The Student Collective

23. SENIOR FALL 2020. Sociology Major. Future Teacher.

[thestudentcollective]

I can’t believe I’m done. I can’t believe I’m graduating next week. I’m so proud of myself.

[frog-sovereign-deactivated20211]

Female Academia:

Books:

The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

The Furies by Kate Lowe

The Raven’s Children by Yulia Yakovleva

And I Darken by Kiersten White

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Lajja by Taslima Nasrin

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Colour Purple by Alice Walker

Authors:

Jean Rhys

Angela Carter

Julia C. Collins

Ismat Chughtai

Virginia Woolf

The Brontë sisters

Daphne Du Maurier

Flannery O’Connor

Mariama Bâ

Bertha von Suttner

Poets:

Warsan Shire

Raych Jackson

Nazik al-Malaika

Sappho

Jo Shapcott

Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson

Nikita Gill

Sujata Bhatt

Maya Angelou

Artists:

Artemisia Gentileschi

Harriet Powers

Klea McKenna

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

Vivian Maier

Frida Kahlo

Composers:

Clara Schumann

Tania León

Lili and Nadia Boulanger

Missy Mazzoli

Xin Huguang

The world of academia is considered highly male centric despite that the aesthetic seems to be dominated by young queer women. I am not a fan of Donna Tartt so I have collected alternatives from my own collection of books and a few from friends and family. Some of the books may not be exactly “dark academia” or a set academic aesthetic but they all address female experiences and are academically acclaimed.

[rhiannonwrites]

[autumndesk]

15.07.2020 // 16:18pm

is it autumn already?

[earlymoderngothic]

5th November 2020: Remember, remember, the Fifth of November / Gunpowder treason and plot… 

It’s Bonfire Night! Arguably, this is the UK’s weirdest celebration when you consider its origins but it’s my favourite of the year. I’m spending my day working on my thesis introduction and eating copious amounts of parkin before tonight’s festivities.

listening to: feel something different - bea miller & aminé

[violetsnotebook-archive]

05.11.20 / working on my russian cursive today. i actually never learned cursive when i picked up cyrillic the first time. if anyone could give me feedback on my handwriting, i’d greatly appreciate it!! hope your thursday is going well so far. the week is almost over. hang in there ♡

[joey-studies-deactivated2020123]

Credits: Jess on we heart it

[polcry]

[myfeelingsinpicturesandwords]

“Even during his lifetime, Linnaeus’s relentless sexualizing of his subject matter often raised critical eyebrows and occasionally inspired tirades in print. Linnaeus, in turn, immortalized his critics by naming ugly or obnoxious plants after them.”

I aspire to this level of academic pettiness

[dailylittlewomen]

March sisters + hand-me-down dresses

An interesting costuming decision in the 1994 adaptation of Little Women was having the younger March sisters wear the elder sisters’ old dresses. At the Christmas party after her recovery from scarlet fever, Beth wears Jo’s red dress which she wore to the Gardiners’ New Years’ party a year prior. Years later, teenage Amy is seen wearing Meg’s old blue dress which she wore to Sallie Moffat’s coming out party. Considering that the Marches lived in genteel poverty, it was unlikely that they could afford new clothes for all four children, so it would make sense that the younger sisters wore hand-me-downs. The choices also reflect the sisters’ bond: Beth is closer to Jo, while Amy is closer to Meg. 

[peachy-studiie]

09.13.20

Gonna pace myself and finally get on top of my homework today 📚

[engelsk]

archive moodboard for @deadlinesandcoffeegrinds ( 1, 2, 3, 4 )

[eintsein]

September 2020 Wallpapers

Creating these wallpapers are the only way I know what month it is but I hope they’ll keep you motivated throughout the month!

Download them here: bit.ly/eintsein-sept20

Hope you like em <3

[learnelle]

30/august

So! Now I've moved to Normandy & tomorrow is my first day of lectures! I've been a little stressed due to travel, taking new meds ect- but now things have settled down and I'm ready to get back to wooork! ୧ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ୨

[captainofstudies]

2/4/2020 | Quarantine Fall Study Challenge

28th Aug: Tea or Coffee?

Coffee, love a good coffee

29th Aug: How did this week go for you?

Things I was stressed about turned out just fine, the ikea chair I wanted came back into stock, pretty decent week all round

30th Aug: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

Going to treat my boyfriend to a birthday dinner on Monday and help him move in. I've just been told who my supervisor is for my dissertation so I can figure out what sort of topic to research now (any ideas for cognitive neuroscience?)

31st Aug: What is your favourite thing about school/uni?

I love learning, I love having my own life, I love being here

1st Sep: Favourite school/uni memory?

Going to the pub straight after our lest exam in December

2nd Sep: How do you take your coffee?

Black

[cozyinautumn]

Rustic fall bedroom 🍂

[lawyerd]

Countdown to the Massachusetts Bar Exam: 32 Days.

I had a work shift today, so I sort of arranged my calendar so that I could take today off instead of a typical weekend day. A lot of my photos are taken at night because for some reason, that appears to be my peak productivity hour. I really snap into action at like 9:45 at night. 

Pictured here is a delightful peach pie I picked up at a farm stand the other day :)