dark academia dreaming

Week 1: romanticizing my side project. Not shown: any of the required coding. Still not sure how to handle that aesthetic…

But my reading tree has gone now, and a dog had probably peed on the base anyway

Moments of escape in my midwestern holiday + a trip to the alma mater 🖤📚

Farewell to floral sheets season (the rest of my autumn camera roll)

A contemplative, mostly-in-latin dark academia holiday playlist, for those who aren't ready to crank Mariah Carey while they read/think/work!

There is not a doubt in my mind that Donna Tartt has read this and that the greek class in the Secret History is heavily inspired by these characters, down to the incestuous blonde couple (Charlie and Mariella, instead of Charles and Camilla) and the intellectual brooding leader of the bunch who is named Julian here, instead of Henry. I am stunned at how few reviews it has on goodreads and can not recommend it enough. Its a coming of age book of a young woman named Judith and covers her efforts to insert herself into this close knit friend group as well as her romantic feelings towards both men and women during her time at Cambridge. The TLDR: Like the secret history but instead of murder there is sapphic romance and unrequited love