#poc women dark academia

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𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑎. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.

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monday 06/05/24

looked into housing, worked on my cv + applications!

♫ spite - omar apollo ♫

[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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[luxus-aeterna]

oh, to be a ghost roaming those halls… || IG

[amjusttree]

When you're not white it's very easy to feel out of place in aesthetics like dark academia, so here's moodboard to remind you that there are plenty of women of color who partake in dark academia and look phenomenal while doing it.

(All images found on Pinterest)

[chateaucapricorne]

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"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive." - James Baldwin

[munchee-academic]

Minnette de Silva is my Roman Empire and here is why.

It’s 1918, Sri Lanka is still known as Ceylon, a British Colony and the last place you’d expect to find feminist ground breaking artistic pioneers. Minnette de Silva is born and concurs.

One of the first modernist architects to come from Sri Lanka AND the first Asian woman to become an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

She was awarded the SLIA Gold Medal for her contribution to architecture “regional modernism for the tropics”

She did not complete her formal education due to family circumstances. Despite not finishing the modern equivalent of her A-Levels, she undertook an apprenticeship and attended lectures at the Ceylon Technical College (Desi kids rejoice at an intellectual icon who had an untraditional path through education). She then joined the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art which allowed her to study under many influential architects.

She was eclectic, intelligent and a force to be reckoned. She was expelled from the Government School of Architecture in India for attending a Free Gandhi March and refusing to write an apology letter to the Head of the School for it (we don’t stan Gandhi but we do stan standing up for your beliefs!)

Her father was extremely opposed to her career path but she went for it anyway. A bad bitch. An unstoppable force.

According to The Guardian “During her time at the Architectural Association (AA) in the UK she cut an elegant figure, draped in silk saris and followed by a train of young male students bearing her bags and instruments.”

This is how I imagine her walking down those halls!

Minnette de Silva returned to a newly independent Sri Lanka in 1949, and established her career in Kandy. She was influenced by Ananda Coomaraswamy, and advocated for the preservation of the traditional methods of craftsmanship, construction, and acquiring materials. She was inspired to create a style that incorporated the newly Western methods of development with the natural style, aesthetic, and landscapes of the tropical island.

The photos below are her designs and they are

e x q u i s i t e ✨

She never married. According to Architectual Record Minette explained to a friend “husbands are only good for carrying one’s bags”

My real life reaction to reading THAT quote🔥

However, Minette was always plagued by financial insecurity, she died penniless in a hospital in Kandy on the 24th of November 1998 at the age of 80. She had fallen from her bathtub at home, and was not found for days. Only a relative few of her building remain standing.

RIP Minette de Silva, you were a pioneer and an inspiration.

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[corvusclearing]

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[mysharona1987]

[black-academia]

inspiration, motivation, adoration 🖤

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wednesday 14/07/2024

today was an absolutely beautiful day

♫ bestfriend - satellite lovers ♫

[theacademiccottage]

“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”

- Oscar Wilde,

The Picture of Dorian Gray

[angiospleen]

Welcome to my academia blog

Hello,

I'm a Black, 22 y/o B.S. Honors graduate in Biology

She/her

Lesbian

Capricorn

INTJ

On my blog, you can find stem academia/dark academia content like moodboards, art and commentary. I also do book content like recs and reviews centered around Black issues, science, classical literature and everything in-between. Follow me on this journey to shift the focus of academia to people of color.

[luxus-aeterna]

in the parlor | IG