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(previously "polyglart" and "the-creative-student" | Mara | 18 | XNFJ | Share your educational perils with me

[universalfanfic]

writing advice: never italicize words to show emphasis! if you’re writing well then the reader will know and you don’t need them!

me: oh really??? listen up, pal, you can just try an pull italics from my cold, dead fingers

[babybat98]

“I never said she stole my money.”

VS.

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.”

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.”

[3dphantom]

It’s especially funny how every single one of those sentences has a completely different meaning. Besides, one shouldn’t make such generalized, idiotic statements as “never use italics,” especially not to writers. A unique style is one of the most crucial elements of writing, and use of italics is a good way to differentiate your writing from others’.

[ma-at-thought]

You cannot take my slanty letters away from me.

[kuriquinn]

Touch my italics and I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you

[witchofeindor]

So I found this cool website for learning ancient languages

go wild

[hot-firebender-archive]

holy fuck

[twilight-blossom]

I just did a quick perusal of the Coptic resources on this site, and it has all the resources I’ve personally found worthwhile and then some. These are resources that took me months, if not years, to discover and compile. I am thoroughly impressed. The other languages featured on the site are:

Akkadian

Arabic

Aramaic

Church Slavonic

Egyptian (hieroglyphics and Demotic)

Elamite

Ethiopic (Ge’ez)

Etruscan

Gaulish

Georgian

Gothic

Greek

Hebrew

Hittite

Latin

Mayan (various related languages/dialects)

Old Chinese

Old English

Old French

Old Frisian

Old High German

Old Irish

Old Norse

Old Persian

Old Turkic

Sanskrit

Sumerian

Syriac

Ugaritic

For the love of all the gods, if you ever wanted to learn any of these languages, use this site.

[wondrousworldbuilding]

Might be useful for some of you.

[25vanillacloud]

this is your reminder to have a good posture, take your medication, drink water throughout the day, and that discipline is greater than motivation.

[18ctpincushion]

I just unfollowed 1700 inactive studyblrs

Please reblog if you are an active studyblr so I can follow you! I got really sad seeing all these blogs getting old and dusty. 

I need new content on my blog! Thank you <3 

[18ctpincushion]

i still check blogs out from this post!!

[aroseforno-one-deactivated20221]

me: wants attention

attention: gives me anxiety

[byebyethinspo]

glamorize going to bed early, like, 8pm early

instead of making high stress levels a competition, brag about feeling whole and at peace.

make is cool as hell to take 2pm naps and go on mindful walks by yourself.

talk about mental health and normalize visits to counselors or support systems

teach kids that being different is beautiful and that it’s healthy to love what makes us who we are.

make #selflove and #selfcare the most common hashtags

[allerliefste-archive-deactivate]

oh to be a little cat and sit in a windowsill

[academicssay]

[blaekswan-deactivated20210428]

abba was right, it is a rich man’s world

[socistudies]

4.11.18 || stressed-out sunday

it’s reading week but I’ve been buried under applications and formative essays - just taking a breather before trudging out to do more writing. hope everyone’s having a better weekend ♡

[serenadidntdeservetogetintoyale]

[saintlukas]

this healed me

[babydreamgirl-deactivated201902]

Me as well

[gentle-reminder]

gentle reminder

it’s okay to need validation, acknowledgement, or praise after completing a task, whether it’s a small or big thing – please know that i’m proud of you for your achievements, and i think you’re doing so well

[just-shower-thoughts]

Adulthood is 50% “I’m too young for this to be happening” and 50% “I’m too old for this shit”.

[rocktheholygrail]

[bobbyverse-deactivated20191221]

Be careful how comfortable you get with jokes that cut yourself down and emphasize the false concept that there’s no hope for your future and life is pointless. I get that talking about struggles is important and helps in not feeling alone. There has to be a line though, between “hey here’s something that’s rough so I’m gonna laugh about it” and cheering each other on as you hammer unhealthy concepts deeper into your mind. You are not worthless. You are not ugly. You are not trash. Good is absolutely possible in your future. Don’t forget that words have power. Be careful how much poison you throw in your own well.

[crescentstudies-deactivated2022]

HEY this is a reminder that failing tests and missing classes are okay. And that unfinished journals and planners are okay. Cheap stationery, messy notes, they’re all okay. Don’t stress about these stuff too much.

[crishtmss-deactivated20211108]

me: there’s no way i can draw That

me: *is somehow able to draw That*

me: 

[granadactonica]

I have read (and see) something about Hades and Persephone having chickens in the underworld, but this is really a fact or is something invent?

[coloricioso]

Chickens were indeed sacred to Hades and Persephone and an example of this are the  terracotta votive tablets from Locri -the ones of the pictures-. There are some books about this subject like Iconography of Religions by Bianchi or Locrian Maidens by Redfield.

The cock/chicken “became the chthonic bird, and was used on tombs, as emblematic of the hope of a reawakening to life”. (Peters) and it is also refered as “an infernal animal of passage” by Bernabe in his book Instructions for the Netherworld: the orphic gold tablets.He also says: ”Cocks allude to the world of the afterlife: as intermediaries between the soul and the Beyond, they intercede between the world of the dead and that of the living”.

Remember Persephone was the goddess of renewal, so at least in Locri, the cock was an usual attribute of her. And in other cultures cocks-chickens were seen as animals related to renewal and life (eggs have that symbolism tooo).

:D so. chickens for Hades and Persephone all the way.

(sources 1 - 2 - 3)

[zooophagous]

I KNEW chickens were sacred, I just didn’t know to whom

[revolutionaryshoe]

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”

“To intercede between the world of the living and that of the dead, as intermediaries between the soul and Beyond.”

“You mean…to get to the Other Side?”

“….yes.”