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knowhomo:

I only met one other homosexual in the army. That was in Le Havre in 1917. We was on the boat coming home. I don’t know how these things work, whether it’s through conversation, or whether it’s the attitude of the individual concerned, but we seemed to come together, see. All of a sudden his arm was round my neck and this, that and the other, and then, of course, one thing led to another. And that was Phil, my affair that I had for seven years. When I come out of the army we stuck together. I was living at the time in Ilford. I rejoined the army in 1920, then I went out to Germany. I was living with Phil at the time and I saw him when I came home on leave and we kept a flat together. I was in the army because the army was my life at that period. He was somebody just like a wife to come home to…

… I don’t think our friends or family knew, yet they had a very good suspicion. Phil and I often talked about it, only he said, well, he says, as long as we love each other, what’s it to do with other people? And that was the true situation.

Text: First person account as told by Gerald, born 1892, Norfolk, England. Excerpted from Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men 1885-1967, Jeffrey Weeks and Kevin Porter (eds)

(story found thanks to: www.woolfandwilde.com)

“As long as we love each other, what’s it to do with other people?”

monikakrasnorada

This actually made me teary.

#history #lgbt

my-sacred-garment

margsandmisdemeanors

Motivation.

#health

optomstudies

bullet journal ideas masterpost

Over 250+ spread ideas!🎊

hoping your dreams are fulfilled, your grades are awesome and your skin is glowing in 2018!

my tips for bullet journalling

Year in Review

highlights / reflection

achievements this year

lessons learnt / growth as a person

things you want to improve on

advice you’ve received / given

best music/movies/tv shows/etc of the past year

friends made during this past year

commonplace journal pages

things you’ve discovered during the past year

useful tips during the past year

odd facts and trivia during the past year

topics to explore during the past year

questions to ask during the past year

New Year, New You

calendar / future log / yearly or monthly logs

things to look forward to this year

upcoming books/music/movies/tv shows being released this year

maslow’s hierarchy of needs self-reflection spread

goals / new year’s resolutions + steps to put it into action

skills you want to learn this year e.g. coding

habits you want to break / habits you want to pick up

diary: day-to-day happenings

budgets: monthly/yearly budgets

inspiration spread for new projects

level 10 life: rate areas (academic, personal, mental, physical, spiritual, social, financial) of your life out of 10, and write down goals to improve that rating!

monthly overviews (e.g. progress on goals)

assignment due dates calendar

18 things to do by the end of 2018

Special Pages for Special Friends

business cards from networking events

gift ideas for your friends/family/significant other

birthday / anniversary calendar

emergency contacts / phone numbers of important people

friendship journal:

memories / moments they were there for you

how you met

moments you want to share in the future

their mbti/hogwarts house

their best qualities

Trackers/Logs/______ of the Day

gratitude journal - # things you’re grateful for every day

habit trackers

motivational quotes

news headlines / this day in history

daily affirmations

currently reading / watching / listening to / feeling / eating / wanting etc.

time usage (read: wastage) tracker

k-drama or tv show episode tracker (always forget what ep I’m up to :S)

expenses tracker / tax deductibles

dream diary (tracker, plot(?), lucid or not, dream meanings)

new album or song releases

photo diary / sketch diary

weather

follower milestones

social media post tracker

household duties/chores tracker

grades tracker

year in pixels

TIL (today I learned)

civics

appointments: dentist, optometrist, doctor, therapist, etc.

bills: car / internet / rent etc

tax: income statements and work expenses receipts

membership/licence renewals

health

weight tracker

resting heart rate tracker (gives general idea of cardio fitness)

water intake tracker sleep log / time to bed / time awake / total hours slept

exercise log: number of reps / steps / minutes

mood trackers

period tracker

Various Creative Spread Ideas

day-to-day / life planning spreads

skincare routines

perfect/ideal morning routine

self-care reminders

exercise routines

wishlist

bucket list

firsts: kiss, date, house, vacation, car, concert, etc.

DIYs to attempt

savings jar (doodle it!)

yearly / monthly recurring tasks

usernames/passwords (hints only for security!)

5 or 10 year plans

dream job

dream house

planning for moving houses

dream wedding / planning

date ideas

make a worse case scenarios primer

summary tutorials for your reference e.g. step-by-step tax returns

academic

studyblr ideas

topics I need to revise

finals study timetable/plan

aspirations: what you want to be and why / how to get there

class timetable

assignment ideas

project schedules / team meeting dates

professors’ emails/office hours

assessment results

anti-procrastination page

motivations to study

skills you want to learn or are useful e.g. coding

formulas page

courses you want to take and their pre-reqs

college comparisons

back to school shopping list

textbook list with prices

language learning

vocabulary lists

grammar structures

media (books/tv shows/movies) to consume in that language

self-reflection / personality traits

best and worst characteristics

what to be mindful of / what you need to work on

mbti types you’re most compatible with

fears and how you want to overcome them

letters to your future self (include hopes and dreams)

letters to your past self (include achievements and things to be proud of!)

inspirational people

stress management tips

charities to donate to and why you support them

volunteering activities

fun, cute, and aesthetic spread ideas

things worth staying alive for / getting out of bed for

a spread with all the things you were worried about which turned out fine

message page from your friends to you

“i can’t live without ______”

creative crafts spread: tips / equipment / tutorials

aesthetic colour moodboards

happy / comforting / relaxing / funny things spread

seasons (summer/autumn/winter/spring) spread

rainy day spread

holidays spreads: christmas / easter / halloween / thanksgiving

idioms and proverbs from all different cultures

flowers spread: fav flowers, meanings, bouquet/arrangements, press ‘em!

crystals spread: fav gemstones (doodle ‘em), meanings

succulents spread: fav succulents, terrarium layout ideas

coffee/tea spread: paint with coffee / fav blends / best cafes

what’s in my bag (doodle it!)

outfit ideas / polyvore style collections

magazine clippings

shower thoughts / hypothetical ideas spread

draw my life spread / personal timeline

favourite characters e.g. gudetama, kumamon, etc. (doodle ‘em!)

interesting words list (ephemeral, mellifluous, serendipity, scintillating etc)

ideal date ideas

wedding anniversary ideas (like 1st is paper, 25th silver, 30th pearl, 40th ruby, 50th gold, 60th diamond)

baby animals spread (duckies, puppies, bunnies!!)

#just bullet journal things

bujo spread layouts and devices to try out (e.g. chronodex, parallel time ladder)

key/legend (keep it simple!)

colour palettes/swatches

washi tape / pens / markers swatches

banners / fonts

doodles

ticket stubs / receipts

stickers / stamps

cutouts of info brochures

pressed flowers

calligraphy / brush lettering / handwriting practice

favourite stationery

activities

_______ that you want to do* / have done* (kind of bucket list) *watch, read, listen to, try, taste, cook, play etc.

books

movies

tv shows

music

hobbies

arts/crafts e.g. paper quilling

sports e.g. archery

how to play / equipment / etc.

video games

foods

activities

board games

books / movies / tv shows

summary / review

favourite characters

meaningful moments / moments that made you laugh / cry

(for the media critic) artful moments:

best descriptive passages

best cinematography

best action scenes

best use of soundtracks

(basically moments that make it deserving of awards)

music

album reviews

favourite songs

playlists for every mood and all seasons

meaningful lyrics

songs you shazamed

favourite genres and exemplar songs

kpop

reasons why i love my bias / bias wrecker / group

letter to your bias

comeback concepts / favourite outfits

visual/picture tutorials for makeup styles

calendar of your favs’ schedules during comeback season

in-jokes/memes

awards / achievements / records broken / milestones

translated lyrics

kpop songs vocab lists

upcoming releases

on this day

art

pics of your favourite artworks/artists + write about it

art styles you want to emulate

explain techniques for different media e.g. watercolour wet-on-wet

doodle ideas

astrology

natal chart readings/aspects/placements

solar return reading for the incoming year / transits

synastry / compatibility chart readings

constellation/star charts

symbol reference page for planets, zodiac signs, aspects

food

recipes

meal plans

shopping lists

interesting foods: (doodle ‘em!) taste / texture / smell (e.g. truffles, caviar)

cafes/restaurants you want to go to + their specialty dish (photo)

cocktails you want to mix/taste (doodle ‘em!)

media

interesting articles + moral/ethical issues it prompted you to think about

controversial topics on the news and for/against arguments/your thoughts

on this day in history

fav websites / blogs

jokes / puns / pickup lines

favourite poems / quotes / short stories

kinaesthetic

burn book - write things that make you angry/sad and rip the page out

wreck it journal - e.g. colour, scribble, stickers all over this page

travel

places to visit

travel itinerary

cultural parables

useful phrases in the language and their meaning

travel memories spread: things you did / places you went / selfies

postcard collection

packing list

friendly and not-so-friendly people that you met in foreign lands

writing

short story ideas

plot brainstorming spreads

journal prompts

drabbles

character designs

foreign words which can’t be directly translated into english

Follow optomstudies for daily original posts and study masterposts! Links: all originals + langblr posts + 15-part college 101 series + web directory!

#studyblr

luciferique

you, about italian summer: aesthetic, beautiful people walking at dusk holding hands on the beach, reading a book by the shades of a tree, falling in love with the first italian person you meet, orange palette colours

me, an intellectual: sweating from every pore, too much heat, tree shades won’t save your weak soul, sunscreen cream PROTECTION 100, bugs, mosquitoes, MOSQUITOES EVERYWHERE, you look like you’re ill of chickenpox for all the mosquito bites, Divieto di Balneazione™, “COCCO BELLO COCCO”, people completely drunk and wasted on August 15th, when even the tiniest bit of wind rises people cheer and sing hallelujah all together

noldorinwa

you: aw, I’m so jealous, I wish I could spend the summer in italy

me, emerging from my darkened living room at 2pm on a july afternoon like some kind of swamp demon, my hair a mess and my skin nearly bioluminescent from the mosquito repellent I just bathed in: you have no idea what you’re talking about

chipper671740-deactivated202006

italian summer aesthetic: tv newscasters warning you about The Exodus. beware, they say. but you cry. you know you can’t escape it.

rumidown

More aesthetic: StudioAperto saying is the hottest summer of the last 800 years( *war flashbacks from 2003). Towns looking like ghost cities in the Old Wild West from 12 to 5. Radio is still playing Sotto I Raggi del Sole by Brusco. Kids playing football on the beach IO VE LO BUCO QUESTO PALLONE MI INSABBIATE L’ ASCIUGAMANO

noldorinwa

sun dried corn fields and scalding asphalt from the summer of 2003 are my default post-apocalyptic aesthetic

rivoluzione--sottovoce-deactiva

That guy on the beach who sells bracelets and summer equipment that you never buy but you’ve befriended him anyway

gwensparlour

Mothers crying at tops of their lugs “Don’t bathe, you just eat, you’re gonna die” to children who are gonna bathe anyway. “Cornetto” ice-cream eveywhere. Playing soccer of boiling sand. Autostrada del sole under the scoarchign sun.

ilgattopatata

Taking public transport and either dying in a pool of your own sweat, or finding the really modern bus and freezing to death because the driver doesn’t know the meaning of ‘moderation’. Waking up in the middle of the night because the mosquitoes decided to buzz right into your ear

tenitchyfingers

“It’s not the hot weather, you know? It’s the humidity!” They look at you, nodding knowingly while they gasp for air, same as you.

And this summer’s tormentone follows you everywhere, just like every other year. In shops, on the radio coming from 50 different stations all at the same time, harassing your ears from the ads and being used in every single fucking Youtuber’s video you might happen to come across. Popping from everywhere, you hear it from the cars speeding by as you try to sleep, you hear it hummed by teenage girls with shorts and a gelato in their hand while they go around the town’s market, sometimes you have to see people pull some ugly move from the little dance that comes with it (but Occidentali’s Karma is an exception, you’d dance it all day screaming ALE’ and that would never tire you out).

It lasts 6 months, and then it just… disappears. All it leaves in its wake is a vague sense of nausea, frustration, and fear that you’ll have to listen to the same damn song for the billionth time.

And worst part - what they never tell you about - is that, through the brainwashing, you end up liking it. Tapping your fingers if you do happen to listen to it again. Just a little.

0athenachan0

All schools are closed. Kids are free. They are everywhere. Watching you. Judging you while listening to Volare out loud. Calling you signora. You feel unsafe. You try to escape but the melting asphalt has melted your shoes. You’re trapped. DragonBall Z is on tv again. Soon September will come and with it all the backpacks and school supplies ads. You feel nostalgic but also remember the Esame di Maturità. Never again. People forget that deodorants actually exist. The lake’s beach is so full of German people you’re starting to wonder if you’re still in your home country. You’re blue (da-bu-di da-bu-da) and there’s a murder on the dance floor. You made sure to park your car well under the shadow but five minutes later the sun is burning every part of it. You take a deep breath and try to get inside the car. You cannot breathe anymore. Drought Alarm! Remember to drink plenty of water and never leave the house during the hottest hours! Take extreme care of kids and senior citizens. You’re trying to complete your Settimana Enigmistica under your ombrellone, but the kids of your acquaintance from the beach keep screaming. They’ve probably been screaming for hours now. What time is it anyway? Have three hours passed since you had lunch? Who knows. Better wait a bit more before going to take a bath in the sea. Mom said you might feel sick and drown. 5 horizontal: the end of the world. Two letters.

punkatena

I think y’all are overreacting lmao

isthismadness-deactivated202009

Nop This is literally summer in Italy

tenitchyfingers

that map indicating north italy as “sub-tropical” in temperatures is the least surprising thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Try being on the pianura padana in July, you literally won’t survive it

chipper671740-deactivated202006

everytime this post is on my dash i see all my #italian squad hanging out I LOVE YOU GUYS! and i hate the cold but man i don’t miss august even a bit

#italy

pojkflata

don’t talk to me or my 53 unfinished video games ever again

#tbh

cronyfeudalism-deactivated20171

not to be corny but one’s radical politics should stem from a love for humanity

#tbh

cooldog2014-deactivated20150105

when u get a lousy grade even tho u studied

thecrimsonalchemist

when u dont study and u get a good grade

#lel

kidouyuuto-deactivated20140411

my sexuality? well you see its *throws smoke bomb, disappears while youre distracted*

#tbh

micdotcom

blazedbbyy

GET REKT

#irl

lohrien

Harry Potter illustrations by Gabriel Picolo

dA l tumblr l FB l instagram l patreon

#art

aovoss-deactivated20190303

Nvm

captioned-miscellaneous-videos

Person: “Help! Someone stole my car!”

[Triumphant music plays as Superhero disrobes]

Person:“It’s red with a ‘Vote for Donald Trump’ sticker on it.”

#lel

mediamattersforamerica

This would be unacceptable any year. But 2016? Really?

#irl

bob-belcher

Kylo Ren Undercover Boss SNL Skit

#nerd

heatsnout

dont u hate it when its nine in the afternoon but ur eyes are just normal sized

butchfatty-deactivated20210203

I’ve seen this post three times on my dash and i still cant fucking figure out what it means is it like some secret code. are 22,000+ of you in a secret society????? what the fuck is going on?????