a farewell and a hello.
rivkahstudies -> incipitinterpreter
So this is probably not a surprise in the wake of my hiatus, but I am relinquishing rivkahstudies to an archive and moving accounts to the url @inicipitinterpreter.
What does this mean? Are you leaving studyblr?
Yes, and also no. For those who know me well or have followed my journey closely, I began this studyblr in junior year of high school. I was using it to prepare for the transition from International Baccalaureate to university. As my interest in language flourished, so did the diversity of my content.
However, with the following I accumulated (I still can’t believe there’s nearly seven thousand of you) this blog could not grow at the rate that I was. @incipitinterpreter is a space for the individual I am growing into, rather than the young, people-pleasing student I was before. Moreover, I felt deeply embittered and jaded by the things I witnessed and endured (and am still enduring) in the COVID-19 pandemic, from broken institutions to inaccessible education systems. I hated romanticizing “the grind” for young, impressionable students like I once was, especially minors.
You all may have seen some of the advocating I have done for honest/imperfect studyblr pictures and accounts, as well as critiquing the limits and inequities of our current education systems. Unfortunately, my old aesthetic posts still circulate, the ones that stressed me out until I got the Perfect Angle, and I would like to lay them to rest, or at least no longer be notified of them.
All of these factors culminated in true dread every time I open this blog. To truly depart from these old performances, I need to retire rivkahstudies and go through a study and work journey that is more authentic to my principles.
What does this mean for your content, and this blog?
@incipitinterpreter will be a langblr/lingblr/workblr. I am in my final year of undergraduate studies, so my focuses will be:
gaining higher proficiency in my languages for the purpose of interpretation certification,
providing/reblogging resources to that end as well as general anthropology and linguistics content,
applying for jobs and reblogging resources for professional life,
sharing my realistic experience with both study and work, appreciating the small things in life that I can romanticize without glamorizing “the grind” or pretending my journey is flawless.
rivkahstudies will not be deactivated, at least not yet. I will be using it as a personal archive, especially to find resources I saved (and boy did I save a lot). You may see some more personal content get purged gradually over time. Asks may or may not be answered or screenshotted for @incipitinterpreter.
What will happen to your servers, Study Solidarity and the Language Accountability Project?
Study Solidarity is still active, albeit a bit dead due to most classes not being in session.
I still intend for LAP to be rebooted, but I will be modding by myself or with one other person, so this will likely turn into a small, tightly-knit community rather than a large resource hub. Further information/applications/etc will be on @incipitinterpreter in the future.
In conclusion
One of my favorite things to remind myself is that one of the only constants in life is change. I am deeply grateful for the welcoming community I’ve been a part of for four years! I am so proud of my accomplishments and how rivkahstudies has grown in both following and content. But this blog has a lot of history behind it too, and I don’t want to write over it or delete it hurriedly without first going through for my own purposes. I think having a conversation with one’s past selves is important and healing.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me all this time, and I hope you consider following my new blog and journey.
