Wisdom comes with winters

infj, polish literature student, sagittarius sun and rising, virgo moon. bisexual, lgbtq+ and left-wing activist.

[zmrocz]

“I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection of paradoxes.”

— Ferdinand de Saussure (via quotemadness)

[stigmh]

PLEASE teach your daughters that there is more to life than male attention.

[wordscanbeenough]

I rise from my worst disasters, I turn, I change.

Virginia Woolf, The Waves

[blackwoolncrown]

pretty shitty how baseline human activities like singing, dancing and making art got turned into skills  instead of being seen as behaviors

so now it’s like ‘the point of doing them is to get good at them’ and not ‘this is a thing humans do, the way birds sing and bees make hives’.

[gryffind-o-r-k]

What’s sad to me about this is that I’ve noticed a lot of people saying they “can’t” do art, or dance, or sing. That because it’s turned into a profitable vocation, and thus has some implied heirarchy to it (ie: there are ‘master artists’, and ‘professional singers and dancers’), people feel shame for not “living up to unattainable standards,” when in reality, art for humans is very therapeutic and good for the soul.

[burnt-child]

Happy BiVisibilityDay to all my fellow bisexuals 💖 We’re valid, we love boys, girls, and anyone in between and we’re freaking awesome! Kisses to all of you 💖

[rosenaufsuden-deactivated202003]

i can’t wait for my return to the libraries and gentle weathered pages from over a century ago.

ig: rosenaufsuden

[bienenkiste]

[sartreuse]

Photographed by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Muse #39

[montparnassee]

Soon it will be Autumn and Persephone can go back to pegging her husband in peace and I can wear a fucking jumper

[la-joie-apres-la-peine]

“Une étudiante d’aujourd’hui” (1966) - Eric Rohmer

[rosenaufsuden-deactivated202003]

a medieval view from my window, adorned by café and ancient laws that once ruled kingdoms from centuries ago.

ig: rosenaufsuden

[v-chel]

cloisters @ magdalen ❄️

[jawnkeets]

michaelmas term at oxford university, 2018

[staedtlers-and-stabilos]

There are three rules.

1. If you do not go after what you want, you will never have it. 

2. If you do not ask, the answer will always be no. 

3. If you do not step forward, you will remain in the same place. 

[autumnleaves-sweatersleeves]

Someday soon you’ll be all cozied up in your favorite sweatshirt, a warm beverage cupped in your hands, your favorite fall scented candle flickering nearby, watching the colorful leaves dance in the breeze on a crisp autumn day, and everything will feel okay.

[shock]

in college there are only two moods:

1. i can do this! after outlining everything i need to do, it doesn’t seem so bad. in fact it’s very methodical and easy to follow and i can do it.

2. oh my god its happening. its the end for me. i might as well be dead. everything is due now. i was put on this earth to suffer. i have two essays due in 45 seconds and all ive eaten today is half a goldfish cracker. i can only feel pain

also these moods go back and forth every hour 

[coutureicons]

christineandthequeens

[girlic-bread]

studyblr asks (feel free to add to the list)

What year are you?

What’s your major/what do you think you want to major in?

If applicable, what is your thesis about?

Do you think you picked the right major?

Ultimate educational goals?

Career goals?

Do you think your goals are realistic?

What classes are you taking right now?

Favorite class out of everything you’ve ever taken and why?

Least favorite class ever and why?

Current favorite class and why?

Current least favorite class and why?

Favorite STEM field?

Favorite humanities subject?

Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance?

Do you use caffeine and if so how much daily?

What’s your preferred method of taking in caffeine?

Have you ever tried study drugs?

Are you a homework-in-the-morning kind of person?

Do you listen to music while you study?

Crowded area or quiet place?

What’s your preferred writing implement?

Do you need to work out before you can study well?

Describe your perfect study environment.

Are you procrastinating right now?

What was the last thing you procrastinated?

Are you a perfectionist?

Do you like easy classes or do you feel bad if you’re not working hard?

Are you a good test taker?

What are you the proudest of out of all the assignments you’ve ever had?

Do you talk to your teachers/professors a lot?

Describe your favorite teacher/professor and why you like them.

Describe your least favorite teacher/professor and why you dislike them.

Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher/professor?

Most profound thing ever said to you by a teacher/professor?

Best feedback you’ve ever gotten on something academic?

Worst study habit and how are you working on it?

Are you an in-class fidgeter?

How’s your handwriting?

Write “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” and post a photo.

Neat or messy notes?

A lot of notes or the bare minimum?

Post a photo/scan of your notes from your favorite class.

Are you a doodler?

Post a photo of your doodles if you have any.

Do you have pre-test rituals and what are they?

Are you a tangent-question asker?

Do you make jokes in class?

How many hours do you spend on academics per day?

What’s something more important to you than school?