Ideal work schedule:

I show up and am given a list of cognitively engaging but achievable tasks

I complete the list

I leave immedietly

Anteater and Aardvark by KOSEN

i feel like i do 25% of what an average person does in a day and still it's too much

i've never seen one of those 'what your major says about you' posts about white people in area studies so i'm gonna make rn please note that at the top of the list for literally all of these are people who are i need to use my russian and eastern european studies ma for something

(based off of those with ik people in them justice for south asian studies) these can all be further subdivided based on research interests like the vibe of someone who studies the balkans is different than someone who studies russia

russian, eastern european and eurasian studies: you are really into history and politics AND youre a bit of a careerist. death of stalin is one of your favorite movies. you know at least one person who is desperate to work for the cia. every few weeks you ask if you should go to law school. you constantly explain that you are not russian and are ready to explain why ukrainian and russian are different languages at all times. you wonder why your department houses persian and turkish classes (probably funding)

east asian studies: this type varies a lot and is by far the most dependent on gender. if your a women you're cool and you dress well. the girls are SHOCKED to hear you speak mandarin. you try not to make it too known but you definitely have a favorite anime. some of your male counterparts could learn to bathe a little more.

middle eastern studies: the final boss of evil ir bros. you have a weirdly patronizing approach to middle eastern politics and half your wardrobe is from j.crew. how was your summer internship in dc? please tell me more about the benefits of military service. unless ofc you do historical research then you are the sexiest person alive and have cool tastes.

jewish studies: you are jewish or "feel a spiritual connection to judaism" either way your vibe is very nerdy academic jewish archetype in a way that is either makes you incredibly endearing or insufferable to be around. you feel like my kin bc we have thoughts on poland

letpeopleenjoythings is crazy because like wow my disapproval is really enough to ruin your enjoyment of something? like youre giving me so much power lol. how does it feel to surrender control like that? does it feel good? thats right kitten you'll enjoy things when i say you can.

the twitter communists currently are getting mad because some random undergrads made an edible burrito tape bc they should instead be doing medical research

Tsuchika Nishimura aka 西村ツチカ aka Nishimura Tsuchika (Japanese, b. 1984, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) - 爽バニラに牛乳をそそぐ (Salted Vanilla with Milk), 2023, Painting

based on a little dog I met the other day.

Katja Kemnitz: Too Much Love (2016)

Burhan Karkutli (Syrian, B. 1932- D. 2003) - Palestinian Children, 1975.

Soviet era switches

via

I love that post going around where people act like conservatives are uniquely vulnerable to agreeing with ideology they're otherwise extremely opposed to as long as it's dressed up in rightist language as though 3/4 of the people here don't fall for extremely reactionary shit polished with progressive talking points every other week

How can we trust historians to tell truth? :(

You can't! Like any academic field, History is a process of publishing findings, getting fact-checked by your peers. Historians aren't allowed to cum unless they're calling someone else a fraud.