I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive

At its core, every piece of media we ever have consumed and ever will consume — whether it’s art, music, books, movies — is fundamentally about love, or the lack of it.

it’s an inescapable facet of human life. it could be about the love you have for people in your life, or how much you hate your job, or love your city, but the love is always there.

btw if you’re starting college this week everyone else is also nervous about making friends. everyone feels lonely and out of place. and everyone thinks that everyone else is doing a better job than they are.

it’s a weird life transition & you’re doing a good job.

Do it for the aesthetic. Romanticize your life.

Be as obnoxious and pretentious as you like. Read for pleasure and only study what truly interests you.

Change your major 5 times and never graduate.

Idolize dead authors and completely lose your grip on reality.

Do some acid and have a bacchanal in the woods.

It’s fun you should try it!

(Henry Winter ghostwrote this post, I guess. I speak from experience though, it IS fun, you SHOULD try it)

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Here's my gallery of unusual imagery from vintage college yearbooks.

Its insane that people read books just for good grades and not for the valuable perspectives and life lessons and artistic value and enjoyment they add to their lives

Weird hill I’ll die on - the liberal arts equivalent of STEM really should be SHARP:

Social Sciences (economics, polysci, sociology, psychology, gender studies, anthropology, law)

Humanities (literature, history, language, library science, etc)

Arts (visual arts, performance arts, music)

Religious studies & Philosophy

Liberal Arts (2012).

Just a PSA.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all. - Hypatia

220906 🐿🐧

Second day of uni…done! It was interesting…we had to talk about our summer during class and I tried to think of the safest thing to mention (ended up saying I finished two mangas).

The real star of today (and not shown in the picture) is…iced chai latte!! It’s my first time trying it and it’s so good. My sister took an L bc her order is so bad but she liked my drink too so that’s a W since she knows what to order next time??

I also fixed my desk during class since it was hella cluttered. Still want to decorate it more lol.

this sem has literally sucked the life out of me. can't wait for it to be over. ghar jaana hai yaar.

omfg first class of uni today, im so so scared but it's intro to sculpture so im a littleeeeee relaxed

but then i have academic writing in the evening

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

anyways wish me luck

Celebrating literature majors and fanfic writers

Sometimes we hear disparaging remarks about people who study the liberal arts in school, or who spend their time writing fic. We've seen thoughtful responses about not needing to monetize the things we love, and I appreciate those.

In case it helps, I'll share a piece of my experience -- highlighting how a degree in literature and a hobby of writing aid my career.

That career is in IT.

Part of my job is similar to reading. I listen to stories about what people are doing, what they want, and why they can't do what they want. It involves identifying the people (characters), their goals and what's standing in their way (the conflict), and what's happening as a result (the plot).

Part of my job is similar to writing. I gather lots of information that I group into themes. I decide how to put all of that information into a form that's going to communicate something meaningful.

I can leverage skills of understanding, organizing, and communicating to do all sorts of things. Under the Business Analyst job title I've done data analysis, project management, training, testing, backlog management, product ownership, and I've been a scrum master.

And the scrum training with all of the visualizations like moving sticky notes along a wall took my story plotting to a whole new level! I love using color-coded sticky notes to arrange plot points into themes!

This is just one example. I hope others will share parts of their journeys. Let's celebrate the things we can do! Let's cheer each other on! You have amazing skills and I'm proud of you!

8/28/22 - new room new semester always always always tired.

Dancing in the Moonlight

It’s still too early to say goodbye. Bonnie follows Nora back to her apartment where they watch The Craft and wish for a version where Sarah hadn’t turned her backs on her friends for a terrible boy. Maybe one or more of them was into women. Bonnie gushes over her love of Rochelle and Nora listens to her like it’s the most meaningful conversation she’s ever had.

“You know,” Nora begins as she wiggles closer to Bonnie on the couch. Her hand traces a line from her knee to her thigh and Bonnie slowly parts her legs as she stares into Nora’s dark eyes. “I also really liked the Bonnie character.”

“You did?” She’s almost breathless. She’d been out since junior year of high school but there weren’t exactly a lot of opportunities for her to do much about it in a small town. Her family and friends supported her, but she wanted more. She wanted to live it.