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[22.05.2017]

the week before the last. can you guess whose birthday it was?

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[27.06.2017]

evening study session (sorry for the bad lightening. in reality it actually looked a lot nicer)

I am trying to really start my term paper so I’m reading through A LOT of papers right now. It’s exhausting but I also feel like I eventually get an idea of what I want to write about.

Anyone here that has experiences in comparative politics and especially in parliamentary systems and coalition theories?

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[20.10.17]

evening + very autumnal studies // reading Shakespeare’s history plays.

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[22.05.2017]

doing some readings for my comparative politics seminar on coalitions.

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[13.09.2017]

Lovely autumn colours while reading Shakespeare’s history plays. 

(also, I’m sick which is why I’m drinking loads and loads of tea.)

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#30daysofaugust n°22

[I am aware that the post for day 21 is missing, I’m sorry!]

I was very very unmotivated when I came home from by boyfriends’s place today. But hey! I managed to study for about two hours (or more? I don’t know) for my linguistics exam. As you can see, I decided to be outside because it was warm and nice outside.  

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[05.05.2017]

Comparative politics // this week: electoral systems.

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[02.02.2017]

That’s my way of colour coding my handwritten or printed notes. 1.:The ideal way 2. & 3.: How it turns out.

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[13.2.2017]

a couple of weeks back, my planner and bullet journal feat. me in the snow.

Also, the new semester started today! Yayy here I come, fourth semester!

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[13.01.2017]

Spent all wednesday and thursday studying in the library with my best friend/ best study buddy - so productive! 

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Book Review: “Moranifesto”

Book: Moranifesto Author: Caitlin Moran Published: Harper Perennial, 2016

“So, welcome to my second collection of writing. Hello! I embrace you. I am sorry about the smell. I get very sweaty when I write. I don’t know why. One day, I will learn how to varnish my armpits, and it will be easier to be my friend again. Until then - I apologize.”

You might not recognise it from the start on, but Caitlin Moran’s fourth and most recent book calls out for change. With the so-typical-for her kind of humour, she onnects a lot of her published articles with short introductory passages;  topics ranging from Climate Change to Benetict Cumberbatch‘s face. A lot of Benedict Cumberbatch. A lot. A combination of endless life lists, sex and make-up advice, comments on pop and gay culture, and the Queen.

The books is split into four main sections: “The 21st century, where we live”, “Feminisms”, and “The Future”. 

Whilst in the first part, Moran highlights a lot of topic of the past 16 years like new technological innovations, cultural diversity and the Queen’s jubilee, she introduces this section with a pure kind of critique of this century: she stresses how she loves capitalism but at the same time, she really thinks it needs an update. Like computers or smartphones. 

That is what is so typical for Caitlin Moran: she doesn’t make things more complicated than they are; she calls it by its name. And let’s be honest, that’s what we all love about her.

The second section is “The Feminisms”-part where she gives a lot of life advice for young girls and aging ladies. And she calls for equality. Similar to things you can read in her debut novel “How to Be a Woman”, she raises attention to the unncessesary time and effort women “have” to put in clothes, make-up, fitness and body hair issues. And the section includes serious topics like Female Genital Mutilation to everyday sexist experiences probably every woman can relate to.

Notably, Moran includes a lot of lists. For me as a passionate list-writer, this is fantastic. But I assume a lot of people feel this way: a lot of sex and a lot of lists and a lot of inspiration in one book - who could ask for more?

Moran then takes a look into the future and talks about the things she would like to see in it: more of Benedict Cumberbatch, more understanding for the working class, less homework. This part is where Moran really shows what she said in the introduction: you don’t have to be a writer to say what you want. Everyone’s little part is what will make the difference.

And so, Moran concludes with her “Moranifesto”. It’s a hillarious and at the same time very thought-through list of things she’s like to see imporoved. Because they don’t work the way they are now. Again. Ranging from “1. Electoral Reform” to “ 3. Andy Burnham to sing Dr. Hook’s “Sexy Eyes” at the next Labour Party Conference” and “13. Complete protection of abortion rights [..]”.

“We must not dare waste a second of our only, exploding existence, thinking that “It will be better . . .later” is ever a thing to say. If we say these things cannot be cone, we are in denial of humanity. We are perversely proud to be small. And we are not. Trying. Hard. Enough.” 

Caitlin Moran’s “Moranifesto” again proofs how much this woman has to say - and how many of those things really should be heard. Not only the included Posthumous letter to her daughter is so touching, no, what is emotional, what is so inspiring about Moran’s writing is how much honesty she offers the reader. Even though a lot of her views aren’t particularily suprising to readers like me who have basically binge-read her other books, with “Moranifesto”, Caitlin Moran takes it a step further to talk not “only” about feminism but about other  serious topics: realistic and important.

You shouldn’t miss this inspiring, hillarious and serious book. Just read it. 

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[03.01.2017]

My dashboard in my new Leuchtturm 1917 weekly notebook. I just took some cute pictures and "laminated” the page with transparent tape. Also, happy 2017 everyone, I hope it is going to be a lovely and productive year for you all!

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#30daysofaugust REVIEW

The 30 days are over. And I am very sorry I have not posted throughout the past days - I was super busy with writing the exams. Now I am on holidays with my boyfriend and finally have the time to take a look back on this crazy busy august.

The exams went well. I have a 2.0 on the one on the 30th, but no results yet for the big one on the 28th. But I have to say that I think it went really well. Even though I struggled with a few questions, overall I was well prepared.

What I learnt? You can do a LOT in 30 days. I even had quite a bit of freetime in the last days before the exam because I had made sure I had already prepared enough before. 

So.. monday 4th, the new semester (the 5th!!) will start again already. I will have some amazing seminars and lectures and I am determined to be as good as possible. I just looked at my current average grade which is probably something around 1.9 - 2.0. Which is satisfying and very well considering the first semesters that did not go that good. But I want to be better and I know I can be better so I am trying to make sure I’ll be consistent with all the work.

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#30daysofaugust n° 19+20

I did not accomplish a lot today. The only thing I did yesterday was to study for like half an hour with my boyfriend who asked me my quizlet-questions and today I was too tired to study more than an effective hour or two. 

8 days until the big exam. I’ll need to focus.

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#30daysofaugust n°18

a lot of comparative politics today; i got stuck in Laver and Shepsle’s “Portfolio Allocation Model” but now it’s evening and I’m through the lecture notes about it and the article so I’ll enjoy the rest with salad + pizza + Sex & the City!

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#30daysofaugust n°16

I admit it. (again). No studying at all today. I enjoyed a lovely day with my boyfriend and the evening with my sister. And I came to some conclusions about my future. It needs to be enough for today. Tomorrow will give new opportunities to study and I am very well in time.