team they are when they find a common ground.), I think he's getting there.

Tl;dr: Atsushi is smart and Akutagawa is stupid and yes it fits their personalities, but way more importantly it's consistent with the themes they carry that translate in what their relationship is like.

¹ For further reading on how Atsushi can be witty, please refer to @/gloomierdays's tags on this post. ² For further reading on how Atsushi and Akutagawa's looks can be used to reflect their characters themes, please refer to this post. ³ For further reading on how Akutagawa being not smart (as far as conventional definitions of smart go) ties to his character themes, please refer to this post.

#Answering this exactly one month late I'm so so so so so sorry #To be fair if I didn't set my mind on writing dissertations for every ask I get I'd probably be able to answer them faster #Seriously again I deeply apologize for taking so long /////// #atsushi nakajima #ryūnosuke akutagawa #sskk #shin soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #mine #people asks me stuff #I don't even think Akutagawa likes reading lol. #I think he's so restless and impatient‚ his attention span is really far too low to sit down and read something leisurely. #This might as well be my most fandom unpopular sskk opinion of them all ajkfafliugefligwfkqwjyg

[nobodys-saviour]

Lemuria: in game, and how it compares in real life

In-game:

The Lemuria of the game is a lost civilisation that's incredibly high tech. If one remembers their lost continent theories, it sounds a lot like Atlantis. It is also the underwater country housing mermaids and the sea god, in particular. In 2034, evidence of its ruins emerged, but that's about all we know of it.

Now, what is Lemuria in real life?

Origin of Lemuria

Lemuria was a name coined by Philip L. Sclater, a British ornithologist. On his essay "The Mammals of Madagascar," which appeared in "The Quarterly Journal of Science", he wondered how a lot of lemur [1] fossils in Madagascar and India, but not in Africa or the Middle East. That is when he proposed the Lemuria: a lost continent that connected Madagascar to elsewhere in the world. [2] ([1]Nowadays we know Africa and India doesn't even have true lemurs, but that was not the case before. [2] However, Sclater was correct in saying that India and Madagascar were once part of a larger continent.)

Origin of Mankind

Ernst Haeckel, a Darwinian taxonomist, wrote the book Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte (History of Creation). In there, he postulates Lemuria as the cradle of humanity. "The probable primeval home or "Paradise" is here assumed to be Lemuria, a tropical continent at present lying below the level of the Indian Ocean, the former existence of which in the tertiary period seems very probable from numerous facts in animal and vegetable geography. But it is also very possible that the hypothetical "cradle of the human race" lay further to the east (in Hindostan or Further India), or further to the west (in eastern Africa)."

Philosophy and Spiritualism

Madame Blavatsky, occultist and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, wrote and published "The Secret Doctrine." In it, she claimed that the continent was the homeland of the human ancestors, whom she called Lemurians.

Land of Mu

From there, the concept of Lemuria was developed in detail by James Churchward, a British writer, inventor, engineer, and fisherman. He referred to Lemuria as Mu (stealing it from Augustus Le Plongeon, who uses it to refer to Atlantis) and identified it as a lost continent in the Pacific Ocean, instead of the initial place in the Indian Ocean.

#i should be doing my dissertation instead of this but fuck it we ball yk #love and deepspace #this is all just surface level stuff i don't wanna delve into it

[one-bunny-a-day]

09/03/2023

today's bunny is @dailylagomorphs's 05/03 bunny because I love it so so much

#daily bunny #068 #oc bunny #stranger’s oc #<- tagging as oc even tho it's technically fanart bc I've decided the fanart tag to be only about official stuff #anyway I hope this is fine and you like it dgsfdgf #I wanted to do fanart on the day but Didn't Manage #works out tho bc now it's also a congratulations gift for being done w your dissertation \o/ #I also went to art school and was completely devistated when they made us write stuff sdfgdhf the pain is Real

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital illustration of a bowl of rice with mushrooms and a fried egg and some green onions on top. The bowl is a pale blue and there is a pair of wooden chopsticks balanced across it. Behind the bowl is a square shaped yellow background. End description.]

Wanted to draw something quick but fun so here's my lunch from today!

#my art #food #i want to draw so much stuff now that i'm done with my dissertation but i'm also so tired and burnt out from doing my dissertation ;-; #maybe i'll go play video games or something to give my brain a rest

[finelythreadedsky]

so i have my official department-issued reading list of scholarship spanning the breadth of the field of classics, my official personal reading list of scholarship i anticipate being relevant to my dissertation, and my second secret personal reading list of scholarship that is definitely not relevant to my dissertation but i keep telling myself i have to read

#i think i put irene de jong's book on euripidean messenger speeches on my official list #but i really have to read her book on narrative and focalization in the iliad jeez #and various stuff on myth and ritual. the ritual time loop is NOT going to be in my dissertation (unless..............) #(no it cannot) #mine

[crucibleknight]

going to a queer only kink conference soon for some casual background research for my master’s thesis (at the recommendation of my assistant manager who has attended two times already) and i an equal parts enthusiastic and terrified because i have like… never been in a space like this and i’m not sure what to expect. but i’m trying to get better at plunging into things even if i’m scared, so we’ll see what happens!

#lucas.txt #dissertation stuff #<- not really but it’s the closest tag i have #if anyone who follows me has been to a kink conference. please god do you have tips

[worflesbian]

anyone know any vulcan name resources i am Brewing an oc

#was thinking back to some stuff from my dissertation and i was like this is vulcan shit. this is shit a vulcan would say #so now i feel compelled to make a vulcan #ghitlhpu'wij

[celestemagnoliathewriter]

one of my favorite things about reading academic texts is when I see footnotes, and within those footnotes, academics are passive-aggressively roasting each other's conclusions.

if it were tumblr-speak:

academic-man-1: I hate it when CERTAIN PEOPLE headcanon X because it means Y, which is WRONG. #philosophy blorbo #reading comprehension #delusional academic-man-2: CERTAIN PEOPLE know how to read and would know I'm not saying Y because of Z. #critical thinking skills #you're wrong #read the text again

the main conclusion is that when we squabble about our head canons and blorbos, just know that grown adults do it too about their academic blorbos and then roast each other in footnotes, as if they were tags.

it's human nature to squabble about the things that mean a lot to us

#celeste gets a phd #blorbos on ice #my dissertation name for tumblr #tumblr stuff #human nature stuff #academia #academic writing #phd stuff #phd life #grad school #grad life #gradblr #academic research