#secret loves

Academia Queen's Night Off

For the dark academia girlies who have dedicated their time and energy to academic prowess and impressive achievements—here is a space for you to indulge in your hidden hobbies and secret loves.

You deserve a space to dream your midnight dreams.

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This template has two main ways to "journal" about your favorite activities. One to document/plan and the other to reminisce:

Here's an example of an answered prompt:

(so cute. I'm not the best at it, but same <3. any ice skating lover girlies out there?)

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There's an instruction script that walks you through how to use the template (perfectly broken down into little steps—I love a good manual!).

And an archive space where you can store some of your old journal entries:

I hope you enjoy this template as much as I enjoyed making it. It's both heartwarming and gothic-ish, so I hope it brings you lots of smiles!

find this template at pretty magic (pinned post!)

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Lastly, I'll leave you with this fictional entry that I made on there:

stay spooky and magical,

Anastasia the fairy

I hope you don’t mind I make this response public.

It’s completely beautiful. I was the book designer in addition to writing an essay, and I kept nearly crying at several points while laying out the books. 

For years and years, I thought I was strange and alone when it came to relationships. I cloaked my own fandom beginnings with my spouse behind a story to make it more “acceptable.” This book encapsulates everything about being a geek girl and about finding love and identity through fandom. Not only do the essays and comics talk about finding other people to love but learning to love yourself, which is the most important love of all.

My favorites in the book were:

“Lungarella” by Stephanie Cook

“How Fanfiction Made Me Gay” by J.M. Frey

“Cherry” by Cherelle Higgins

“Levelling Up Your Dating Profile” by Loretta Jean (how I wish I’d read this 10 years ago)

“Yes, No, Maybe” by Megan Kearney (my absolute favorite item in the book that makes me tear up repeatedly)

“They Bury You in White” by Laura Neubert

“4 Fictional Happy Endings” by Diana McCallum

“Rise of the Late Bloomer’ by Hope Nicholson

“Love in the Time of Ethernet” by Natalie Zina Walschots

“Better Than Fiction” by Sarah Winifred Seale

and my own “How Fanfic From an American Girl Captured an English Boy” (because hey, I am biased)