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[dianeemay]

24.04.19 // so I finally finished a little zine that I started this summer and this is my favourite page😊🌱 (click for a better quality)

it's soo important to take a creative break sometimes. today I haven't studied as much as I wanted, but at least I started a couple of projects for school and I picked up my brushes and paints for the first time in a while! for me creating is a form of therapy. imagining something and then seeing it onto paper; going in intuitively, blending colors, juxtaposing pictures... this is what gives me life.

[teawithstress]

IM A NSLIY SEMIFINALIST!!!

This means I have like a 50/50 chance of going to study korean over the summer IN KOREA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lgbtqstudyblr]

We’re back and I need some help to update the blog!

Hello my darlings, Carol here! I spent some time not even opening tumblr but now I’m back and I want to make this blog the safe place, the helpful place that I always wanted it to be when I first had the idea to start it. But, I need some help right now since the blog was dead for a little while. Is there someone interested in helping me update the blog and keep it a safe place to all of us who are LGBTQ+ (I’m sorry if I forgot any letters, but this is a safe place to everyone!!)?

[amitystudies]

Last week's bullet journal spread!

[everythingunderlined-blog]

17.03.17 2/100 days of productivity. Had a therapeutic day to myself and spent it indulging in my fave author. Threw in a throwback shot of my room when I still had a laptop and my trip to eastbourne. Travelling tomorrow to Northampton tomorrow for my friend's birthday. I'll try to sneak some work in

[dianeemay]

24.02.19 // home. I lit a candle and sprinkled some lavender flowers around. it's been a rough week and I've been sick, but being forced to stay still and avoid schoolwork has shown me the ways in which I do stuff not out of joy and curiosity but simply out of anxiety. well, I'll work on that. in the meantime I'll just admire my lovely sleepy cat while he clearly judges me.

[teawithstress]

My AP World test scores will be released Saturday and I’m freaking out. I know I did okay, but at the same time, you can never really know. I think I’m just psyching myself out

[gpa-defines-me]

LGBTQA+ Hate Crime Paper

Hey, guys! Just wanted to say thanks for the boosting of my last post about the paper, and thank you in particular to @empathias for the info on the Brazil incidents! My paper is actually due in a few days now, and I’m going to start writing, but any information you come up with is still welcomed.

I just had a question for all of you - after I get my final grade on the paper, I was wondering if you guys wanted me to post it? This paper is not just a product of my work, but yours as well, and the acceptance you have brought forth through our community. I also believe that information on Hate Crimes against (and within) our community should be spread for awareness, both in the U.S. and outside it (especially outside it). So please let me know what you guys think! 

[s-tudyings-blog]

did you check the last member apply stuff for LGBTq+ community?

hi i have received applications but i haven’t added some ppl yet, but i promise i will get on that soon !!

[jayde-studies]

6th January 2017 || we are going into the new year and we are all ready for the challenges it will bring.

My bujo is really minimal because a) that is where my aesthetic and organisation systems are taking me these days and b) I have just started treatment for my hand, which requires me to keep it in a cast thing for a month, so my wrist is really weak rn. Hopefully this year will be the year of good bujo aesthetics despite that

the link cosplay is by @nipahdubs​ and is one of my favourites ever!

[everythingunderlined-blog]

So much has happened over this past week and I'm beyond flustered! My laptop and my phone both broke, one day after each other and 3 days before I had an assignment deadline; everything was gone. Had to do everything from scratch. Ugh. So much. But I can't let the lack of a laptop stop me from working, I guess. I need positive vibes

[bulbasaurstudy]

7.30.16 // trying to mentally prepare for the semester while also shopping for planners. this bulbasaur pin is keepin me going tho ;’~)

[dianeemay]

f e b r u a r y  2 0 1 7 : r e f l e c t i o n s

i . so this month another quote struck me... “the truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. you just got to find the ones worth suffering for” said bob marley. well, i struggle a lot when i get hurt by anybody, but reflecting on this quote helped me: a. caring less when the hurt was sent from someone i don’t care about and b. understanding that even in friendship sometimes you’re going to get hurt. but if between you and your friend the bond is strong, you can be sure love is going to win. and you’ll be rewarded for your patience. i guarantee you.

ii . uhm i learned that you should always carry with yourself a smol notebook + a pen because inspiration can hit you at anytime! and you should be prepared!! also, a notebook is great for doodling. plus, some chapstick and a bottle of water should always stay in your backpack <3

iii . ok so this has been a big one for me this month. change is tough. and mood swings don’t make it easier. i’m not good at changing. usually when i enter a new period of my life i start settling down and like building my emotional nest of feelings, music, whatever. those feelings become normality, i feel fine. then something unexpected happens and i find myself completely confused and sad and it’s like my little world is crashing in pieces. i know going with the flow is hard, but it’s the best thing to do. try writing or meditating, try connecting to the present moment instead of analyzing the big picture which makes change seem so scary. in a few days it will be gone and you’ll be stronger than before.

iv . this kinda goes with number three but i discovered that there’s a major benefit in keeping a daily journal when you have frequent mood swings: when you are in one of your lowest phases where everything feels wrong, it’s magical to open your journal and find out that a couple of days before you where completely fine and happy and excited for life. i had never experienced that but oh it felt soso good. i instantly knew that my happier self existed... and that she would have came back. 

v . this month i’ve watched two films that... oh my god. i don’t know if i would have came to the end of february without them. so i think you have probably guessed the first one... la la land. when the credits started playing i was immobilized in my chair. while people started waking up and chatting i was. just. happy. i had this smile on my face. and it stayed there until i fell asleep that night. i’m not going to say anything more... it deeply changed me. (and i’ve been playing the soundtrack on repeat...) some days later i went to see capitain fantastic... and i think this is like one of the best films i’ve watched in the last five years or something?? it represented so well my dream life as a child, i love that pure way of living, i love how well those children were brought up, i love how intelligent they were... i cried so much oh god... it was like my vision made into an actual film. you should go watch both!!

vi . the best way to actually practice self care is writing yourself a step by step guide to getting the most comfortable and keeping it in an easily accessible place. it’s amazing because every time i read it i feel like a small child and i become my own caregiver i guess?? and i just feel like i have to do what’s written there because it’s written!! and i wrote it, so it’s proof that it will instantly make me feel better. it should be like the really basic things, which are the ones i forget more easily. and it should be personalized!! it’s fine to follow suggestions you find on tumblr but you know what works best for yourself! also, every time i follow it it’s like a little ritual or a well-being spell which is even more great!

vii . there are some human beings that are just... amazing. and that make you wanna go and hug them and thank them so much. well, adriene from the youtube channel yoga with adriene is one of those people. in january she uploaded a video a day, but i started watching them in february. every afternoon those twenty minutes of yoga became my little calm, mindful space. adriene’s voice is so calming...

viii . this is something i started realizing only in the past week but well... your vibes and your intention most of the times are. the most. important. thing. i don’t even notice how much anxiety and negative self talk goes on in my mind. the result is me getting panic attacks or not being able to breath in the middle of nowhere. it became such a normal thing and that’s why i need to extirpate it. meditation helped me a lot learning to connect with my feelings and control my thoughts, and the results of three or four days of attention and positivity are amazing. i’m so so so so happy... this month wasn’t easy at all, but i hope this will change things up...

i hope this gave you some ideas and motivation <3 it’s so great that my january reflections actually got notes?? like?? i pretty much made them to track my progress, i didn’t expect it! have an amazing day...

january reflections : http://smilingcacti.tumblr.com/post/156936337543/j-a-n-u-a-r-y-2-0-1-7-r-e-f-l-e-c-t-i-o-n-s-i

agata

[teawithstress]

Feb 21 2017

I FOUND A SPONSOR FOR MY CLUB!!!!! I have offical become a founder of a club(LAW AND ORDER CLUB)

[lgbtqstudyblr]

WE NEED A LGBTQA+ TRANSLATOR, PORTUGUESE TO ENGLISH

One of our members is making a project about hate crimes against LGBTQA+ people. You can read more about this project here.

In Brasil, a lot of these crimes happen, but as most of articles explaining them are in portuguese and if I (Carolina) try to translate it myself it will look terrible, we need someone who can translate articles from portuguese to english, so our member can add these crimes to her research.

PLEASE REBLOG THIS FOR US TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP HER. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, SO PLEASE REBLOG.

[gpa-defines-me]

Research Paper

Hey guys! So for my final project in Sociology, I'm doing a research paper on Hate Crimes against the LGBTQA+ community. Lately I've been trying to do a lot of research, but not really finding anything to go off of besides laws that should be in place and countries that allow same-sex marriage. For the paper I'd like to keep it focused on incidents in the US, but at this point I'll take any information I can get! So, I'd like to ask for your help. If you're willing, it would be really helpful if you could assist me in my research! Maybe a legislation that failed to pass, a hate crime gone unnoticed by major media outlets, anything! If you do find anything you wish to share, whether you think it'll help or not, please message me about it!! I could really use the help!