hello! i’ve been part of the community for a couple years and since I gained a lot of followers lately I felt a reintroduction post was necessary.
— my name is ellie, i go by they/them pronouns and identify as non-binary (please be respectful of my pronouns)
— studying architecture at university (my life long dream!)
— i am fluent in english and german, i also know french and spanish on a b2 level and can read/understand basic afrikaans and dutch
— i live with chronic mental illness and am a very passionate advocate for destigmatising mental health
— architecture, art and design
— reading, especially classics, multi-generational dramas and greek mythology (most fall in the dark academia genre)
— writing (i have been writing stories ever since i learned to write and started writing my first novel when i was 10)
— playing the piano (took lessons for 10 years, played for 13)
— history (i studied history before switching to architecture)
— yoga and ballet (have been practicing yoga on and off for about 5 years and practiced ballet for 6 when i was younger and intend to pick it back up)
— plants (i lost count of how many plants i have in my apartment tbh)
favourites; non-chronological:
— books: anna karenina (l. tolstoi), a little life (h. yanagihara), war and peace (l. tolstoi), the goldfinch (d. tartt), circe (m. miller), jane eyre (c. brontë), the eighth life (n. haratischvili), limit (f. schaetzing), skulduggery pleasant (d. landy)
— studyblrs: @problematicprocrastinator, @howlingathemoon @etherealacademia @eintsein @studyambitiouss @stillstudies @belovedapollo @klassicstudent @thepixiereader @wine-stained-dawn @litterascriptamanet @productivityrocks @astra-academia
i probably forgot a bunch of lovely mutuals, i’m sending you all a warm hug, you brighten my day whenever i see your posts on my dash.
— do my master’s degree abroad
— learn more about and further practice my faith
— learn arabic and russian and refresh my french
