1. Getting permission from your elementary school librarian to skip Physical Education to help her organize books

2. Having to read and understand the first page of a book before the librarian lets you check it out because “its probably too advanced for you”

3. Messy Planners

4. Failing spelling tests but getting placed in gifted

5. Fascinated with ancient mythology (Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese, etc.)

6. Wanting to go to private boarding school like Harry Potter

7. MAGIC TREE HOUSE BOOKS

8. Obsessed with Maps

9. Random trivia facts memorized and presented at any and all occasions

10. Going to the public library and getting so many books you can’t carry them all

11. Staying up waaay past your bedtime with a flashlight under the covers reading those books 

12. Loving Big Buildings but having no idea why

13. Getting super invested in one particular subject during school and zoning out during the rest

14. Pretending you were the main character of your own novel during recess

15. Large vocabulary from all the books you’ve read, mispronouncing some of the words because you’ve only seen them written

candlelight vigils, late-night walks, blood-red lipstick, hypnotizing eyes, mysterious disappearances, suspiciously red tea, regal air, talks about history as if they were there, 

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Ego: What type of academia are you? Dark, light, chaotic, fairy, darkest, gothic, romantic, theater, etc 

I call my style of academia Afro-Academia or Afrodemia. For me, it’s essentially any subset of traditional academia mixed with traditional and modern African American and Afro-Caribbean style and focusing more heavily on literature created by and for POC, specifically (for me) Black People. For more classical literature think of Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. For more modern literature check out the genre Afrofuturism and Nalo Hopkinson. The fashion for dark academia can be reminiscent of the Black Panther party or can be any preconceived style of academia combined with styles that were created by Black people in Africa or any African Diaspora: Large earrings, Natural hairstyles, headwraps, and some streetwear, etc. Here are a few examples of fashion:

There is also an extreme focus on social justice, activism, feminism, advocacy, and an insistence on redesigning political and social systems to be equal and equitable. Afro Academic can range from protestors marching the streets against police violence to scholars who use the knowledge left behind by activists before them to advocate for change.

That’s a super long answer but that IS how I define my academia when asked.

Dante: What, of the seven deadly sins, do you associate yourself with?

Strangest university tip you have?

Iris: What's your favorite color palette?

I can honestly say I’ve never thought about this before! I have no idea. So I took 3 different color palette quizzes!