thehumanitiesmajor

[thehumanitiesmajor]

Some of you are so fucking pretentious. Not me tho when i take things too seriously it’s the right way

[thehumanitiesmajor]

“When you are washing the dishes, washing the dishes must be the most important thing in your life. Just as when you are drinking tea, drinking tea must be the most important thing in your life. Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole world revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#quote

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When Kafka said I am free and that is why I am lost, and Murakami said I’m free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can’t really understand what it means. All I know is I’m totally alone.

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‘eat the frog' method

Hi all, it’s werelivingarts. I just stumbled across this method called ‘eat the frog’, which means you get the most difficult or important task out of your way first. I actually have been using this method for a long time, hope this post gives you a new way of managing your time and productivity! 😜

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain 

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Let’s not forget to acknowledge Alexandre Dumas this Black History Month

The writer of two of the most well known stories worldwide, The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo was a black man. 

That’s excellence.

#french #french history #history

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Est-ce que quelqu’un a les recommandations pour la littérature jeunesse diverse ? Spécialement livres avec les protagonistes :

- divers racialement 

- LGBT

- qui vit en Afrique ou les Antilles

Je veux devenir une professeur de français dans les Etas-Unis et je veux avoir beaucoup de livres pour chaque étudiant. 

#french #francais #french literature #literature #litterature #education

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I 100% agree with this, but I think we also need to remind ourselves that by limiting or stopping our consumption of meat, cars, gas, and electricity all hurt these corporations' bottom line. Don't forget that boycotts are one form of protest.

#environmentalism #protest #activism

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Currently reading Médée by Jean Anouilh

I would call Jason a fucking pussy, but really he’s just a cowardly fuckboy.

#french literature #French major #french #humanities #humanities major #dark academia #academia

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I really feel this as a future high school teacher. So many people at my school have judged me for wanting to work for a system that has failed so many children and communities. I know that as a French teacher I won't change the system, or even the school I'll be working at. But maybe I can provide a safe place for my kids. Maybe I can show them love and support. I don't expect to change anybody's life, but I can at least support them. I sincerely believe that it's better for me to work in a broken system than to leave the position open to someone who isn't as passionate.

How can someone who has such a respect for the humanities work for the scam that is US higher education?

Because you can't fix the system by ignoring it? Because you have to make a living somehow? Because in order to participate in specialized knowledge production you need the resources a university provides? Because the scammy parts of higher ed are far beyond the control of individual graduate students and my refusing to participate based on abstract principles only makes it easier for people who do have control to ignore the problems? Because even though I can't fix what capitalism has done to academia I can still fight for the humanities from a place of (small) influence? Because I can still have an impact on students in the system who have been told the humanities don't matter and maybe change their minds? Because I don't believe in abandoning things that have problems without making an effort to improve them? Because I'm an idiot who has some small modicum of hope that if people like me *don't* bail out we can one day make the whole system better for the people who come after us? Because no system and no industry is perfect and boycotting everything that doesn't live up to your ideals isn't a practical solution? Because despite its problems academia still does a lot of good in the world, in the humanities and every other field? Because we need to continue to foster critical thinking and fight anti-intellectualism precisely so that people who do work like I do don't have to constantly explain why it matters or why it's still worth doing even though the system is flawed? Because

#academia #sorry i ranted

[thehumanitiesmajor]

if we could all stop pretending we are whole, and instead embrace our constant becoming…

#quote

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"hello love, my invincible friend"

#studying #studyspo #books and libraries #books #dark academia aesthetic #academia #academia aesthetic #dark academia

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so... annotating.

a lot of my friends seem surprised when i tell them that i love annotating or when they see me annotating so heavily in a book. most of the time, this leads them to ask, why or how i annotate.

so here’s the thing:

annotating does not necessarily mean you’re dissecting the text with your mind and taking notes on what the pages before you say. the way schools/education systems teach annotation sucks the life out of it and makes it seem like a chore when it can genuinely be a fun time!

here’s what i do when i annotate:

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Keep reading

#literature #annotating #annotating books #academia #studying #study notes

[thehumanitiesmajor]

“We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.”

~ Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)

#dark academia #literature #quote #dark academia blog #dark academia aesthetic

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Just your friendly neighborhood French major

#dark academia aesthetic #humanities #dark academia blog #dark academia #ootdstyle #ootdinspiration #academia #academia aesthetic

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Would y'all be interested if I started a YouTube channel about French literature? I was thinking of recording audio for short stories/essays/poems/etc and having separate videos talking about different interpretations of them. Maybe even doing videos about the historical and political context.

#let me know #dark academia blog #dark academia #academic #academia #literature #french major #french #french literature #humanities major #humanities

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I might complain (a lot) about my major and the classes I have to take, but where else would I find the opportunity to research colonialism, cannibalism, usury in 16th century France, and the French religious wars for one (1) paper?

#liberal arts #french #french major #humanities #humanities major #dark academia #dark academia blog

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#study