Marina Tsvetaeva, From Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922; “A Hero Of Labor”

“No, I’m not ok. But I haven’t been ok since I was 11, maybe 12. I am still here though. I’m still breathing. For me, sometimes, that will have to be enough.”

— Clementine von Radics

moved into my new apartment yesterday and woke up to this beautiful lighting.

still getting it all set up, but I already love it

urban plants

You should never feel embarrassed about asking questions in classes. There are no wrong questions, and your professors are supposed to be patient enough to answer them. It doesn’t matter if you’re shy, go ahead and make your question. You can also email your professors or you could use their office hours to ask them. Besides, your questions can also help other people from the class who might have the same doubts.

can’t believe my studygram is gaining friends again after months of inactivity. we’re currently on 2.8k??? that IS HUGE i dont think i’ll ever regret joining this community, this safe space.

instagram: @jowsdesk

what people think it means to be a scientist: “i have all the answers!”

what it actually means to be a scientist: “this is maybe the answer but i can’t say anything for sure because we don’t really know all that much, and even though statistics might be useful in determining our confidence in the significance of results, they often don’t capture the nuance of the actual data, which in turn doesn’t capture the nuance of real life, because the double-edged sword of controlled experiments is that these parameters don’t actually exist anywhere in nature, and they’re only implemented to manage the complexities of the world and to fit them into a model that we can actually test!! and all results are generalizations, when in fact, each case is unique and often unmeasurable. and most things we measure can’t be measured, so we have to fall back on proxies, which might not tell the whole story!! i don’t know anything!!! i mean, i can say this one specific thing with statistical confidence, but not with any real confidence??? i’m sorry???? also where’s the free coffee at this conference????”

online library so far:

margaret atwood

the brontës (the complete works is a MASSIVE file fyi)

anne carson

hélène cixous

bell hooks

clarice lispector

audre lorde

virginia woolf

compilations

feminist theory

academic writing (both books and articles)

everything here is in pdf format so you should be able to download and read it on any device. it’s slow going because i have a lot of epubs that i have to convert before uploading and the folders i’ve listed here are neither complete nor comprehensive, but it’s a start! 

this next cup of coffee will fix me