#french expats

[pagansphinx]

Mary Cassat (American, worked in France, 1844-1926 ) • At the Opera • 1880 • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

[5eyed]

another yayo just for fun :)

[tennessoui]

Considering I type it in so much, I’ve been wondering: what inspired your username?

i'm from tennessee and decided to overshare about my personal life to strangers on the internet from the very beginning

[larobeblanche]

Julius LeBlanc Stewart (American [worked in Paris] 1855- 1919) • Lady in a White Dress • 1887

[ofourstory]

Asking PARISIANS What They Hate the Most About FRANCE 🇫🇷

[mesmemos]

new French speaking vlog live on my channel now 🌷

[selfpres]

@lcngdays asked: “ I'm seriously at my limit. ” - beldane

"you and me both." the words are partly muttered on an exhale that might hint at some sort of ironic laugh as pierre tips a cigarette from the box in his hands. "you smoke?" he asks, eyes not lifting to look at the other while he makes the unspoken offer.

he rests the cigarette between his lips to light it with the hand he frees up by doing so, the box in his other hand lifted blocking any stray breeze. he takes a long inhale, the exhale of the smoke over his lips a stronger, more forceful breath. "will you do anything about it?" he asks, grey eyes finally flicking up to look at beldane. or are you like me?

[natandacat]

Its become clear to me rather early that intelligence as we discuss it today is baked into eugenics, bc of the way people get genuinely grandiloquent and emotional about my intellect, always in a way that reinforces a kind of biological hierarchy. Like I'm not just smart, I'm "superior", I "dominate", etc. And its not lost on me how many of these hyperbolic admirers have been white adults, although I've sadly seen it parroted and internalized by all my peers (especially more racialized peers who were made to feel especially inferior). What is also not lost on me is how vehement my father was about the importance of being an intellectual, his way of desperately hanging onto that idea as a way to retain respect, how different his desperation was compared to the confidence of those white adults, and how many other migrants of his generation say the exact same words I've heard him say ad nauseam. So yeah. I dont much care about intelligence.

[mishkakagehishka]

Btw do you guys know that i fact check even for my shitposts

[sunkissis]

Our Life in Paris: 5 Years Abroad

[pagansphinx]

Julius LeBlanc-Stewart (American, worked in Paris, 1855-1919) • Young Woman in Blue • 1877 • Private collection

[fruity-pontmercy]

Modern AU rich kid Enjolras who grows up moving around all over the world for his dad's job and ends up at a Lycée Français somewhere and is convinced he is being taught peak authentic French culture until he goes back to live in France and realises that no, they are very different, and gets a sort of pseudo-culture shock

[barefootblogger-france]

The Postman's Palace

The Postman's Palace is a true story about a rural French postman who created a masterpiece of naive art, made from found stones and objects, to honor his love for his ailing daughter.

[ofourstory]

new vlog on my Youtube channel xx

[mesmemos]

5 Things I LOVE and HATE about Living in France 🇫🇷 (watch before you com...

[academicgloss]

Speaking of Gloss goal letter O, openness to friendships...

I went to Paris last weekend with girl from Tandem (where we language exchange for an hour). I thought I would be comfortable, but I just wasn't. And I felt a bit rushed even after saying that I was in no hurry. I will be in France for a lot of my life! There's more too, but mainly, it's just always the same story with most girls I meet.

Anyway, I was shocked to see the height of the Eiffel Tower for the first time. I didn't think I would tear up, but I've been avoiding seeing her for so long... So I decided not to go see any more until I was ready. I think it will be toward my birthday, and the end of my first séjour en France. I enjoyed Paris, but the boulangeries want to take me over! I ate too much sugar there without a doubt!

There is one girl I've gotten on with really well. She sort of affirms the trend I've noticed with my friends. I'm learning to accept that just because I may not have a certain type of friend, doesn't mean I don't have friends at all! I accept that I get along well with certain people, but I think I should start looking into the why behind that.