mini 🪩💌🥂

london, uk • phd candidate • school teacher • palestinian 🇵🇸

[lepetitmini]

well, i might as well introduce myself. hi! i’m mini, i’m 21, and i’m a phd candidate in the social sciences. currently based out of london, but hoping to leave at some point soon. my research focuses on critical demography, reproductive justice, and indigenous sovereignty. besides my research, i’m very passionate about perfume, reading, hiking, and wine. i don’t see myself posting here a ton, but i do think it could be a fun way to hold myself accountable to small goals and keep motivated. would love to chat with other students any time :)

[vio---let]

Thankful for Octobers. Thankful for yellow flowers. Thankful for cats. Thankful for good books.

[the---hermit]

07|10|2025

Planning my week in the therapist's waiting room, and my newest read. Not much to update about other than the fact that I am continuing my reading of the first thesis book, and I am also still waiting for an answer from a professor for my last exam.

[owlchimedes]

9.17.25 | cramming to wrap everything by the end of the week… at least I have my silly girl for company

[lepetitmini]

beloved london autumn begins :) currently trying to balance restarting my phd programme, impressing my new batch of gcse students, and reading 10 more books before the end of the year. cheers to england’s best season ☕️🍁🤎

[imanbenerrabeh]

moleskine planner + mokapot latte

[imanbenerrabeh]

sat. - a simple latte

[academicfever]

95/100

[duskofastraeus]

07/08/2025

Went to the lab and worked on analysing some substrates for my research project

Finished reading “Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman”

Started preparing for my term-time internship by reading some material on the developments in the renewable energy sector

Started a MATLAB online course

[lost-rxverie]

sunday | august 3 51-58/100 dop

another weekend morning struggling with grad school essays in my favorite coffeeshop!

work this week was a mix of successes and failures, as usual – on monday i'll start trying to express my protein of interest, but i'm not expecting it to work on the first try.

[am-i-learning-yet]

Breakfast without the academic stress🌻

[geraniumnecromancer]

23.07 - botanical gardens & a book about when medical advancement means murder.

[goldengirlschildhood]

used bookstore tucked into an old church in the holler I will always love you

Buckeye Bend Books, Marlinton, WV.

[meandtheveggies]

more dissertation editing!!

[pefkaes]

09.07.2025 // fieldnotes and being an Art Critic™

it was surreal to have met my supervisor, who is visiting for her fieldwork, here in this city. meeting her in person helped because i've been feeling so disconnected/dissociated. sharing my anxieties and insecurities with her really helped; i've definitely been sleeping better since then. also, a temporary workspace that is reminiscent of my office at uni.

[midwinterarchives]

I couldn't let this essay sit on the shelf of the bookshop - it called to me.

Saturday, the 5th of July 2025

Yesterday, I jumped right into revising for my Russian exam. Taking a break wasn't in the cards for me and I am truly enjoying diving into another language aside from Czech. Yet it's 4 o'clock in the morning again and I am so tired. The plan of getting back to the countryside early did not work out since there was a delay of almost three hours. Around lunchtime I was at home but so fatigued, that I fell into bed and napped with the dog for a couple of hours. A bit drowsy but determined I am back at the desk to study Russian. Tonight will be quiet before my early shift at the coffehouse tomorrow.

[thesecrethistori-an]

I ate one of the pieces of toast in the process of taking the pictures ... Breaks in between deep work sessions are brief and there's no time to waste