I Believe In You

Darcy, 18 Kazakhstan. Premed/Studyblr/Langblr. Speak Russian, Kazakh, and English. Duke University'20.

[tonyalmeida]

[maisiewilliams]

10 Female Written Short Stories Everyone Should Read

I have seen a post circulating for a while that lists 10 short stories everyone should read and, while these are great works, most of them are older and written by white men. I wanted to make a modern list that features fresh, fantastic and under represented voices. Enjoy!

1. A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri — A couple in a failing marriage share secrets during a blackout. 

2. Stone Animals by Kelly Link — A family moves into a haunted house.

3. Reeling for the Empire by Karen Russell — Women are sold by their families to a silk factory, where they are slowly transformed into human silkworms. 

4. Call My Name by Aimee Bender — A woman wearing a ball gown secretly auditions men on the subway. 

5. The Man on the Stairs by Miranda July — A woman wakes up to a noise on the stairs. 

6. Brownies by ZZ Packer — Rival Girl Scout troops are separated by race. 

7. City of My Dreams by Zsuzi Gartner — A woman works at a shop selling food-inspired soap and tries not to think about her past. 

8. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor — A family drives from Georgia to Florida, even though a serial killer is on the loose. 

9. Hitting Budapest by NoViolet Bulawayo — A group of children, led by a girl named Darling, travel to a rich neighborhood to steal guavas. 

10. You’re Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore — A history professor flies to Manhattan to spend Halloween weekend with her younger sister.

[astrangewoman]

I LOVE THIS POST!!

I’d like to add:

11. Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor

12. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (this one is my favorite short story of all time)

13. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

14. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

15. Désirée’s Baby by Kate Chopin

16. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

17. Impressions of an Indian Childhood by Zitkala-Ša

(I wanted to put little summaries for each of them, but I’m afraid I’d spoil the whole story if I did!)

[ellydash]

adding a few more! all by women of color, & the first four were published within the last few years

18. “My Dear You,” Rachel Khong — love, loss, & absurdity in the afterlife

19. “The Husband Stitch,” Carmen Maria Machado — a feminist retelling of the folklore story “The Green Ribbon”

20. “Inventory,” Carmen Maria Machado — one woman’s retrospective list of her life’s sexual encounters

21. “Boys Go to Jupiter,” Danielle Evans — what happens after a white college student poses for a photo in a Confederate flag bikini

22. “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” ZZ Packer — a Black woman attends Yale University

[izzychao]

oh i have some of these too! many are science-fiction or science-fantasy, because the woman in those genres are severely under-represented ! The first two authors are slightly older, but their works are so important in the development of the roles of women in scifi as a genre so!

23. “Those Who Walk Away from Omelas” and “Mountain Ways” by Ursula K. Le Guin — The first is a study of philosophical questions similar to the trolley problem, told in very loose form. The second is a science-fantasy story about two women navigating love and sexuality in their society’s polyamorous marriage rituals. But honestly you should read all of Le Guin’s short stories and novels, she’s amazing.

24. “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler — One of my all-time FAVORITE short stories, about a future where humans live alongside large insect-like aliens, and serve as hosts for their eggs and larval young. It’s gruesome, gory, unsettling, and honestly pretty horrific but it’s really wonderful–if you can handle horror in your stories I highly recommended it. Butler’s novels are also wonderful, please check them out if you can (not all of them are this unsettling)

25. “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan — A trans allegory in which future humans go through surgery to become invertebrate sea creatures (cephalopods and arthropods mostly) in order to better work in space. Wonderfully weird in so many ways.

26. “From the Lost Diary of Treefrog7” and “The Palm Tree Bandit” by Nnedi Okorafor — Lost Diary is a story about a woman and her husband exploring an alien jungle told through research log-style journal entries. Very much survival horror scifi. Palm Tree Bandit is told as a mother reciting a story to her daughter as she braids her hair, about her great-grandmother who started a kind of small revolution for women in Nigeria. Nnedi’s novels and other short stories, as well as her works within the comics industry, are all fantastic, so look into her more if you can!!!

[stephanator]

@spiritspodcast

[filmnoirsbian]

Things Read in March

Articles & Essays:

White outrage about Will Smith's slap is rooted in antiblackness

Hillsong Co-Founder Has Resigned After Allegations of Misconduct

Nurses Eat Their Young; An Insight Into Systematic Hazing and its Implications on Patient Care

Rashida Renée on Killing Nostalgia in 2022

'It's a powerful feeling: the Indigenous American tribe helping to bring back buffalo

Aren't You Wasting Your Time?

People of colour fleeing Ukraine attacked by Polish nationalists

We All Simp for Alfred Molina

The Problem with 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'

How Silence Became a Luxury Product

Inside the Cat Show Controversy

I Love Sally Rooney's Novels, But They Aren't Written for Me

This Fall, Dress Like A "Cool Shrink"

The Narcissism of Queer Influencer Activists

"The Slaves Were Happy": High School Latin and the Horrors of Classical Studies

An Interview with Andrew Garfield

The Nightmare on Elm Street remake is better than the angry mob insisted

Emily Ratajkowski: 'I had succeeded in comodifying my body. So why was I so unhappy?'

The sinister return of eugenics

Your brain is not a computer

My Year of Reading Every Ursula K. Le Guin Novel

World's longest song drones on

Interview with Jo Ann Beard

The Fourth State of Matter

Reddit Account May Prove Murder

Who is the Bad Art Friend?

The Bizarre Book 'Consensual Hex' is Getting Dragged for Depicting Real People

12 Literary Plagiarism Scandals, Ranked

Bob Dylan Slams Plagiarism Accusers as 'Wussies and Pussies'

Uncle Jam: George Clinton talks sample trolls, Kendrick Lamar, and UFO crashes

Bob Dylan Cheats Again?

The Allure of Chola Femininity

The Sacred Wood

The Cop-Attacking Chilean Dog Who Became A Worldwide Symbol of Protest

Why a baby shark is called a pup -- and other unusual baby animal names

The world's most unwanted plants help trees make more fruit

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Bizarro World

War Over 'The Conjuring': The Disturbing Claims Behind a Billion-Dollar Franchise

'Our Flag Means Death' Might Just be the Best Queer Show of the Year

The Alt-Right's Asian Fetish

Race Consciousness: Fascism and Frank Herbert's "Dune"

The Bootstrap Fallacy: Self-Levitation Doesn't Work

Lost Genes Explain Vampire Bats' Diet of Blood

A New Start After 60: 'I became a psychotherapist at 69 and found my calling.'

The Art of Loving and Losing Female Friends

The Singularity Is Here

How the Snowflakes Won

How Hollywood heartthrobs and Steven Spielberg helped make a drag queen cult classic

Let's Talk About Bæddelism

A Guide to Every Single Immersive Van Gogh Experiences Blanketing the U.S.

The Secret Life of Sacheen Littlefeather

"Cultural sexism in the world is very real when you've lived on both sides of the coin."

When Writing Fiction Hurts the People You Love

Poetry:

Outbreaks by Kitchen McKeown

Telemachus' Detachment by Louise Glück

To My Body by Nancy Sullivan

Magdalene by Marie Howe

Dream by Mathias Svalina

Phlebotomy, As Told by the Blood by Torrin A. Greathouse

The Lost Woods as Elegy for Black Childhood by Derrick Austin

March by Richard Kenney

Spring by Chloe Honum

Lines on Last Spring by Robert Hass

Books:

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

White Lines On A Green Field by Catherynne M. Valente

Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong

The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

[thecollectibles]

Art by DannyLaiLai

[eintsein]

An Overview of Note-Taking Styles

Note-taking is one of the most essential skills a student should master. It allows you to record and review information to be used in the future. But what’s the best way to do so? Here’s an overview of note-taking styles that can help you maximize your learning!

[introvert-unicorn-deactivated20]

A list of nice words we should use more to describe people

Adventurous : willing to undertake new and daring enterprises.

Affectionate : having or displaying warmth or fondness.

Ambitious : having a strong desire for success or achievement.

Amiable : diffusing warmth and friendliness.

Brave : not being afraid of danger.

Considerate : showing concern for the rights and feelings of others.

Courageous : able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.

Courteous : characterized by politeness and gracious good manners.

Diligent : characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks.

Empathetic : showing ready comprehension of others’ states.

Exuberant : unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.

Gregarious : temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others.

Humble : marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.

Impartial : free from undue bias or preconceived opinions.

Intuitive : obtained through instinctive knowledge.

Inventive : marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.

Kind : behaving in a caring way towards people

Passionate : having or expressing strong emotions.

Philosophical : meeting trouble with level-headed detachment.

Practical : guided by experience and observation rather than theory.

Rational : having its source in or being guided by the intellect.

Reliable : worthy of trust.

Resourceful : adroit or imaginative.

Sensible : able to feel or perceive.

Sincere : open and genuine; not deceitful.

Sympathetic : expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings.

Witty : demonstrating striking cleverness and humor.

[mednerds]

Imagine for a moment that we are nothing but the product of billions of years of molecules coming together and ratcheting up through natural selection, that we are composed only of highways of fluids and chemicals sliding along roadways within billions of dancing cells, that trillions of synaptic conversations hum in parallel, that this vast egglike fabric of micron-thin circuitry runs algorithms undreamt of in modern science, and that these neural programs give rise to our decision making, loves, desires, fears, and aspirations. To me, that understanding would be a numinous experience, better than anything ever proposed in anyone’s holy text.

David Eagleman, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (via mednerds)

[the-more-u-know]

24 Invaluable Skills To Learn For Free Online This Year

Here’s an easy resolution: This stuff is all free as long as you have access to a computer, and the skills you learn will be invaluable in your career, and/or life in general. 

1. Become awesome at Excel.

Chandoo is one of many gracious Excel experts who wants to share their knowledge with the world. Excel excellence is one of those skills that will improve your chances of getting a good job instantly, and it will continue to prove invaluable over the course of your career. What are you waiting for?

2. Learn how to code.

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Perhaps no other skill you can learn for free online has as much potential to lead to a lucrative career. Want to build a site for your startup? Want to build the next big app? Want to get hired at a place like BuzzFeed? You should learn to code. There are a lot of places that offer free or cheap online coding tutorials, but I recommend Code Academy for their breadth and innovative program. If you want to try a more traditional route, Harvard offers its excellent Introduction to Computer Science course online for free.

3. Make a dynamic website.

You could use a pre-existing template or blogging service, or you could learn Ruby on Rails and probably change your life forever. Here’s an extremely helpful long list of free Ruby learning tools that includes everything from Rails for Zombies to Learn Ruby The Hard Way. Go! Ruby! Some basic programming experience, like one of the courses above, might be helpful (but not necessarily required if you’re patient with yourself).

4. Learn to make a mobile game.

If you’re not interested in coding anything other than fun game apps, you could trythis course from the University of Reading. It promises to teach you how to build a game in Java, even if you don’t have programming experience! If you want to make a truly great game, you might want to read/listen up on Game Theory first.

5. Start reading faster.

Spreeder is a free online program that will improve your reading skill and comprehension no matter how old you are. With enough practice, you could learn to double, triple, or even quadruple the speed at which you read passages currently, which is basically like adding years to your life.

6. Learn a language!

With Duolingo, you can learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, or English (from any of the above or more). There’s a mobile app and a website, and the extensive courses are completely free.

Full disclosure: BuzzFeed and other websites are in a partnership with DuoLingo, but they did not pay or ask for this placement.

7. Pickle your own vegetables.

Tired of your farmer’s market haul going bad before you use it all? Or do you just love tangy pickled veggies? You too can pickle like a pro thanks to SkillShare and Travis Grillo.

8. Improve your public speaking skills.

You can take the University of Washington’s Intro to Public Speaking for free online. Once you learn a few tricks of the trade, you’ll be able to go into situations like being asked to present at a company meeting or giving a presentation in class without nearly as much fear and loathing.

9. Get a basic handle of statistics.

UC Berkeley put a stats intro class on iTunes. Once you know how to understand the numbers yourself, you’ll never read a biased “news” article the same way again — 100% of authors of this post agree!

10. Understand basic psychology.

Knowing the basics of psych will bring context to your understanding of yourself, the dynamics of your family and friendships, what’s really going on with your coworkers, and the woes and wonders of society in general. Yale University has its Intro to Psychology lectures online for free.

11. Make your own music.

Step one: Learn how to play guitar: Justin Guitar is a fine and free place to start learning chords and the basic skills you’ll need to be able to play guitar — from there, it’s up to you, but once you know the basics, just looking up tabs for your favorite songs and learning them on your own is how many young guitar players get their start (plus it’s an excellent party trick).

Step two: A delightful free voice lesson from Berklee College Of Music.

Step three: Have you always thought you had an inner TSwift? Berklee College of Music offers an Introduction to Songwriting course completely for free online. The course is six weeks long, and by the end of the lesson you’ll have at least one completed song.

Step four: Lifehacker’s basics of music production will help you put it all together once you have the skills down! You’ll be recording your own music, ready to share with your valentine or the entire world, in no time!

12. Learn to negotiate.

Let Stanford’s Stan Christensen explain how to negotiate in business and your personal life, managing relationships for your personal gain and not letting yourself be steamrolled. There are a lot of football metaphors and it’s great.

13. Stop hating math.

If you struggled with math throughout school and now have trouble applying it in real-world situations when it crops up, try Saylor.org’s Real World Math course. It will reteach you basic math skills as they apply IRL. Very helpful!

14. Start drawing!

All kids draw — so why do we become so afraid of it as adults? Everyone should feel comfortable with a sketchbook and pencil, and sketching is a wonderful way to express your creativity. DrawSpace is a great place to start. (I also highly recommend the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain if you can drop a few dollars for a used copy.)

15. Make your own animated GIF.

BuzzFeed’s own Katie Notopoulos has a great, simple guide to making an animated GIF without Photoshop. This is all you need to be the king or queen of Tumblr or your favorite email chains.

16. Appreciate jazz.

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Have you never really “gotten” jazz? If you want to be able to participate in conversations at fancy parties and/or just add some context to your appreciation of all music, try this free online course from UT Austin.

17. Write well.

Macalester College’s lecture series is excellent. If you’re more interested in journalism, try Wikiversity’s course selection.

18. Get better at using Photoshop.

Another invaluable skill that will get you places in your career, learning Photoshop can be as fun as watching the hilarious videos on You Suck At Photoshop or as serious as this extensive Udemy training course (focused on photo retouching).

19. Take decent pictures.

Lifehacker’s basics of photography might be a good place to start. Learn how your camera works, the basic of composition, and editing images in post-production. If you finish that and you’re not sure what to do next, here’s a short course on displaying and sharing your digital photographs.

20. Learn to knit.

Instructables has a great course by a woman who is herself an online-taught knitter. You’ll be making baby hats and cute scarves before this winter’s over!

21. Get started with investing in stocks.

If you are lucky enough to have a regular income, you should start learning about savings and investment now. Investopedia has a ton of online resources, including this free stocks basics course. Invest away!

22. Clean your house in a short amount of time.

Unf$#k Your Habitat has a great emergency cleaning guide for when your mother-in-law springs a surprise visit on you. While you’re over there, the entire blog is good for getting organized and clean in the long term, not just in “emergencies.” You’ll be happier for it.

23. Start practicing yoga.

Most cities have free community classes (try just searching Google or inquiring at your local yoga studio), or if you’re more comfortable trying yoga at home, YogaGlohas a great 15-day trial and Yome is a compendium of 100% free yoga videos. If you’re already familiar with basic yoga positions but you need an easy way to practice at home, I recommend YogaTailor’s free trial as well.

24. Tie your shoelaces more efficiently.

It’s simple and just imagine the minutes of your life you’ll save!

[you-had-me-at-e-flat-major]

Could you write a basic list of classical pieces? Only the essential, your favourites :) Thanks!

Baroque

BachBrandenburg Concerto 5H-moll-MesseWeihnachtsoratoriumFantasia in GFantasy and Fugue in G minor

VivaldiWinterConcerto for 2 Cellos in G minor

HandelWater Music

Classical

MozartSymphonies 39-41Oboe ConcertoBassoon ConcertoClarinet ConcertoRequiemSinfonia Concertante KV 297b

HaydnCello Concerto

Romantic

BeethovenSymphonies 3-5, 7Violin ConcertoPiano Sonate 1, 18, 21, 23, 29

MendelssohnSymphonies 3-4Violin ConcertoPaulusDie HebridenOctetDie NachtigallKyrie

SpohrSymphonies 2-4, 9-10Clarinet Concerti 3-4

SchumannSymphonies 2-3Piano Sonata 2Konzertstück für vier Hörner

SchubertWiderspruchDer Erlkönig

ChopinScherzo in Bb minorNocturne in Bb minorPiano Concerti 1-2

WeberDer Freischütz: OuvertüreClarinet Concerti 1-2

WagnerTristan und Isolde: Vorspiel und LiebestodLohengrin: Vorspiel zu Akt III, Elsa’s Procession to the CathedralDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg: VorspielTannhäuser: Vorspiel

TchaikovskySymphonies 1-4, 6Piano Concerto 1Marche Slave1812 OvertureFrancesca da RiminiRomeo & Juliet Fantasy OvertureViolin ConcertoString Quartet 1

RachmaninovSymphony 2Piano Concerti 1-2Preludes in Gm, D, C#mVespersDie Toteninsel

Johann Strauss IIDie Fledermaus: Overture

DvorákSymphonies 1, 3-4, 6-9Cello ConcertoString Quartet 12String QuintetCarnival OvertureSlavonic Dances: Op. 46 no. 8 and Op. 72 no. 7

BrahmsSymphonies 1, 3-4Clarinet Sonate 1-2String Quartet 1

Saint-SaënsSymphony 3TarantelleClarinet Sonata

GriegPeer Gynt Suites 1-2Lyric Pieces: Hochzeitstag auf TroldhaugenPiano Concerto

StraussTill Eulenspiegels lustige StreicheDon JuanEine AlpensinfonieSaloméViolin Concerto

SibeliusViolin Concerto

GlinkaRusslan und Ludmilla: Overture

LisztLa campanellaPiano Concerti 1-2

SmetanaMa vlast: Vltava

ElgarSymphony no. 2Cello Concerto

BrucknerSymphonies 4, 8

MahlerSymphonies 2-3, 5-10

DebussyLa MerPremière RhapsodiePréludes

20th Century & Contemporary

RespighiPini di RomaFontane di Roma

GlièreHorn ConcertoLes Sirènes

ShostakovichSymphonies 1, 5, 7, 9Festive OvertureFuneral and Triumphal PreludeString Quartet 8

HolstFirst Suite in E-flatSecond Suite in FSt. Paul’s SuiteThe Planets

StravinskyThe FirebirdPétrouchka: Danse russe

ProkofievSymphony 1Romeo and Juliet

KodályGalántai táncok

BernsteinCandide: OvertureSlava!Clarinet Sonata

PoulencFlute SonataClarinet Sonata

GraingerLincolnshire PosyShepherd’s HeyCountry GardensMolly on the ShoreDown Longford WayIn Dahomey

MárquezDanzón no. 2

AdamsShort Ride in a Fast Machine

OrffCarmina Burana

BrittenWar RequiemPeter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes

WilliamsThe Mission

BarberAdagio for StringsViolin Concerto

de MeijSymphony 1

MaslankaGive Us This DaySymphony 4

StevensBenediction

McBethOf Sailors and Whales

Trad., arr. KirchnerWana Baraka

ClausenAt the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners

WhitacreSleepOctoberCloudburstThe Seal Lullaby

[darcystudies]

Looking for example essays for an eBook!

Hi everyone! I am currently working on an eBook in russian on the process of applying to U.S. universities and getting scholarships and financial aid.

I would like to include some examples of successful essays for prospective applicants. If you applied to colleges this year or in the past and would like to contribute, please message me on here!

I will, of course, give credits and mention your tumblr blog :) 

[darcystudies]

wow it’s been a while

I still keep getting likes on my posts from 2016 when I got a full ride at Duke. It’s bringing back so many memories! I’m actually currently writing an e-book in russian on applying to US universities and I’m mentioning how much appblr community has helped me.

Should I start blogging again?

[studyingisfortheweekend-blog]

Alternatives for 25 overused words in writing

1. Interesting- note worthy; thought-provoking; fascinating; attracting; appealing; attention-grabbing; captivating; gripping; invigorating; engrossing; engaging; electrifying.  

2. Beautiful- striking; stunning; magnificent; lovely; charming; gorgeous; radiant; dazzling.

3. Good- acceptable, wonderful, exceptional; positive; brilliant; first-rate; notable; stellar; favorable; superb; marvellous; prime.

4. Bad- awful; lousy; poor; unacceptable; crummy; dreadful; rough; inferior; substandard; atrocious; appalling; dreadful; defective.

5. Look- glance; fixate; observe; stare; gaze; peer; scan; watch; study; browse; eye; glimpse; review; inspect.

6. Nice- lovely; superior; pleasant; satisfying; delightful; likeable; agreeable; correct; adequate; swell; fair; okay; approved.

7. Very- extremely; exceedingly; exceptionally; immensely; tremendously; abundantly; particularly; remarkably.

8. Fine- satisfactory; worthy; respectable; exquisite; suitable; well; imposing; decent; admirable; praise-worthy; decent.

9. Happy- cheerful; delighted; pleased; content; amused; thrilled; elated; thrilled; ecstatic; on cloud 9. 

10. Really- genuinely; truly; honestly; actually; undoubtedly; certainly; remarkably; incredibly; downright; unquestionably; extremely.

11. Sad- miserable; gloomy; devastated; distressed; down at heard; distraught; distressed; dispirited; sorrowful; downcast; feeling blue; desolate.

12. Big- massive; huge; giant; gigantic; enormous; large; colossal; immense; bulky; tremendous; hefty; sizable; extensive; great; substantial. 

13. Shocked- taken aback; lost for words; flabbergasted; staggered; outraged; astonished; astounded; stunned; speechless; appalled.

14. Small- tiny; petite; mini; miniature; microscopic; minuscule; compact; pocket-sized; cramped; puny; undersized; limited; meager; modest; minute; pint-sized. 

15. Angry- irate; enraged; touchy; cross; resentful; indignant; infuriated; wound-up; worked-up; seething; raging; heated; bitter; bad-tempered; offended; frustrated. 

16. Know- understand; comprehend; realize; learn; perceive; recognize; grasp; sense.

17. Change- alter; transform; replace; diversify; adjust; adapt; modify; remodel; vary; evolve; transfigure; redesign; refashion; advance; transition; shift; adjustment.

18. Old- aged; ancient; matured; elderly; senior; veteran; decrepit; seasoned; venerable; past one’s prime; doddering; senile.

19. Think- ponder; reflect; conceive; imagine; contemplate; consider; determine; realize; visualize; guess/assume; conclude; envision. 

20. Funny- comical; ludicrous; amusing; droll; entertaining; absurd; hilarious; silly; whimsical; hysterical; joking; witty; facetious; slapstick; side-splitting; knee-slapping.

21. Go- move; proceed; advance; progress; travel; walk; journey; depart; exit; flee; make one’s way; clear out; get underway.

22. Give- grant; donate; hand-out; present; provide; deliver; hand over; offer; award; bestow; supply with; contribute to; send; entrust.

23. Get- acquire; obtain; receive; gain; earn; gather; collect; buy; purchase; attain; score; secure; take possession of; grab.

24. Easy- effortless; simple; clear; smooth; straightforward; uncomplicated; painless; accessible; apparent; basic; plain; child’s play; facile; elementary; cinch. 

25. Fast- agile; brisk; rapid; nimble; swift; accelerated; fleeting; high-speed; active; dashing; winged; hurried; turbo. 

[studypsy]

Thank you!

[thenamesjocelyn]

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http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=380

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no one coulda reblogged this a month ago when i spent 500

[kreativegeenius]

momentsbymarcus

[trappunzelll]

Look at KB coming through

[kimreesesdaughter]

Every time you see this, reblog it. There is always someone in college that will see this.

[emmastudies]

Popular apps perfect for students

Staying on top of all your to-dos, errands, tasks and due dates can get complicated but luckily there is an app for everything! If you’re looking for app to wake you up in a morning, manage your priorities or soothe your anxiety, you’ve come to the right place. Here is a list of all the top apps that students are using:

Organisation

Wunderlist

Planner Pro

24me

Remember The Milk

Google Calendar

Pocket Schedule - Class Schedule, Homework Planner

AwesomeNote2 - All in One Organiser

AnyList

The Homework App - Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner

My Study Life

Calendars by Readdle - Event and Task Manager

Class Timetable

Countdown+

Due - Reminders, Countdown Timers

Do! - The Best of Simple To Do Lists

Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple

Glass Planner

Day One Journal

iStudiez Pro

Awesome Note 2

Grammarly

Konmari

Productivity

RescueTime

Streaks

Forest

ToDoIst

Tide - Stay focused, be peaceful

Focus Keeper

Habitica

Productive habits and daily goal tracker

HabitBull (recommend by @ravn-studies)

BrainFocus (recommend by @ravn-studies)

Toggle Time Tracker (recommend by @ravn-studies)

Self Control

Jot - Notes Widget

Swipes - To Do List

ClearFocus: Productivity Timer

Noisli

Binaural beats

Lanes

Note taking

Microsoft OneNote

Evernote

Quizlet

Notability

Byword

Flashcards+

Goodnotes

Outline

Boximize - Structured notetaking, personal database, form builder, manager and organiser

INKredible (recommend by @lottestudiesphysics)

RefME - Referencing Made Easy

Bear (recommended by @revisionsandcoffee​)

InkFlow Visual Notebook

Studying

Quizlet

Flashcards+

Duolingo

Khan Academy

Xmind

Writer

Studyblue

Coffitivity

Prezi

MindMeister

Hemingway Editor

StudyStack

Crashcourse

Shmoop

Beelinguapp

Brightstorm

Coggle mindmaps

Mindly

Sleeping

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Sleep Genius

Rain Rain

Pillow: The sleep cycle alarm clock for sleep tracking

Sleepytime Sleep Scheduler

Mental health and self care

Headspace

Stop, Breathe & Think: Meditation and Mindfulness

Pacifica - Anxiety, Stress, & Depression relief

Centered

Buddhify

Calm: Meditation techniques for stress reduction

Moodnotes - Thought Journal/Mood Diary

Colorfy

7 Cups Anxiety, Stress & Depression Chat & Therapy

Companion 

Smiling Mind

Bsafe

Circle of 6

Health and fitness

Sweat with Kayla - Fitness & Bikini Body Workouts

Yoga Work Out

Freeletics

7-minutes workout

Waterlogged - Drink More Water, Daily Water Intake Tracker and Hydration Reminders

Sworkit (recommend by @leviosa-studies)

Medisafe pill reminder

Plant Nanny Water Reminder

Mealboard

Finance

UNiDAYS

Pocketbook Personal Finance Expense Tracker

Splitwise - Split bills and expenses the easy way

Pocket Expense - Personal Finance Assistant

Daily Budget Original Pro - Saving Is Fun!

Mvelopes

PocketGuard

Mint

The Coupons App

Groupon

Ebates

Hope this helps! x

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Study masterlist

Studying for English:

AP english tips

How to do well in English class

7 tips for surviving an English class

How to score more than 90% in the English board

How to do well in English literature class

Get your essay analyzed

Analytical essay template

Augmentative essay template

Compare and contrast essay template

Expository essay template

Persuasive essay template

Reflective essay template

Research paper essay template

How to write a speech

10 keys to writing a speech

10 tips on writing a kick-ass speech

7 things to do when you have to present a short speech

How to give a great speech

10 ways to improve your creative writing

How to write a short story

5 steps to write a short story

5 secret tips to writing a short story

Crash course in literature

Studying foreign languages:

Duolingo

How diplomates learn foreign languages

12 rules for learning foreign languages

10 tips and tricks to learn foreign languages

22 for learning a foreign language

Tips for foreign langauge studies

Ten foreign language study tips

The best way to learn a foreign language

Learning a foreign language: five most common mistakes

Studying maths:

Get the answer to any maths problem

7 tips for solving maths problems

A guide for studying maths

Success in mathematics

Maths study tips

How to study for a maths test

Studying for a maths test

10 strategies to improve your math grades

Studying computer studies:

Codeacademy

5 things to remember when studying IT

3 ways to study computer studies

How to study for your computer studies exam

5 tips for computer science freshman

6 easy ways to learn coding and computer coding for free

Get a college level computer science education with these free courses

Studying science:

5 study techniques to master biology

Study tips for biology classes

How to get an A in biology

Crash course in biology

Crash course in astronomy

Crash course psychology

Crash course in ecology

Crash course in chemistry

Crash course in anatomy and physiology

Studying art:

Proko - drawing tutorials

Drawing with Jazza - drawing and animation tutorials

Markcrilley - drawing tutorials

Made to sew - sewing

DigitalRev TV - photography

Art journalling

General study tips:

9 best scientific study tips

How to use mind mapping

How to have a productive study time

How to study in college

9 apps to help shut off the internet and let you get back to work

Studying with mental illness:

How to deal with mental illness in college

How to study with a mental illness

Studying with mental illness in college

How to brainwash yourself to study while depressed

Managing depression while studying forum

6 tips to get motivated while depressed

How to deal with stress and anxiety

How to calm anxiety

Breathing technique to decrease anxiety

19 tips to break brain fog

10 tips for navigating through brain fog

10 websites to help you relax

6 ways to fight distractions

10 study tips for students with ADD/ADHD

ADHD students: 8 study tips

Study playlist:

Best music to help study

Study playlists on 8tracks

2 hour long piano music for studying

Study playlist masterlist

Study playlist

Note taking: 

How to take notes

How to take notes from a textbook

How to take notes in class

College note taking tips

Cornell note taking method

How to take lecture notes

How to take notes faster

Effective note taking for exams

Organization:

20 habits of organized people

How to stay organized in high school

45 tips for staying organized in college

Getting organized for the whole school year

10 ways to get organized this year

Monster study planners

5 planner tips

Beginner guide to bullet journaling

Easy DIY planner

Make your own planner

Exams:

How to prepare for exams

Don’t freak out over finals

Ultimate finals guide

Test anxiety tips

How to study for an exam

Last minute advice:

To help calm down anxiety or brain fog, try writing down all the things you need to do then organize them from mote important to least important or by due date.

Don’t be afraid to be funny when writing down your notes. If something funny will help remember a certain fact then do it.

If you fail something don’t panic. You are not the first and certainly not the last.

Find out which way you learn the best and try to learn through that.

My teacher once explained that she wrote all her notes down and placed them every where she would see them, even in the shower.

If you are worried about certain issues then don’t be afraid to talk to your teacher.

Make sure to take breaks, a clouded mind does no good when you need it most.

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Language Learning Book Masterpost

About 120 pdfs of language learning books - let me now if there are any problems :)

Afrikaans

Teach Yourself Afrikaans

Colloquial Afrikaans

Arabic

Arabic - An Essential Grammar

A Reference of Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic

Albanian

Albanian grammar

Colloquial Albanian

Bengali

Teach Yourself Bengali

Bulgarian

A Short Grammar of Bulgarian

Teach Yourself Bulgarian

Catalan

Teach Yourself Catalan

Colloquial Catalan

Cantonese

Routledge Grammars - Basic Cantonese - A Grammar and Workbook

Routledge Grammars - Intermediate Cantonese - A Grammar and Workbook

Colloquial Cantonese

Chinese

Routledge Grammar - Basic Chinese - A Grammar and Workbook (2nd ed)

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Chinese - A Grammar and Workbook

Using Chinese Synonyms

Using Chinese - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Chinese - A Comprehensive Grammar

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar - A Practical Guide

Chinese Language(s): A Look Through the Prism of the Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects

Czech

Czech - An Essential Grammar

Danish

Danish - An Essential Grammar

Danish - An Elementary Grammar and Reader

Teach Yourself Danish

Colloquial Danish

Dutch

Routledge Grammar - Basic Dutch - A Grammar and Workbook

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Dutch - A Grammar and Workbook

Dutch - An Essential Grammar (second source)

Dutch - A Comprehensive Grammar (second source)

Colloquial Dutch (second source)

Colloquial Dutch 2 (second source)

Hugo in 3 Months Dutch

Hugo Advanced Courses Taking Dutch Further

Teach Yourself Beginner’s Dutch

Teach Yourself Dutch

Teach Yourself Dutch Grammar

English

English - An Essential Grammar

A Student’s Introduction to English Grammar

Colloquial English

Finnish

Finnish - An Essential Grammar

French

Using French Vocabulary

A Student Grammar of French

The Syntax of French

Colloquial French 2

German

Routledge Grammar - Basic German - A Grammar and Workbook

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate German - A Grammar and Workbook

German - An Essential Grammar

Using German Synonyms

The Structure of German

Gujarati

Teach Yourself Gujarati

Colloquial Gujarati

Greek

Greek - An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Colloquial Greek

Hungarian

Hungarian - An Essential Grammar

The Syntax of Hungarian

Colloquial Hungarian

Hebrew

Modern Hebrew - An Essential Grammar

Colloquial Hebrew

Icelandic

The Syntax of Icelandic

Colloquial Icelandic

Irish

Routledge Grammar - Basic Irish - A Grammar and Workbook

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Irish - A Grammar and Workbook  

Colloquial Irish - The Complete Course for Beginners

Irish Grammar - A Basic Handbook

Italian

Routledge Grammar - Basic Italian - A Grammar and Workbook 

Using Italian - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Using Italian Vocabulary 

Modern Italian Grammar a Practical Guide

Colloquial Italian 

Colloquial Italian 2

Indonesian

Indonesian - A Comprehensive Grammar

Indonesian Reference Grammar

Icelandic

Teach Yourself Icelandic

Korean

Routledge Grammar - Basic Korean - A Grammar and Workbook

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate German - A Grammar and Workbook 

Using Korean - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Korean Grammar for International Learners

Colloquial Korean - The Complete Course for Beginners

Latvian

A Short Grammar of Latvian

Teach Yourself Latvian

Colloquial Latvian

Lithuanian

A Short Grammar of Lithuanian

Teach Yourself Lithuanian

Colloquial Lithuanian

Norwegian

Norwegian - An Essential Grammar

Colloquial Norwegian

Polish

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Polish - A Grammar and Workbook

Polish - An Essential Grammar

A Grammar of Contemporary Polish

Colloquial Polish

Portuguese

Portuguese - An Essential Grammar

Using Portuguese - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil

Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2

Russian

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Russian - A Grammar and Workbook

Using Russian - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Using Russian Vocabulary

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar

A Reference Grammar of Russian

Colloquial Russian 2

Romanian

Romanian - An Essential Grammar

Colloquial Romanian

Serbian

Serbian - An Essential Grammar

Teach Yourself Serbian

Spanish

Routledge Grammar - Basic Spanish - A Grammar and Workbook

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Spanish - A Grammar and Workbook

Spanish - An Essential Grammar

Using Spanish Synonyms

Using Spanish Vocabulary

Using Spanish - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

A Student Grammar of Spanish

Modern Spanish Grammar A Practical Guide

The Syntax of Spanish

Swedish

Swedish - An Essential Grammar

Teach Yourself Swedish

Colloquial Swedish

Thai

Thai - An Essential Grammar

Teach Yourself Thai

Colloquial Thai

Turkish

Turkish Grammar

Turkish - A Comprehensive Grammar

Urdu

Urdu - An Essential Grammar

Welsh

Modern Welsh -  A Comprehensive Grammar

The Syntax of Welsh

Colloquial Welsh

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note to self

- stop checking who’s watching your story compulsively, or at all - stop checking if theyve read your message - stop deleting posts and pictures when they dont get enough attention - who cares if they can hear your music blasting through your earphones, turn it up - stop comparing yourself to her. you are enough - stop apologizing for being sick - stop refreshing your notifications, my fingers are so sore - ignore the urge to conform to their expectations - stop talking, listen - do not let people tell you to calm down - stop trying to get them to want you , if they want you they will ask - stop making the same mistakes - stop feeling bad about thinking of his body against yours - stop refraining from appreciating yourself - stop explaining yourself - create. - you dont need people - stop feeling everything so damn much