#poc studyblr

[dearlyjess]

starting a new journal (!!) on this lovely december morning, and dipping in and out of this gayl jones’s butter.

[yinlotus]

I kind of want to learn (self teach) a language based on the most spoken language of some of my non-european genetic ancestry regions.

the only language remotely close to something i know would be Vietnamese since I've attempted East Asian languages before, but I'm pretty sure there's a lot of differences between it and Mandarin/Korean/Japanese

[zaagi-studies]

100 days of productivity !!

gonna try to do this so i can rly lock in™️ and have accountability over the next 4 months of my summer classes (which started today) !! everyday i'll share 1-5 goals/tasks i completed based around academics & self-care. as long as i do one thing each day to benefit myself that's all that matters !!

day 1 :

[completed] attended my first day of an online local indigenous-run course based around perspectives on reconciliation !! it went super well despite my intro being awkward lmao. i think my prof is super cool and one of my favourite indigenous teacher ed peers is in this course which is epic !! excited to start the readings

[completed] showered + made tea before class !!

[in-progress] gonna make my favourite meal (cheesy pasta w/ zucchini & carrot) for lunch rn and take a nap since i had shitty sleep last night

[will do later today] submit student loan forms & reply to emails from profs !!

[will do later today] decide whether i'm gonna drop the canadian history course or the environmental history course ! probably the canadian history since the readings are less interesting + i think the prof is more strict with grading lmaoo

[will do later today] update my notion pages for this term + upload the readings to goodnotes on my ipad

[lordrawrxe]

Reading lyrical judgements and watching a movie about the importance of poetry in my free time ☕

[blkfarmstudies]

01.07.2024

slowly getting through by Intro to Biology for Veterinary Technicians. my GOD is this course long af. hands are very cramped ;~;

[ladyimaginarium]

house of the dragon vocab in mi'kmawi'simk & michif !

Wapaltugwat - White Haired - Mi'kmawi'simk

Wapgwat - "He/She has white hair" - Mi'kmawi'simk

Puktew Aq Maltew - "Fire And Blood" - Mi'kmawi'simk

Feu Miina Saan - "Fire And Blood" - Michif

Sa'qawei, Teliaq Aq Melgita't - The Strong, The True, & The Brave - Mi'kmawi'simk

Lii Maashkowishiiw, Lii Taapway Miina Lii Shoohkitayhew - "The Strong, The True & The Brave" - Michif

Ninen Wasoqon Awti'j - "We Light The Way" - Mi'kmawi'simk ( note: 'awti'j' actually means path, anything around 'the way' in this language usually refers to "in the way" of something so i& changed the word slightly ! )

Niiyanaan Shaashkaha Lii Otay Tayhkay - "We Light The Way" - Michif

Pejipuk - "Winter Is Coming" - Mi'kmawi'simk

Puktew Wjit Puktew - Fire To Fire - Mi'kmawi'simk

Maltew Wjit Maltew - Blood For Blood - Mi'kmawi'simk

Maqtewe'k - Black - Mi'kmawi'simk

Stoqonamu'g - Dark Green - Mi'kmawi'simk ( note: it can also literally translate to 'it is fir free colored', there's no one word for green in mi'kmawi'simk, there's only light green & dark green ! )

Nwaenr - Black - Michif

Ver - Green - Michif

Jipijga'm(ug) - Horned serpent(s) - Mi'kmawi'simk ( note: not a dragon persay, but in this instance i'm& using it as a replacement for dragon )

Qasawo'q Mutputi - Iron Throne - Mi'kmawi'simk ( note: there is no word for throne in mi'kmawi'simk, so i& used chair instead! )

Li Ferr Ita La Renn Miina La Rway Ka Ayapichik - Iron Throne - Michif

Elege'wit - King - Mi'kmawi'simk

Elege'wi'skw(aq) - Queen(s) - Mi'kmawi'simk

Elege'wi'skwe'j - Princess - Mi'kmawi'simk

Elege'witji'j - Prince - Mi'kmawi'simk

Elege'wi'skwe'j Aq Elege'wi'skw - The Princess And The Queen - Mi'kmawi'simk

Lii Praynses Miina La Renn - The Princess And The Queen - Michif

Tepgise'k Elege'witji'j - The Rogue Prince - Mi'kmawi'simk ( note: used loner instead of rogue considering the word doesn't exist & it's a synonym anyway! )

Lii Krosh Prayns - The Rogue Prince - Michif ( note: literally translated to The Roguish Prince bc the other word is rly long )

Wenji'guom - House - Mi'kmawi'simk

Matntimk - War - Mi'kmawi'simk

Poqjin'timk - Beginning Of War - Mi'kmawi'simk

Matnaggewaqan - Fight / Battle / Struggle - Mi'kmawi'simk

Sma'gnis(g) - Soldier(s) - Mi'kmawi'simk

Kishchiihtaytakooshihk - Royal - Michif

Kaanootinitoohk - War - Michif

[sysy-studyblr]

monday 06/05/24

looked into housing, worked on my cv + applications!

♫ spite - omar apollo ♫

[smart-macademia]

red academia ♥️📕

[thebellekeys]

And a reminder that higher education cannot be considered truly democratised if students can still be doomed to poverty with multiple or advanced arts and Humanities degrees...

[theacademiccottage]

“An artist obsessed with perfection is bound to dim the light of his art.”

Michael Bassey Johnson

[academiabutmakeitdiverse]

“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.” - Maya Angelou

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[dearlyjess]

crocheting, tea logs, playing persona, recent bookstore pick-ups! also desperately awaiting spring 🌿

[yinlotus]

Happy Indigenous Heritage Month!!!!

Shoutout to my family's matrilineal matriarch for being Mvskoke and a huge "fuck you" to the Dawes Rolls for taking away that away from her and her descendants just because she was mixed

Also since this post was about honoring an ancestor: Happy Allhallowtide and Dia de los Muertos to those celebrating them!

[zaagi-studies]

introduced myself with my english & ojibway names and my (indigenous) prof only used the ojibway one 🙏

[lordrawrxe]

guys i know i say this every year but this time really is my last semester to make something of myself so if anyone's an active studyblr, hmu/reblog/like/whateverimsendingkissesanyway

here's to kickstarting a kickass academic journey in 2024 im gonna be liveblogging my entire journey (there'll be lots of screaming folks) wooooo

[rue-cimon]

i'm doing a poetry course and the ongoing topic is the harlem renaissance and black arts movement in general and idk there's smth so jarring that there's not a single black person in the entire team -- no black profs or TAs. nvm black, they're all white. i haven't seen a single poc in the entire department so far and idk it just irks me so much except i don't quite know how to articulate it.

i tried raising a concern abt it and just diversity in academia, in general, but i just keep being told that i'm making a mountain out of a molehill, that there isn't any racism or any lack of diversity. "it's simply a matter of skill. the prof didn't want poc on his team."

and like. these people keep fucking talking about black arts and racism and how black voices are often ignored and/or suppressed but at the same time they have a very... weird attitude abt it. i can't rly explain it rn and i probably will later, but it makes me uncomfortable. you take a movement such as the harlem renaissance and black arts and you refuse to let black ppl have a say in it?! you claim that it's simply a matter of skill and it just happened to be that it's only white people in the entire department skilled and qualified enough to teach the course?!

and the worst part is that for all that they linger on these poems and talk abt it, they rarely speak smth of value. they ramble and speak of difficulties that black ppl faced and still face, and i find it ironic that despite their apparent sensitivity to racial issues, they still don't let black ppl actually say shit or even be present in these discussions.

idk is the problem with me or smth??? is this actually the issue i think it is (lack of poc and racial diversity and too many white ppl speaking for poc but refusing to let poc have a word) or am i simply blowing things up?? i was told that my concern is an irrelevant one and that it's not racist, actually, and it's just that there are no black ppl and the ppl already teaching are perfectly competent