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ruòlín | 22 | bipoc academia

[yinlotus]

hello, i'm ruòlín (若霖) and this is my academia / langblr / studyblr account！enjoy your stay ♡

— 🌱 about me

she/her, 22, afro-american (🖤⚜️❤️), aroace

university student; studying social sciences

american english native; current target language: n/a

target languages on hiatus: اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ‎, dansk, deustch, français, 한국어, italiano, kiswahili, nederlands, 日本語, norsk, 普通话, svenska, தமிழ், tiếng việt

admin/moderator of Black Femme Neurodiverse Community: a safe haven for Black women, including femme, non-binary, and trans women, who are autistic, have ADHD, or identify as neurodiverse. (700+ members; send an ask to get an invite)

— 🌱 blog info

this blog: academia, culture (mostly african & asian + their diasporas; also the indigenous, black, and poc of the americas) aesthetics, language, studying, etc.

cozy side blog: @yinlily

fandom / writeblr blog: @lotusmuses

— 🌱 credits

art by ttunaartt on twt (deactivated)

[ak-nm]

[memories-of-ancients]

Opening folio of a Quran, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, later half of the 15th century.

from The Gulbenkian Museum

[yannatoons]

Happy Pride Month and Caribbean American Heritage Month!!!

[kyrasaphira]

Statuette of Venus made from rock crystal quartz (Roman, 1st century BC)

[mawmenny]

[smsomah]

Kohl applicator. Scanned from the book Oman Adorned: A Portrait in Silver; 1997; Miranda Morris & Pauline Shelton

[lamignonette]

[ageae]

Kohna Deh, Afghanistan by National Geographic

[blondebrainpowered]

A Maya mosaic mask, made of jade and shell. From Guatemala, 200–600 CE.

Now part of the Al Thani Collection.

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1912

American

Kent State University Museum

[ethnicfoodblog]

Oxtail, sweet plantains and rice with beans~ Jamaican  Food

[yinlotus]

liberal arts college to art school to community college to culinary school back to community college to one of the hbcus considered a 'black ivy'. some call it indecision, i call it ✨️being a polymath✨️

[m0tel6mxzzy]

swahili language learning resources: (books)

swahili: a foundation for speaking reading and writing

teach yourself swahili - dv perrott

swahili-english dictionary - charles w. rechenbach

say it in swahili - dover “say it” series

kiswahili grammar notes - erickson + gustafsson

[treehoppers]

You don’t need to monetize your hobby. You don’t need to own a small internet business

[horrorcitos]

Blue hour on the bayou

[petitworld]

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