frankly, this is embarrassing

Finished a few books recently, so here’s one of them. It was “Long Bright River” by Liz Moore. And honestly, I was really excited about this book, but it did not live up to my expectations. I gave it 2.5/5 ⭐️. The issue is that there was no closure at the end. I also feel like it was hard for me to follow along with the storyline because it flipped from “Now” to “Then”. Don’t get me wrong, they were marked out, but it would go back to a “Then” portion that wasn’t even related to what the “Now” portion I had just read on the previous few pages was about.

august 09, '22: currently reading persuasion. i find the writing style more mature (as required by the plot) than in other of austen's novels.

sunday morning — breakfast, winter sun, and to-do’s

Yours truly scribbling furiously pages of notes to prepare her meeting with her supervisor tomorrow, but she has procrastinated so it's more of a brain dump more than anything.

currently channeling everything i have into finding primary sources and pinning down a plan for my term paper

aforementioned stolen legal pads from a few days ago when tumblr wouldn't let me upload pics

i’ve finished a week of the new semester, and i’ve largely identified the courses i’m going to be taking, and they are, finally, ones with some thematic cohesion. i’m also looking at some personal writing and research assignments on the side just to explore what all i can do ─ it’s going to be a generally busy semester

Request: Chaotic academia late night studying messy hair aesthetic

going over + making some notes before class. with intimations on the side.

« 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘 »

the list of books i’ve read in 2021 is getting long

Day of Productivity 8/30

I’m so lucky to work at the university — even though campus remains closed to students, when I finish my shifts I can sit under the banyans and take notes in the dappled shade.

4/30 Day of Productivity

It’s been getting really hard to balance my job, applications, two accelerated summer courses, and any semblance of a social life —as always, I’m taking the time out of sleep which we all know is a bad idea. Trying to breathe slowly and let it all happen as it may.

lately, watching the photographic coverage of the pandemic in the country has once again brought up questions about photography that i’ve – we’ve – spent years obsessing over: is it an art form or is it a means of documenting ‘reality’ – whatever that may be? how objective are our images when photographic choices are embedded in larger cultural and political relationships – when they’re all offset by power? when we document devastation, do we humanize atrocities or just make a spectacle out of them? is there something inherently voyeuristic about photographs that document human suffering? and what purpose does it serve to make people look at them? do we have a moral duty to look at them? i’ve returned to some favourite essays, scoured for new ones, looked through photographs that ‘haunt’, and tried to nail my thoughts down, but i’m hardly any closer to knowing than i was a week ago

Here's a gentle reminder that you don't have to spend money to achieve an academic aesthetic. While dark academia is fun and beautiful, it's hard to afford, especially for students and those financially struggling. Money is not required to have an aesthetic! You don't need the brand new leather binders and the expensive pens and the beautiful paper; all you need is a passion for learning and you will experience all the wonders and joys that accompany an academic journey. 🤍🖤🤎💕

my afternoon with the nazis

late night trying to make sense of philosophy