“…she stopped paying close attention to his words and when at red lights, examined the rain drops spattering on the windshield so intently that she almost stared right through them. Each drop seemed stuck on the glass, until another drop landed on it and they rolled down the window together, ending in a climactic splash.”

Sara: English major, writer, clarinetist.

I post and reblog: things I think are pretty, things that intrigue me, things I'm a fan of, and things I care about.

Common themes include: books, writing, movies, more books, cozy beds, breakfasts, Doctor Who, Sherlock, feminist issues, and occasional pieces of my life.

(My abroad blog can be found here.)

Wallpaper adapted from here.

Senior Week, Commencement, and moving out are done (HOLY CRAP I HAVE A BA), so I am back to tumbling!



I need 3/4 of a page more BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO SAY!

I need 3/4 of a page more BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO SAY!



Forever and ever ago, when our take-home final exams were handed out, I made notes of which readings would be useful for each question.

Reading through my notes again, I was momentarily confused: what are “pum readings”?

What could I have possibly meant?

What does “pum” mean?

Is it even a word?

WHAT WAS I ON WHEN I WRO—oh.

It says “porn readings”.

Right.



So, I just finished my last ever shift at the library. This was by far the best job I’ve ever had: I got to be around books all the time, I learned a lot about how to librarian, and I worked with excellent people.

So, I just finished my last ever shift at the library.

This was by far the best job I’ve ever had: I got to be around books all the time, I learned a lot about how to librarian, and I worked with excellent people.



motherjones: andrewromano: Obama at Occidental, circa 1980. Wearing some Carreras, listening to some jazz. cc: DadsWereTheOriginalHipsters

motherjones:

andrewromano:

Obama at Occidental, circa 1980. Wearing some Carreras, listening to some jazz.

cc: DadsWereTheOriginalHipsters



So this happened. Josi is my (16 years older than me) cousin, and what I said is true: she’s really important to me. And she and her husband and daughter are planning on coming to my graduation! So many relatives are coming—I feel so lucky and so loved.

So this happened.

Josi is my (16 years older than me) cousin, and what I said is true: she’s really important to me.

And she and her husband and daughter are planning on coming to my graduation!

So many relatives are coming—I feel so lucky and so loved.



shored-fragments: elysewithay: YES RYAN OK.  You think you got me, but no. I’m supposed to be working on MIDTERMS! #quartersystem …maybe…

shored-fragments:

elysewithay:

YES RYAN OK. 

You think you got me, but no. I’m supposed to be working on MIDTERMS! #quartersystem

…maybe…

(Source: thesisryangosling)




I’m writing a paper about what it’s like to shop for clothes for my body, and I’m having mixed feelings about this.

It’s definitely interesting and useful to seriously consider my feelings and experiences, the better to understand myself, but at the same time, a lot of my clothes shopping experiences feel terrible, either for a lot or most of the time. 

It’s also a little weird to be disclosing this in an academic paper, although this is the professor with whom I’d be the most comfortable sharing this with, not just because it’s relevant to her field of study and so I’d expect her to be understanding, but also because she is a genuinely considerate and friendly person.

It’s a good thing that I really like what I’m wearing to day and how I feel in it, or writing this paper would probably really make me feel crappy.



"Men have called me a man-hater, a feminazi, frigid, a bitch… but in my mind it always translates to, “you don’t need me to validate your existence, and that scares me." —

Heartless Bitches International (via warrioroftheleft)

My seminar (which is the capstone seminar for all senior majors and minors in Gender and Sexuality Studies) is getting trucker hats that say “Feminist Killjoy” on them.

SO EXCITED. 

(Source: lazyarn, via lillianbassman)



gingerhaze: It’s finaaaaals it’s finals tiiiiiime Wait I forgot how much cooler my lines look when I do them with ink! Why don’t I do this all the time? Oh right because I always accidentally dump it on stuff.

gingerhaze:

It’s finaaaaals it’s finals tiiiiiime

Wait I forgot how much cooler my lines look when I do them with ink! Why don’t I do this all the time? Oh right because I always accidentally dump it on stuff.




Best thing from April Fools’ Day: a replica of our famous big chair hanging up in the Science Center commons.

Watch how they did it here.