#Harvard graduate

[alex6186]

My WCW aka Woman Crush Wednesday A breakout TV star and social activist Yara Shahidi

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[bobbinfire]

So I watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice today...

[forsoobado137]

In the fifties, when the cold war was in full swing, the governments definitely competed intellectually with America. America was probably chilling one day in his home when suddenly his boss barges in and is like "do ya wanna be smart, kid?" And throws him into highschool.

But then America was like "oh space is actually really cool, and I get to blow stuff up and make car ramps in physics! >:D" So he graduates, but Eisenhower is not done yet.

He's like "we're sending him to Harvard!" So America goes to Harvard and graduates with a science bachelor, but they are NOT DONE YET.

Chess tournaments, piano classes, tutoring, they're giving him the tiger mom treatment. America is completely overwhelmed, but he just wants to make people happy. He completely cracks in the 60s

[sometimeswritingsometimesdying]

What's this Fence comic you're posting about? The art and the passion have got me intrigued.

ohohohohoho you don't know what floodgates you've just opened.

so basically it's a series of graphic novels (and 2 novels) detailing the life and times of nicholas cox, who is the illegitimate son of a US fencing champion and wants to become the best at the sport to be noticed by his father, but also its INSANELY gay and full of both sillies and angst and like gay people being crazy about having a crush

the main ship is between nicholas and his rival seiji katayama who is this perfectionist, overachieving (in my opinion) complex character with a dramatic backstory who doesn't really care for nicholas all that much UNTIL they end up being roommates (!!!!!). it's basically set up to be a rivals to lovers but since theres like 4 volumes a year its the slowest slowburn i've ever read. seiji is also my personal favorite character so im kind of insane about him. im also insane about nicholas but like in a hes so me way yk?

then you have like every other ship dynamic imaginable: childhood friends with seemingly unrequited love who try to ignore their feelings for each other, sunshine little dude and giant who doesn't talk to anyone, over-protective and super-supportive boyfriend with quiet, studious partner who has to keep him in line, and one that isn't really confirmed but i personally think it's gonna be canon: enthusiastic jock who loves his friends vs spoiled rich kid who is actually incredibly lonely (i hope they head this way with his characterization but i feel like we haven't seen enough). and all of them are queer!

it's also obviously a sports series, and as a fencer it's the first time i've seen the, i think, very complex dynamics that exist in this sport portrayed so well!!! i definitely identify with the characters a lot and i think they're easy to get attached to, and i feel like the sport is also well explained (except my qualms with the epeè slander, it's the best weapon). the writing is also witty and just plain fun. i know i focus a lot on ships here but there's truly a lot to mine about the importance of sports and team efforts and the relationship an athlete can cultivate with their desire to win that can either be positive or turn sour. or maybe i'm just hyperfixating

either way, if you have the chance, i'd definitely check it out!!! it's gotten me back into writing and has me in a chokehold rn. i love all the characters and theres a LOT of amazing works of writing and art in this tiny but mighty fandom!!!

[dukeofdelirium]

https://www.tumblr.com/theweeklydiscourse/752592961237385216/were-going-through-this-phase-of-fandom-right-now?source=share

i need ur opinion on this post oml i was just slowly shaking my head reading it >:(

it's not written as specifically anti kataang but it's tagged with anti kataang and katara deserved better (as if she didn't literally fall in love by choice)

anyways love ur post responses to the anti-kataangers. ur out there on the frontlines for the kataang community and we salute u for it 🫡

Why does my opinion matter? According to zutarians, I’m just a sexist pig 🐖 and a violent misogynistic male. oh and also an incel even tho I’m literally gay 😵‍💫

Idgaf what delusional zutara shippers say with their arguments of “muhhhhfeminism” because it’s literally irrelevant to ATLA in general. every single point they bring up is something the show does not actually 1) depict or 2) support. Katara was never reduced to a role as “house wife”; there’s quite literally zero canonical evidence that supports this fanon claim. She was also never forced to have kids with Aang or forced to marry him. They had a family and got married because they loved each other…

I think these girlies are drinking the radfem koolaid and that it’s leaking into their fandoms without them realizing it lmao. all this bashing men for simply existing and bashing women who love men or who want to be wives or mothers is legit radfem shit 🤦🏻‍♂️ it’s an ass backwards ideology just like any other and an extremist mindset and it’s rotting these girlies brains in real time 😐

Anti kataangers legit just make shit up about the pairing and show and then get mad about something that doesn’t actually exist and they’re so lost in it that they can’t realize this and so they expect everyone to just accept their delusions as fact

[friendcrumbs]

You got into Harvard Law? elle woods for @imoverdramatic !!

[septemberkisses]

whoever made the chicago notes and bibliography citation style, I hate you sm

[lesbiradshaw]

Hiii is there anything we know about the dagger squad backgrounds that’s canon? Other than Jake being from Texas, is the stuff about what they studied/where they’re from headcanon? THANK U MUCH LOV

we don’t really know that much i don’t think but a majority of the background info i’ve found is either vaguely mentioned in the film or the paramount draft script you can find online ! bradley being a poli sci major at UVA and graduating in ‘09 is canon (and also very dear to me bc that was my major too plus i also graduated hs at 17 bc we are both #junebabies :]), jake originally got his call sign because bradley gave it to him and he hated it at first, bradley played baseball as a kid, mickey is a trekkie and also catholic or at least raised catholic (he crosses himself before they launch on the mission in the draft script), harvard and yale were the only duo that came from the same squadron together before the movie, and bradley and jake and natasha were in top gun together at the same time. there’s probably more backstory you could piece together for everyone by looking at their service medals/ribbons they wear but i fear i am not knowledgeable enough about that sort of stuff without a lot more research. they all mostly have the same ones but natasha has a NATO medal, jake has a navy unit commendation ribbon, and reuben has a joint service achievement medal.

also silly canon details that aren’t background info but i still love: jake wears what i’m pretty sure is a class ring on his right ring finger, he’s also the only trainee i recall seeing actually wear his tags, he likes van halen and foghat and seems to be a classic rock fanatic, natasha wears a plain gold band on her left index finger, mickey, reuben, natasha, and bob all use those multicolor clicky pens, bradley is i think the only one of the main squad who doesn’t have the fingertips cut off his flight gloves, halo’s tank top has her squadron logo on it during the football scene, and those stupid jorts bradley wears were definely just jeans he cut the legs off himself 😭.

[guardianmonae32]

estudious babe 📚

[commonsensecommentary]

The old joke that Harvard is a massive hedge fund with a school attached has never seemed more true. The richest college in America forcing their graduate students onto food stamps demonstrates that Harvard cares more about their hoard of cold cash than their students.

[sportsallover]

Kristen Faulkner used to work in finance? Yikes, that puts a damper on my support…

[realpontchartrain]

How the fuck did you get into Harvard when I can’t even get into community college.

Again, my mom. As soon as I finished elementary school at age 10, my mom pulled me out of public school and decided to homeschool me instead (worst fucking mistake ever). At age 14, I was finally able to enroll in a self-paced program to earn my high school diploma and everything. Because I had been so alone and bored at home up until then (because my mom sure as fuck wasn’t actually teaching me shit at home, nor was she making sure that I got adequate social interaction), I had blown through the entire program in only 3 months since the date I enrolled (I enrolled on my 14th birthday and graduated on October 30th, I’ll always remember that because I was pissed that I didn’t wait a single day to take my final exam so that I could graduate on Halloween lmao).

Once I earned and payed off my official diploma, she took me to enroll in a local university where I began studying criminal justice (because she wanted me to become a cop just like her). After a year and a half or so, I decided that I wanted to try my luck at Harvard. Why not, the worst they could say was no. I just knew that I wanted more out of life and my college education, so I went for it. We rocked up to Harvard like, “yo, I have an accredited high school diploma and almost two years worth of college credits to transfer. I make pretty good grades, have an interesting story to tell, and have something unique to bring to the classroom (which is what Harvard looks for above all else). Therefore, I would like to transfer my credits and become a psychology major instead.”

The initial problem was that I was 15 at the time, nearing 16. They were wondering if that shit was even allowed, because they had never had a 15 year old kid with a wholeass high school diploma and nearly two years worth of college credits already looking to transfer. I had this same problem at the first university I attended — I wasn’t just a dual-credit student or someone on a scholarship, I already graduated and was halfway through my college degree and was seeking to get fully admitted into a degree program at their schools at that age. So, the president of Harvard and shit had to get together and discuss whether or not any of that shit was allowed. They eventually concluded that they never said that a degree candidate had to be a certain age in order to apply and enroll, and so they decided that they had to let me in given that I had all other qualifications and exceeded other expectations as well.

After I was admitted, Harvard then went behind my back and updated their rules to specifically mention that one has to be 18+ in order to apply, or must meet EXTREMELY strict standards for admission otherwise, which I always found funny. Soon after I finally enrolled, life went to shit with my grandma getting sick, me getting hooked on drugs to try and keep up with my mom using me as her personal bragging tool and trying to live her life through me, and my brother acting a fool. Then my brother committed suicide and my grandmother died four months after, and I couldn’t take it anymore. I temporarily dropped out, and eventually burned out altogether. I turned to drugs and crime and fucking my entire life up, along with my mom pimping me out when I was 19 and my husband getting trapped in Si-fucking-beria for years after I had just married him.

I have yet to graduate. I honestly don’t know if I ever will, or if i’ll ever take the official L and drop out for good. I’m still trekking along however, and I used to just take my classes one at a time online until I finally got my shit together (buying a home, getting settled, popping this child out my pussy, etc.). Disregarding what that one white bitch said; yes, Harvard IS hard. There was no way I could take on a full class load every semester with everything I had going on, so i was just dragging my degree along like a snail. I guess I don’t mind — they’re giving me the opportunity to study online and take however many classes I want per semester, and so I chose to take one at a time until I could finally handle more.

But yeah, now i’m a double major and picked criminal justice back up on top of psychology, and am now focusing on juggling work and school. I don’t know when or if i’ll ever graduate, i just know it’ll be a miracle if i ever do lmao

[eretzyisrael]

by Dion J. Pierre

Dozens of members of Harvard University’s graduate student union have resigned in protest of its response to the Hamas terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and what they described as the union “repeatedly ignoring” concerns voiced by Jewish and Israeli members.

Since Thursday, more than 30 members resigned, according to the Harvard Crimson, the campus newspaper. The members were joined by over 70 other Harvard students who signed on “in solidarity” a letter that circulated social media explaining their decision to leave the union.

In the letter, the students said they were “profoundly disappointed” with the union’s actions since Hamas, the Palestinian terror group that rules Gaza, invaded Israel on Oct. 7, massacred over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped over 240 others as hostages. It was the deadliest single-day attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

Rather than pursue a “shared agenda of solidarity,” the union has “repeatedly ignored and derided the concerns of many of its Jewish and Israeli members,” according to the letter. “Despite becoming increasingly vocal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, [the union] has at no point acknowledged, let alone condemned, the horrific attacks on Israeli civilians on and since Oct. 7. This refusal to extend empathy to Israeli and Jewish students at a time of escalating antisemitism is a shameful failure of solidarity.”

The students also cited the body’s delay in issuing a statement condemning antisemitism and Nov. 10 endorsement of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, which seeks to isolate Israel from the international community as a step toward the Jewish state’s eventual elimination. Beyond endorsing the BDS movement on Nov. 10, the union also voted to sign a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza — a move that critics argue would allow Hamas terrorists to regroup to target Israel.

“Jewish and Israeli members and allies seeking to raise concerns in union meetings about campus antisemitism have been dismissed as ‘privileged,’ told they had ‘nothing at stake, unlike those students with family members now under attack,’ and accused of wielding ‘white supremacist power’ and being ‘complicit in genocide,'” the letter read.

The students noted that the graduate union recently signed a letter that referred to Israel as “the murderous Israeli regime” and accusing it of “ongoing genocide.”

Amid such hostility, the resigning students wrote, they have tried to “engage in good faith” but have reached their limit.

“For the last month we have engaged in good faith,” the letter continued. “At this point, however, it has become abundantly clear that HGSU-UAW [Harvard’s graduate student union] has no interest in supporting the safety and wellbeing of all students impact by the conflict. We are therefore left with no choice but to announce our resignation from the union.”

The graduate union is affiliated with the United Auto Workers labor union (UAW), which represents about 400,000 members including some graduate students and academic workers.

In a statement to the Harvard Crimson, HGSU-UAW Trustee Max Ehrenfreund responded to the resignations.

“These resignations are not merely symbolic, but materially limit the union’s capacity to advocate for its workers,” Ehrenfreund said. “For that reason, we will be reaching out to all of the resigning members to hear from them individually to understand how the union can better serve them and to figure out what we might be able to do to convince them to sign a card again.”

The union’s unofficial “BDS caucus” recently issued a statement deriding efforts to get the union to issue a more thorough statement condemning antisemitism, saying it “feeds into a right-wing narrative that paints the recent wave of protests and consciousness-building in the Palestinian struggle as ‘incidents of incitement and calls for violence against Jewish and Israeli students.'” (Are these a**holes kidding? EY)

Harvard has been a hub of controversy since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, with the school coming under fire for what Jewish and pro-Israel voices have described as allowing antisemitism and anti-Israel hatred to proliferate on campus since Oct. 7.

[crvvys]

Final episode of Shiny Happy People is called Arrows Activated bc it’s talking about generational training of an “elite strike force” of Christian homeschooled graduates to infiltrate the highest levels of the US government.

they describe it as how when you go to war, you don’t carry one or two arrows, you carry many. and the children are the arrows. they’re in Congress, they clerk for the Supreme Court, they’re in the FBI. they even hope for a presidential candidate one day. bc they want the US to return to being a “truly Christian nation”

fundamentalists are galvanising and influencing US politics from long term generational planning. and I think it’s an open secret that Republicans have been doing long term planning to weaken the power of those that oppose them and they have support from the Christian Right but I guess I didn’t put together that the Christian Right are directly involved. I thought it was more of a puppet situation where they buy their political power and prop up certain candidates which they do but it’s also worse than that

[ritaglietti]

Gilmore Girls. The Road Trip to Harvard (2x4)

[saltygilmores]

My Top 10 Gilmore Girls Episodes

10 There’s the Rub

9 Dead Uncles and Vegetables

8 Concert Interruptus

7 Rory and Paris on spring break

6 Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving

5 That’ll Do Pig (aka the Winter Carnival)

4 Road Trip To Harvard

3 Bracebridge Dinner

2 They Shoot Gilmores Don’t They

1 Lorelai’s Graduation Day