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Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy
Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE
Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted
Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative
Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying
There can be miracles if you believe
seeing straight men be disgusted by booktok smut recommenders has actually radicalized me to the side of booktok smut recommenders. girls your taste may be atrocious but i will never disparage you for exposing mainstream discourse to the concept of soaking through your underwear. spent my whole life listening to men talk about penises itās about time they get jumpscared by women talking about pussy in crude detail on social media. go forth and goon my warriors
guys i actually beg of you to not let palestine become an unpleasant flashback, a transient tumblr trend, a hasbeen subject that just faded away. as an arabāand specifically iraqiāgirl, i know what it feels like to have family displaced all over the world as a result of western imperialism. i know what it feels like to not be able to step foot into your homeland because itās no longer safe. as an american iraqi, raised in the us and insulated from my roots, it wasnāt until last summer that i was able to visit iraq for the first time, and even then my family was worried for my safetyāin my own blood country. although nothing like what palestinians are experiencing right now, it might be the tiniest semblance of what it feels like to watch your country disintegrate in front of you.
and this is a universal arab experience. i volunteer weekly at a refugee center that serves middle eastern refugees, and every day i see the longing in their eyes when they speak of where they hail from. itās safe to say that we will be getting a wave of palestinian refugees very soon: just another generation of arabs who canāt inhabit their own country.
arab culture is so rich, so profound, so beautiful. i am tired of being told by the worldāthrough literal genocideāthat it doesnāt mean anything. please never let this be forgotten. free palestine. free palestine. free palestine.
Public transportation is humbling, by which I don't mean there's anything lesser about it, but that it reminds you in the best possible way that you're not the main character of the universe. Even in a world class public transportation system you're occasionally going to encounter people begging, crying babies, people talking loudly or emoting, people wearing outfits you may consider weird, body odor, delays and inconveniences. I'm not saying you need to put up with straight up harassment or anything like that, but you need to accept that the world exists outside of you. If your entire world is your workplace, your car and your nuclear family, that is going to impact your politics and your perspective. It's no wonder so much of the US is designed to this exact end, and how so many suburban Americans who value comfort and convenience over all else are losing their damn minds. The US is an international embarrassment when it comes to transit, but even in sophisticated networks you still have to share a space with other human beings and you need to act like an adult about it.
Hey Everyone! When I was younger, I used to read a ton. As a direct result of that, my writing and reading were on point. Recently, however, I havenāt been reading as much, and as a result, my writing isnāt as good as I want it to be (albeit, still pretty good). Iāve decided to read all the books on this list over the next 1 and a half years to get back into reading and to improve my writing. Enjoy! :)
1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4. Animal Farm by George Orwell
5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontƫ
6. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
7. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
8. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
9. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
11. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
12. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
13. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
14. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
15. The Ecological Rift by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, Richard York
16.Ā This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The ClimateĀ by Naomi Klein
17. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
18. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
19. The Odyssey by Homer
20. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
21. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontƫ
22. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
23. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
24. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerĀ
25. The Stranger by Albert Camus
26. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
27. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
28. Beowulf by Unknown
29. The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra, Luigi Luisi
30. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
31. A Midsummer Nightās Dream by William Shakespeare
32. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
33. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
34. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsĀ
35. Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
36. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
37. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
38. Candide by Voltaire
39. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
40. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
41. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
42. Uncle Tomās Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
43. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
44. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
45. The Bell Jar by Slyvia Plath
46. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
47. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
48. Antigone by Sophocles
49. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe
50. Gulliverās Travels by Jonathan Swift
51. The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2) by James Fenimore Cooper
52. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
53. Beloved by Toni Morrison
54. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
55. Selected Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
56. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
57. 1984 by George Orwell
58. Don Quixote by Miguel de CervantesĀ
59. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
60. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcĆa MĆ”rquez
61. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
62. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery OāConnor
63. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
64. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
65. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
66. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
67. A Dollās House by Henrik Ibsen
68. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
69. Tess of the DāUrbervilles by Thomas Hardy
70. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
71. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
72. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
73. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
74. The Iliad by Homer
75. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1) by Dante Alighieri
76. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
77. An American Tragedy by Theodore DreiserĀ
78. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
79. Long Dayās Journey into Night by Eugene OāNeill
80. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
81. Cyrano de Bergac by Edmond Rostand
82. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
83. The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot
84. The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
85. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
86. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
87. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
88. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
89. Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
90. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
91. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
92. Call it Sleep by Henry Roth
93. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
94. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
95. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
96. A Death in the Family by James Agee
97. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
98. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
99. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
100. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Carther
101. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
i was terrified of doing this in undergrad, and now that iām asked to write them fairly often, i am fondly exasperated when my students donāt know how to ask for them. obviously thereās no single way, but hereās the way i usually do it.
THE FIRST EMAIL
should be short & should mainly be asking whether theyāre willing to write you the letter
should provide only the basics - what the professor absolutely needs to know.
the position youāre applying for
when the letter would be due
optional: if youāre afraid they wonāt remember you, a quick line identifying yourself & your relation to them
i like to provide anĀ āout,ā in case they donāt want to or are unable to write the letter
SAMPLE Dear Professor X, Iām applying for a job as an English tutor at the University Student Resource Center, and was wondering if youād be willing to write me a letter of recommendation for the position. [optional identification: I really enjoyed taking English 300 with you in Winter 2016, and Iām hoping to develop and pass on those skills to other students through this job.] The letter would be due by September 1st - I know youāre very busy, so I completely understand if youāre not able to write one.Ā All best, Your Name
THE SECOND EMAIL
they said yes!! amazing.
this one can provide a little more information ā a link to the job posting, if there is one, or you can write a quick summary of the position, plus a sentence or two about why youāre excited/interested in the job.
also tell them where to send the letter!!Ā
directly to the recruiter for the job
to you, to add to your application packet
upload to an online LoR service or to an application website
99% of the time folks are fine with receiving electronic copies, but if they need to mail a hard copy, let them know up front.
SAMPLE: Dear Professor X, Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Hereās the link to the job listing; the letter should be sent as a .pdf file to the email address at the bottom of the page, anytime before 9/1. Thanks again ā Iām hoping that this job will provide me with some teaching experience and the opportunity to work on my own writing. Please let me know if you need any more information! Best,Ā Your Name
WHEN TO SEND A FOLLOW-UP
these stress me out real bad but hereās the deal: most professors have a very shaky relationship to deadlines (especially when they have half a dozen more important ones than your piddly LoR).Ā
the upshot: do not be afraid to nudge them.Ā
often they need the nudge and are appreciative of it.
when that nudge happens is up to you and how much room youāve given them before the deadline, and itāll look different depending on your relationship with that professor.
GRAD SCHOOL LETTERS
i offered to send my professors essays that i had written for their classes, especially if i had taken those classes more than a year before asking them to write the letter, just so they could refamiliarize themselves with my work. you can also offer to send them your writing sample, if you havenāt already asked them to look it over for you.
honestly iād recommend asking for these in person bc itāll give you a chance to talk to them about their grad school experience and your own hopes & aspirations, which will help them write a more personal, fleshed-out letter.
one important note: if this letter is intended for use in grad school applications, do not stress out if itās a little late. most programs do not care, and pretty much all of them accept late letters without a problem. your professorās ability to meet deadlines does not reflect on you, and professors are intimately familiar with running late on LoRs. they really honestly donāt care. as long as it gets there before too long, youāll be fine.
thank-yous are up to you! keep in mind that many departments have policies about gift-giving. i did give thank-yous to my three major letter writers, but they were handwritten cards & homemade cookies, nothing store-bought or expensive.
Based on this postĀ
āFailure is the key to success"Ā
Weāve all heard motivational quotes similar to the above. While they serve as an important reminder on our rough days, sometimes we need something more than hugs and well wishes to get us through.Ā
Ā Youāve failed. What next?Ā
Let it out: Step back. Take a few days off. Shower, catch up on that sleep debt. Remind yourself of who you are outside your academic study. Catch up with a friend for coffee (or just get some coffee). Watch a movie, marathon a tv series, built a pillow fort, tumblr, youtube spiral - anything. Because your academic life is only one piece (of varying size) of a larger puzzle. Remind yourself of who you are outside of university/ school.Ā
Formal/ Informal Avenues of Review : Check your school/universityās academic policies. Are you eligible to resit the exam? Were there any extenuating circumstances that affected your performance (e.g. medical, emergency etc)? Are you eligible to seek an adjustment to your marks? If youāre eligible, what documentation will you need to provide? Which staff member can you contact to follow up your application? If youāre not eligible, are there any other members of staff or advisor (e.g. course advisors, councillors, student leaders) you can discuss your circumstances with?Ā
Reset,Ā Recuperate, Retake:Ā It is likely that you will need to repeat or retake the class/ assessment/ unit. Thatās ok. Seek feedback from your lecturer/ tutor or teacher. Consolidate your strong areas. Focus on the areas of the course you find challenging. Use the feedback given to target your study time!Ā
Same Shit, Different Day:Ā While the content may be the same, using a different method to study may be more effective ( see below)Ā
Same content? Change it up!
flashcardsĀ by @illolitaā,Ā
colour codingĀ
audio recordings by @riseandstudyā,Ā
mindmaps Ā by @reviseordieā
sticky notes Ā @etudianceāĀ
Change your study habits by @whilwheatonāĀ
Practice past papers. Ā (see below).Ā
Something to help you get back up on your feetĀ
Videos and speeches to help you push throughĀ
On being wrongĀ
On regretĀ
On making difficult choicesĀ
On what the fuck to do with your lifeĀ
On āfalling behindāĀ Ā
On rushing thingsĀ
On success Ā
On motivation - for recent graduatesĀ
On perspective by @fishingboatproceedsā
Ā Just do itĀ
Find songs to cry and scream toĀ
Ā 8tracks and this spotify playlistĀ
Classical music for any mood Ā by @violabossāĀ
Find something on the Nostalgia MachineĀ Ā
Infinite JukeboxĀ
Make your own music
IDGAF by Watsky āLet me tell you about my GPA, four-O, straight Aās and my- idgaf!āĀ
Ā Something to help you fucking laugh or smileĀ
Ā Honest TrailersĀ
Dance MashupĀ
Thomas Sanders @thatsthat24āĀ
This kid and this kidĀ
Goat RemixesĀ
This vineĀ
Need more?
Cute flash games (+amazing background music)Ā
Motivation wall by @study-ingsĀ
Mug CakeĀ by @sortedfoodĀ
Calming ManateeĀ
Ultimate motivation songĀ
SCREAM INTO THE VOID (personal favourite)Ā
Ā Things to rememberĀ
Ā Oi, have you ever failed anything?Ā
Ā Yes. See hereĀ
Graduation is a journey.Ā
Yes, studyblr makes studying look glamourous, neat, aesthetic, āoh, look how these _____ notes helped me get an A+.ā But writing notes, having fancy pens, using apps (whilst useful) only form one part of a larger narrative.Ā
The reality is much less appealing. The road to graduation is not a fairytale. The road to graduation is fucking tough. It may involve tears, frustration, all nighters, crippling anxiety and unhealthy levels of caffeine consumption. One set back does not knock you off the path to graduation. Setbacks are arguably a part of the journey.Ā
Ā Sometimes, hard work and effort will not translate into results.Ā
Ā Thereās a special brand of frustration that comes with dedicating the past month/week/ year to a particular project and not achieving your desired result/ grade. It stings like a bitch and is often accompanied by a sense of doubt.Ā
Check that youāve followed your syllabus. Accept that there may have been factors outside of your control. Revisit the process - what did you enjoy? What did you learn from the mechanics of the process?Ā
The value of hard work does not necessarily lie in the result attained; nor is the result attained a reflection of the worth of your efforts.Ā
Ā Experience is an advantageĀ
Retaking the test/assessment/ unit can be an advantage. You know what questions to expect. More importantly, you know how you react under exam conditions. Prepare. Plan your exam time. Will you start the exam paper from the beginning or the end and work backwards?Ā
Use this experience in those pesky interview questions! (e.g. the good olā ātell me about a time you failedā)Ā
Perfection is not a prerequisite to successĀ
Ā Ah, my pesky perfectionist tendencies. At times, I must remind myself that I donāt need to be perfect in order to reach my goal. Not having the latest app, 10 different coloured pens, that fancy notebook, the newest edition of the textbook does not mean Iāve automatically failed. I just have to be more resourceful.Ā
Just start. Work with what you have, to the best of your ability. Yes it may be difficult; you might need to access extra resources online, or find material from other sources. Your notes may all be in the same colour, or spread over three different notebooks. But success will not be an option unless you start.Ā
Ā Other useful tipsĀ
On bad semesters by @postāgradĀ
Ā This masterpost by @areistotleĀ
Reducing stress by @mindpalacestudyĀ
Ā How to fail by @psychstudyblrĀ
Ā A final noteā¦Ā
Youāve probably been through hell to get to where you are. Celebrate your achievements - donāt diminish them. Build a support network (heck, at the very least make a youtube playlist of funny videos). Youāve passed an exam before. Youāve endured X number of years of formal academic education. Sure, each exam is slightly different and each comes with its customised brand of torture. No two exams are exactly the same. But have confidence in yourself - youāve picked up some transferrable skills along the way - determination, resilience, the endurance to pull all nighters.
Whether youāve been a straight A student up to this point, a masters student or top of the academic pyramid, failure is going to be one of those annoying things youāll eventually face.Ā
What you do with it?Ā
Well, thatās where shit gets interesting.Ā
All the best,Ā
-fuckstudyĀ
Masterposts are posted every other Monday (asia pacific)/ Sunday (everywhere else). See previous masterpostsĀ here. Feel free to request topics here.Ā
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I love this so much I cried. I have had such a difficult time with school these past two semesters. I keep failing, and every day and night I am terrified. This post was necessary.
@endlessstudy Sorry to hear that the past few semesters have been difficult. As much as we know that failure is aĀ āpartā of the learning process, translating this knowledge into any meaningful action is a separate challenge in itself. Wishing you all the best, and may every day come with its small victories.Ā
Czechia you deserved so much more
my anons are on for a reason. go confess your undying love for me.
So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.
AI art bros are big mad about it.
You better get used to it assholes.
itās that time of year
Oh thank goodness thereās still time for this.
Oh who am I kidding itās always time for this.Ā
a non-selective plan for the resurgence of fic commissions
Too many children in the comments likeĀ āI think authors should be able to share ko-fi links :) itās just niceā and āOP is just a cop.ā Homie, OP is trying to keep AO3 fully functional without interruption. I will report your ass, too, because I value fic artists and our freedom of expression and my audience and our shared history far more than I value the few bux you wanna make on a commission.
It is not hard to link to your Tumblr or Twitter with a vague message like,Ā āIf youāre looking for my other works or other ways of supporting me, go here: link.ā I have had people buy me coffees after enjoying my fic and asking where to support me. I threw up a link to my Tumblr and people cared enough to follow it. They were fully understanding when I explained in the comments that they could not commission me and I could not link them directly to any donation platform, but they could go to xyz link to read more. And they did! Nobody has to put AO3 directly on the firing line.
Go ahead and commission independently. Just do it anywhere else except on AO3. And then donāt come crying to the community when you, personally, get a C&D from a massive corporation.
AO3 is our bullet shield. Tumblr will pull your shit down. Wattpad wonāt fucking protect you. LJ and FF.net already sold our asses for one (1) corn chip. AO3 is trying to protect us, you goddamn lemmings.
If you cannot follow the rules that protect fanspaces, you do not belong in our fanspaces.
The only people who misunderstand this are doing so intentionally and maliciously. Do yourself a favor and block the infants who think this isnāt a big deal.
Please remember that this ALSO INCLUDES FANDOM CHARITY AUCTIONS.
When you post charity auction fics, DO NOT note that they are commissions in any way. You can note them asĀ āhere is my thank you gift to X for such-and-such eventā but please please PLEASE do not list them as commissions.
I think a lot of younger people are seeing this as a moral panic by OP. These are NOT being laid out as moral injunctions! This is not about being good! This is about covering your own ass and keeping fandom away from larger-scale legal trouble. No one is saying āIf you break the rules youāre BEING BAD!ā Theyāre trying to tell you ābreaking these rules is DANGEROUS for yourself and potentially others as well!ā
Bruh did you seriously not go potty before we left the house
She saw her moment and got glossed up for it