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blvvdk3ep · 7 months
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I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive
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daily-spooky · 3 months
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silverystardustt · 2 months
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At its core, every piece of media we ever have consumed and ever will consume — whether it’s art, music, books, movies — is fundamentally about love, or the lack of it.
it’s an inescapable facet of human life. it could be about the love you have for people in your life, or how much you hate your job, or love your city, but the love is always there.
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adhd-academia · 2 years
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btw if you’re starting college this week everyone else is also nervous about making friends. everyone feels lonely and out of place. and everyone thinks that everyone else is doing a better job than they are.
it’s a weird life transition & you’re doing a good job.
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emilydickinsonsghost · 4 months
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Do it for the aesthetic. Romanticize your life.
Be as obnoxious and pretentious as you like. Read for pleasure and only study what truly interests you.
Change your major 5 times and never graduate.
Idolize dead authors and completely lose your grip on reality.
Do some acid and have a bacchanal in the woods.
It’s fun you should try it!
(Henry Winter ghostwrote this post, I guess. I speak from experience though, it IS fun, you SHOULD try it)
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danskjavlarna · 4 months
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Here's my gallery of unusual imagery from vintage college yearbooks.
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sage-green-kitchen · 3 days
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Its insane that people read books just for good grades and not for the valuable perspectives and life lessons and artistic value and enjoyment they add to their lives
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hamletthedane · 8 months
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Weird hill I’ll die on - the liberal arts equivalent of STEM really should be SHARP:
Social Sciences (economics, polysci, sociology, psychology, gender studies, anthropology, law)
Humanities (literature, history, language, library science, etc)
Arts (visual arts, performance arts, music)
Religious studies & Philosophy
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ecaloshay · 11 months
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Liberal Arts (2012).
Just a PSA.
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theclassicalpoetess · 10 months
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Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all. - Hypatia
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acaemia · 2 years
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220906 🐿🐧
Second day of uni…done! It was interesting…we had to talk about our summer during class and I tried to think of the safest thing to mention (ended up saying I finished two mangas).
The real star of today (and not shown in the picture) is…iced chai latte!! It’s my first time trying it and it’s so good. My sister took an L bc her order is so bad but she liked my drink too so that’s a W since she knows what to order next time??
I also fixed my desk during class since it was hella cluttered. Still want to decorate it more lol.
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omfg first class of uni today, im so so scared but it's intro to sculpture so im a littleeeeee relaxed
but then i have academic writing in the evening
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
anyways wish me luck
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penna-nomen · 7 months
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Celebrating literature majors and fanfic writers
Sometimes we hear disparaging remarks about people who study the liberal arts in school, or who spend their time writing fic. We've seen thoughtful responses about not needing to monetize the things we love, and I appreciate those.
In case it helps, I'll share a piece of my experience -- highlighting how a degree in literature and a hobby of writing aid my career.
That career is in IT.
Part of my job is similar to reading. I listen to stories about what people are doing, what they want, and why they can't do what they want. It involves identifying the people (characters), their goals and what's standing in their way (the conflict), and what's happening as a result (the plot).
Part of my job is similar to writing. I gather lots of information that I group into themes. I decide how to put all of that information into a form that's going to communicate something meaningful.
I can leverage skills of understanding, organizing, and communicating to do all sorts of things. Under the Business Analyst job title I've done data analysis, project management, training, testing, backlog management, product ownership, and I've been a scrum master.
And the scrum training with all of the visualizations like moving sticky notes along a wall took my story plotting to a whole new level! I love using color-coded sticky notes to arrange plot points into themes!
This is just one example. I hope others will share parts of their journeys. Let's celebrate the things we can do! Let's cheer each other on! You have amazing skills and I'm proud of you!
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sevensistersofsussex · 8 months
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Dancing in the Moonlight
It’s still too early to say goodbye. Bonnie follows Nora back to her apartment where they watch The Craft and wish for a version where Sarah hadn’t turned her backs on her friends for a terrible boy. Maybe one or more of them was into women. Bonnie gushes over her love of Rochelle and Nora listens to her like it’s the most meaningful conversation she’s ever had.
“You know,” Nora begins as she wiggles closer to Bonnie on the couch. Her hand traces a line from her knee to her thigh and Bonnie slowly parts her legs as she stares into Nora’s dark eyes. “I also really liked the Bonnie character.”
“You did?” She’s almost breathless. She’d been out since junior year of high school but there weren’t exactly a lot of opportunities for her to do much about it in a small town. Her family and friends supported her, but she wanted more. She wanted to live it.
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adhd-academia · 2 years
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8/28/22 - new room new semester always always always tired.
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superlinguo · 1 year
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Linguistics education and its application in the workplace: An analysis of interviews with linguistics graduates (new publication in Language)
The Superlinguo Linguistics Job Interviews were a chance for me to ask people with a range of linguistics training and a range of different jobs about the links they saw between their education and their work. Asking the same questions each month, I noticed a real diversity in the thoughtful responses from people, but also some common threads.
I teamed up with qualitative researcher Dr Anuja Cabraal to look at what we could learn from the first 50 interviews. We looked at the kind of skills and knowledge people reported using in their jobs, and the advice they had for current students and job seekers. We also connected this to the larger literature on employment for linguistics students, and for humanities/liberal arts students in general. This article will hopefully help those who teach linguistics to make connections to how it is useful in a wide range of careers.
Having been so involved in running these interviews for years, it was great to work with someone who brought a fresh perspective to them. I’m also incredibly grateful to everyone who participated in the series over the years and shared their experience and insights.
I’ve also updated the lingjobs resources slides to include a summary of content from the article, and more resources.
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of post-study employability for students of linguistics. We begin with a review of the literature on employability, education, and skills. We then conduct an analysis of 51 interviews with people who studied linguistics and went on to work in a diverse range of occupations. We provide a summary of the interview participants and then conduct an analysis of the domain-specific and transferable skills reported and advice offered in these interviews. Finally, we look at how linguistics programs can use the existing literature and insights from these interviews to help their students think about careers. 
Reference
Gawne, Lauren & Anuja Cabraal. 2023. Linguistics education and its application in the workplace: An analysis of interviews with linguistics graduates. Language, 99(1): e35-e57 doi: 10.1353/lan.2023.0003 [published version - OA after March 2024]
See also
Superlinguo Linguist Job Interviews full list
Linguistic Job Resources slide set (bit.ly/ling-jobs)
Doing your own Linguistics Job Interviews
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