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Michelle political science student slytherin INFJ dancer

[ourheartsareoldfriends]

i think the thing that makes me the most emotional in life is the realization that everything i have and everything i see has been touched by other people. someone designed the logo of my favorite tea bags and someone decided which paintings should go in the calendar hanging on my wall. someone built the roof above my head and someone paved the street outside my house. someone made this pair of glasses specific for me, someone picked the pear i ate with my lunch and someone designed my favorite sweater. every book i read, every song i listen to, every film i watch, tens, if not hundreds of people had to be there to make it happen. even if i am alone, i am always surrounded by other human beings - a fact that makes my heart squeeze in on itself everytime i remember it.

[ultrafacts]

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[alvaroandtheworld]

THE BEGINNINGS OF KAWAII

[actualbloggerwangyao-deactivate]

No, no, you have no idea. It actually IS the beginning of the whole so-called “kawaii culture”. And it started because girls started using mechanical pencils, which provided fine handwriting. After being banished (more precisely, during the 80s), this kind of writing started being used in products like magazines and make-up. And, during this time, icons we usually associate with the whole kawaii industry (like the characters from Sanrio) came to life too.

And what many people don’t realize is that this subculture was born as a way for young girls to express themselves in their own way. And it was also used as something against the adult life and the traditional culture, often seen as dull and boring and oppressive. By embracing cuteness, these young girls (and adult women, after a while) were showing non-conformation with the current standards.

So yep. Kawaii is important, and it all started with cute, simple handwritting a few hearts and cat faces in some girls’ school notebooks <3

[rifa]

!!!!!

NO OK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!

This is also how the kawaii fashions started! Girls began dressing in cute and off beat styles for themsleves, they were criticized by adult figures telling them “you’ll never find a husband if you dress that way!” to which they began to reply “Good!”

All the Japanese subcultures and fashions that evolved out of this became a rebellion to tradition and the starch gender roles and expectations the adults were forcing on the younger generations. As early as the 70s and still to this day you’ll see an emphasis on child-like fashion and themes in more kawaii styles and the dismissal of the male gaze with styles like lolita (a lot of western people assume lolita is somehow sexual due to the name of the fashion, but ask any Japanese lolita and they will tell you that men hate the style and find it unattractive which is sometimes a large reason they gravitate towards the style - they can express their femininity and individuality while remaining independent and without the pressure to appeal to men)

Its so so so important to understand the hyper cute and ‘odd’ fashions of Japanese girls carry such a huge message of feminism and reclaiming of their own lives.   

[gay-on-the-moon]

so are you telling me that Japan’s punk phase was really the kawaii phase

[nerdgul]

Kawaii is so goth

[ginger-le-gay-deactivated202008]

Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace

[imfemalewarrior]

I did not know this but I love this form of feminism! 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

[star-anise]

Which is why you get bands like BABYMETAL, which toured with Judas Priest for a while, looking like this:

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

Metal heads Stan for our sisters in lace

[mantisliberationfront]

[naniyou]

The funniest part about this is that the pictured “illegible” handwriting is some of the most legible hiragana I’ve seen.

[perche-studies]

10.07.20

Today I’m allowing myself to take things slow. I’ve been feeling really stressed and anxious lately and I really wanna make a step towards actively working on my mental health. Also the fact that it’s been raining for three days straight doesn’t really help.

[problematicprocrastinator]

Studyblr follow train!

Please reblog if you’re an active studyblr account! 💙

[ribbonroad]

im still pissed off about シ and ツ

[tectuu]

I don’t シ whaツ bad about this?

[ribbonroad]

im going to stab you in the face

[amielleon]

ソン of a—

[brumalbreeze]

There’s really ノ need to get ソ worked up over something as miンor as this!

[docomotor]

ワt the フck is going on

[mochiandmagnolias]

this is my worst nightmare.

[languagesanddoggos]

me, speaking my native language and constructing a sentence that makes absolutely no sense and is grammatically wrong in every possible way: it be like that sometimes

me, speaking my target language and making one (1) mistake: sorry and goodbye, now it’s time for me to perish

[digatisdi-deactivated20140324]

[nochte]

WHAT IS THIS

[sohnealaska-deactivated20220915]

what in the devil’s name…

[kanjikiwi]

Hey do you wanna learn Japanese but also discover the meaning of true fear?

[perche-studies]

I think I need therapy now

[jackalopiel]

I love people with obscure knowledge or useless academic insights. I want to hear your analysis of lighting in Ratatouille. Tell me about the history of soda pop or the references to classical mythology in Macbeth. I want to know about the underlying homoerotic context of that 1930s sci-fi paperback. I think all knowledge is worthwhile knowledge. Explain to me the ecosystems that komodo dragons inhabit. Don't be afraid to learn for the sake of learning.

[semiotextiana]

adornos theory of sports events being these mass machines that forge nationalist spirit and unity is so trueeeeee . modern german nationalism has become about a thousand times as annoying and naturalized and self righteous since germany hosted the football world cup in 2006 and won the football world cup in brazil in 2014

[perche-studies]

Hi. I made a meme. Enjoy.

[perche-studies]

日本語

Beginners who are learning Japanese!!!

Hello kind people of the langblr community, I’m looking for a study buddy for Japanese. I’ve taken an introduction course a while ago and now decided to self study bc it seems like I won’t be able to take any classes in the near future bc of corona. I know hiragana/katakana and like basic introductory sentences and how to form affirmative/negative simple statements and questions.

I’d love to have somebody who’s also at the beginning like me (or hasn’t started yet, that’d be also fine) to keep motivation each other, exchanging questions and just generally chat about the grammar, vocab, progress etc. Also just to have someone to hold one accountable.

I use genki 1 to study and I’d be nice if you’d also use it (that’s not mandatory tho).

If this sounds like you’d be interested in it hit me up!

(If there are actually a couple more people interested in this I thought of maybe creating a discord or sth like that, would anybody be interested in that? Hmu!)

(I'm a German native and can speak English obv a little Spanish and Russian just in case someone’s curios or maybe also learning these languages🤷🏻‍♀️)

[intellectia]

reblog this post if you’re an active university level studyblr!

[autisticsprout]

people being like well obviously these things are keeping you from doing your homework and if you just set better priorities then everything would be fine

and I'm like

well actually I wouldn't be doing homework regardless, these things serve as a distraction but they don't distract me from doing my homework they distract me from the fact that I am not doing my homework

[zaunwolf]

the other option is sit staring at a wall worrying about the fact im not doing my homework whilst continuing to not do my homework

[writterings]

we’re getting into BOOKS again, kids. we’re out here reading BOOKS. it doesn’t matter if it’s YA lit or elementary school readers or “”great classic”” novels or comic books or even creative non-fiction. we’re reading BOOKS and we’re having FUN with it. 

[dogtoothlove]

I am young I still have time (now repeat it like a mantra)

[langblrblunder]

learning japanese is just: *forgets kanji reading* *doesn’t know if は or が* *tries and fails to read names* *misuses (in)transitive verbs* *changes to polite speech at the last second* *hates katakana words* *mistakes hanzi for kanji* 

[the-catholic-inkling-deactivate]

My hobbies include reading, writing and doing neither of those things