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I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:

IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.

1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.

2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? It’s the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.

3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word “suicide.”

4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, “Pass the URL of the blog on to us.”

5. Type in the user’s URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.

TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USER’S LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.

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by popular request, here the stories are in the order they take place. if you choose not to read them this way, that’s totally fine!

i will update this list as more stories are added 

1. Part X - Poseidon & Caeneus

2. Part XIII - Amphitrite & Caeneus

3. Part VI - Hestia and Prometheus

4. Part XV - Hera and Hephaestus *

5. Part XXIII - Hephaestus and Styx

6. Part XVII - Hera and Ares

7. Part IV - Pandora and Hermes

8. Part V - Artemis the Virgin

9. Part VII - They Call Her Kore

10. Part VIIII - Hades, an Interlude

11. Part XXIV - She is Persephone

12. Part VIII - Athena and Medusa

13. Part XVIII - Ares, God of War

14. Part XII - The Minotaur

14. Part I - Icarus

16. Part XI - Orpheus & Eurydice and Ares & Hades

17. Part XXI - Apollo and His Daughters

18. Part III - Arachne

19. Part XIX - Eros & Psyche

20. Part XX - Hera Leaves Olympus

21. Part XVI - Poseidon & Glaucus

22. Part XXII - Olympus and the Sea are Hers

23. Part XIV - The Gods Are Dead

*the first part of this story starts before Part X, but most of it takes place after Part VI

“Your job — as students who are receiving an education — is to be aware of your privilege. And use this particular privilege called “education” to do your best to achieve great things, all the while advocating for those in the rows behind you.”

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So you have to write a research paper. Welcome to the basis for grading in many humanities courses. The nice thing is that usually you will have a decent amount of time to do this. The not-so-nice thing is that grading is (in my experience) enormously subjective. Since every professor will likely have a different scale for grading, the best you can do is prepare a solid paper and trust that your work will speak for itself. Here are some ideas for getting started (plus a quick guide to note-taking and essay writing):

prompts: Were you given a prompt for this research paper? If so, you’re in luck. If not, don’t worry—you’re going to create your own. Let’s assume you’ve been given a prompt, or possibly several prompts to choose from. Read them over, highlighting or underlining key words. Then, choose the one that either you want to answer, or that you feel capable of answering. Sometimes this is a choice between writing a paper that bores you but covers materials you know well (if, for example, you’re overworked and don’t have a lot of time), or writing a paper you’re sincerely interested in but would have to do a lot more prep work for. Also, the prompt should tell you details such as number of sources required, page-length, formatting, citation style, etc., so be sure to mark those. Why start here? Well, you won’t get very far in gathering sources if you don’t have a prompt.

key words: But wait, how do you know which words are key in a prompt? OK, so let’s say you’re writing for an English class; probably there will be themes, characters, certain quotations mentioned in the prompt. Or for a history class, there will probably be a time period, political slant, policy question, etc. Look for imperatives such as, “explain,” “examine,” “address,” “evaluate,” and the like. The prompts, if they are written well, will offer you a lot of info for formulating your thesis. There may also be a direct question in the prompt. If so, make sure you answer it! 

make your own: Sometimes you’ll be told, “Write me a paper,” and set loose. I know a lot of my students find this incredibly frustrating so I don’t do it to them; that said, some professors still will. So what you have to do then is, in a way, be your own professor. What have you studied this semester that you want to know more about? What have you read that you found really interesting? Perhaps there is a certain character you really dislike who somehow gets a good ending in the plot of a novel—why might that be? Perhaps there’s a regime change that had a lot of interesting things going on in the background, which your class didn’t have time to focus on—look into it more. Basically, the prompt-less essay should inspire freedom, not panic. You get to write about whatever you want! The difficulty comes in making sure you still have a well-structured paper, so read on. 

hello pals!! this is a masterpost of half (or so) of the reference posts i reblogged/made. i tried uploading this masterpost as just one big masterpost but i had over 250 links so that failed and here i am again. here is part one, encapsulating studying + certain subjects which will be followed by part two (slightly more general) here! enjoy ✨

studying, school, + learning

what i’ve learnt throughout my years of being a student

notes, studying, and self-study resources

self-study resources

starting a studyblr

college + uni

how to get studying

online study guides

good habits

exams!

study management

school is starting soon

back to school (1)

back to school (2)

back to school (3)

back to school reminders

50 things to know for back to school

get prepared for a new school year

school resources

final grade calculator

writing emails to professors

cheap textbooks etc!!

save money on textbooks

school

first week of school stuff

testing effect

make studying fun

high school tips

101 study tips

types of learners

lazy kid’s guide to good grades

catching up on missed work

university tag

igcse resources

sat tag

act tag

ap tag

ib tag

a-level revision tips

diy school supplies

test taking tips

a complete guide to studying (well)

time to study!

groupwork (1)

groupwork (2)

tips tag

study effectively from textbooks

studying better

surviving your least favourite class

studying a subject you hate

success

doing research

understanding the question

pomodoro

study tips

tactile learning

how to concentrate

concentration

exam day

ultimate study masterpost

study tips for exams

school survival

studying on the go

how to read academic journal articles

how to study smart

how to remember anything in 3 steps

distraction-free studying

motivation

my study instagram + study blog

+ motivation links

motivation masterpost

stay motivated

get that homework done!

reaching goals

getting motivated

motivation through anime

writing

writing tag

recover an unsaved draft

uni writing resources

add citations!

annotating (1)

annotating (2)

advice for writing papers

writing helps

essay writing tips

how to write an essay

writing term research papers

active vs passive voice

writing masterpost

academic writing resources

essay checklist

reduce your word count

essay writing links

how to write and execute a huge piece of work

summary writing

the discursive/argumentative essay

the narrative essay + the descriptive essay

note-taking

note-taking in class

cornell note-taking

cornell (2)

lecture notes

illustrating notes

banners

maintaining good notes

note-taking

sticky notes

flashcards

colour-code + highlight effectively

colour-coding

studying from textbooks

study guides

upgrade your notes

illustrate your notes

mind maps

note-taking for different lecture types

ribbon drawing

smart highlighting

lettering ideas

how i take notes

note-taking tips

aesthetically pleasing notes

fake cursive notes

languages + literature

the ultimate english masterpost

shakespeare

literature masterpost

annotating

studying a foreign language

100+ legal sites to download literature

approaching poetry analysis

write a killer unprepared text essay

literary analysis research papers

classics

how to ace lit

reading lit

write a rhetorical analysis essay

practice oral comprehension!!

how i study for english lit

poetry analysis (1)

poetry analysis (2)

how i learn languages

self-studying languages

languages tag

how to open a new book

literary devices

literaty devices w/ printables

literature masterpost

grow your vocab

a guide to vocab

language learning tips + resources

SUPER IMPORTANT FOR POLYGLOTS

tips + tricks for learning a language

chinese

english

french

german

greek

italian

japanese

korean

latin

maltese

polish

russian

spanish

swedish

humanities + other subjects

studying humanities subjects

gathering materials for a humanities research paper

philosophy

philosophy tag

psychology tag

politics + government

women of wwi

ap world history

coding

design resources

sciences + math

how to memorise diagrams

biology (1)

biology (2)

studying biology

biology help

biology note-taking

anatomy + physiology

physiology

physics

ap physics

chemistry (1)

chemistry (2)

chemistry note-taking

studying chemistry

maths tag

how to study for math

how to study math (1)

how to study math (2)

math (1)

math (2)

math (3)

10 tips to excel in maths

avoid carelessness in calculations

succeed in math without really trying

math resources and links

algebra (1)

algebra (2)

precalculus

geometry

space + astronomy (1)

space + astronomy (2)

hope this helps + please check out part 2 as well!! ilysm 💗 

ps here is a list of all my masterposts just in case 🐝