I Hate Job Hunting So Much Why Couldnt I Have Just Been Sent Abroad As A Girl To Serve At The Court Of

i hate job hunting so much why couldn’t i have just been sent abroad as a girl to serve at the court of margaret of austria and then later to serve a succession of french queens so that i could return to the english court years later as a lady of sophistication and charm capable of causing one of the greatest religious schisms in european history

the day I stop thinking about Them™️ is the day I die

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Beatrice and Benedick, act IV, scene 1

bu bu jing xin: problems of a time-traveling female lead

ask a bookworm!

what are you currently reading?

how many books have you read this year?

how have your reading tastes changed from when you were a child?

physical book or e-book?

where do you love to read?

what is your ideal reading atmosphere? background noise or silent? alone or with others?

are you a writer?

what was your very first baby book?

what was the first book you read on your own?

how many books have you read in total?

what has been the longest gap between books?

what are your favourite genres?

what books make you happy?

what books have made you uncomfortable? why?

can you read anywhere? moving vehicle? rollercoaster?

how do you bookmark books?

policy on book-lending?

do people know you’re a bookworm?

how well do you take care of your books?

can you read in other languages?

what is a total book turn-off for you?

what is an essential element of a good book?

genres you rarely read?

do you read non-fiction?

do you read reviews on a book before you read it?

do you judge a book by the cover?

do you read cover to cover or sometimes skim parts?

do you always finish a book, even if it is dull?

how do you organise your books?

favourite book this year?

whoever named this book knew what they were about

my first reading in my African history class this year is about why using “tribe” to refer to ethnic groups stems from a racist desire to make African conflicts sound primitive or stemming from a desire to pretend that these are just ancient conflicts that have always existed. great article and I also feel like I’m vicariously experiencing the bullshittery that this author has been subjected to from people they’ve tried to talk to about this. like the article remains extremely professional but you can just hear in the tone that they’re talking through gritted teeth, you can practically see the customer service smile

[ID: a screenshot from a section of the article titled “But why not use ‘tribe’? Answers to common arguments.” Under the bullet point for the argument “Africans talk about themselves in terms of tribes” is written, “Commonly when Africans learn English they are taught that tribe is the term that English-speakers will recognize. But what underlying meaning in their own languages are Africans translating when they say tribe? Take the word isizwe in Zulu. In English, writers often refer to the Zulu tribe, whereas in Zulu the word for the Zulu as a group would be isizwe. Often Zulu-speakers will use the English word tribe because that’s what they think English speakers expect, or what they were taught in school. Yet Zulu linguists say that a better translation of isizwe is nation or people.” /end ID] 

translation: “ ‘Oh ho ho but some Africans themselves say tribe!’ You dipshit. You fucking donkey. When someone has a word that means “nation” or “people” in their own language but then when they learn English YOU TELL THEM IT TRANSLATES TO “TRIBE” then THAT WILL BE THE WORD THEY USE. Maybe if you LISTENED TO THE LINGUISTS OF THAT GROUP you’d have more accurate information. Asshole.”

each point is repeated over and over with like five different examples because you just know there are dipshits out there who will keep arguing.

to the anonymous author of this article for the Africa Policy Information Center I hope you have a good day every day and experience fewer people being assholes about this, your patience is actually legendary