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Hello! i really want to learn french but have no idea where to start if you have may you give resources on this
yesss ok so i learned french in school so im like advanced now, so some of these i actively use and some of them i just found from searching:
textbooks
iâm just going to link you to my whole dropbox, i have 6 french textbooks on there (personally i would probably start with french living language)
youtube channels
Inner French - i think this guy is great for any level! he speaks super slow and teaches you how to speak french naturally
Piece of French - her channel is also great bc sheâll speak in french then point out specific vocab that sheâs using
FrenchPod101 - great for listening practice especially!
Comme une Française TV - I think sheâs great and super helpful and clear!
other resources
wordreference - my favorite french dictionary!
linguee - literally amazing for finding example sentences & learning words in context
memrise - i said this before but i think the app is way better than the desktop website bc itâs less stressful lmao anyway itâs great for vocabÂ
Coffe Break French - a podcast! i use coffee break swedish and i think itâs a great series for listening & itâs available in a variety of levels
Lingua -Â for reading practice at a variety of levels (A1-B2)
The French Experiment - French childrenâs stories
Paralleltext.io - not for when youâre an absolute beginner but it has dual language stories for reading practice
1000 most common french words - tbh donât start here but itâs nice for some core vocab!
Lingolia - for learning grammar
Verbix - for verb conjugations!
music recs
modern artists: cĆur de pirate, stromae, pomme, angĂšle, vendredi sur mer, videoclub, clara luciani, christine & the queens
older artists: françoise hardy, dalida, jacques brel, barbara, jeanne moreau, édith piaf
general language learning resources
dictionaries:
wordreference - has spanish, french, italian, portuguese, catalan, german, swedish, dutch, russian, polish, romanian, czech, greek, turkish, chinese, japanese, korean, & arabic
reverso translation - has arabic, chinese, dutch, french, german, hebrew, italian, japanese, polish, portuguese, romanian, russian, spanish & turkish
bab.la - has spanish, arabic, chinese, czech, danish, dutch, finnish, french, german, greek, hindi, hungarian, indonesian, italian, japanese, korean, norwegian, polish, portuguese, romanian, russian, swedish, swahili, thai, turkish, vietnamese, & esperanto
digital dictionaries of south asia - has dictionaries for assamese, baluchi, bengali, divehi, hindi, kashmiri, khowar, lushai, malayalam, marathi, nepali, oriya, pali, panjabi, pashto, persian, prakrit, rajasthani, sanskrit, sindhi, sinhala, tamil, telugu & urdu
resources for learning words in context:
reverso context  - has arabic, chinese (in beta), dutch, french, german, hebrew, italian, japanese, polish, portuguese, romanian, russian, spanish & turkish (in beta)
linguee - has german, spanish, portuguese, french, italian, russian, japanese, chinese, polish, dutch, swedish, danish, finnish, greek, czech, romanian, hungarian, slovak, bulgarian, slovene, lithuanian, latvian, maltese, & estonian
for learning different writing systems
omniglot - an encyclopedia with literally any language you could think of including ancient languages
scripts - an app for learning other writing systems with a limited amount for free (you can do 5 minutes a day for free) - has the ASL alphabet, Russian cyrillic, devanagari, Japanese kana, Chinese hanzi, & Korean hangul
Wikipedia is also helpful for learning different writing systems honestly!
pronunciation
forvo - a pronunciation dictionary with MANY languages (literally an underrated resource i use it all the time)
a really helpful video by luca lampariello with tips on how to get better pronunciation in any language
ipachart.com - an interactive chart with almost every sound!! literally such an amazing resource for learning the IPA (however does not include tones)
another interactive IPA chart (this one does have tones)Â
language tutoring
italki - thereâs many websites for language tutoring but i think italki has the most languages (i have a referral link & if you use it we can both get $10 toward tutoring lol) - they say they support 130 languages!
thereâs also preply and verbling which are also good but there arenât as many options for languages - preply has 27 and verbling has 43
(obviously these are not free but if you have the money i think tutoring is a great way to learn a language!)
getting corrections/input from native speakers
hellotalk - an app for language exchanges with native speakers & they also have functions where you can put up a piece of writing and ask for corrections - honestly this app is great
tandem - language exchange app but unlike hellotalk you can choose multiple languages (although i think hellotalk is a little bit better)
LangCorrect - supports 170 languages!
HiNative - supports 113 languages!
Lang-8Â - supports 90 languages!
verb conjugation
verbix - supports a ton of languages
Reverso conjugation - only has english, french, spanish, german, italian, portuguese, hebrew russian, arabic, & japanese
apps
duolingo - obviously everybody knows about duolingo but iâm still going to put it here - i will say i think duolingo is a lot more useful for languages that use the latin alphabet than languages with another writing system however they do have a lot of languages and add more all the time - currently they have 19 languages but you can see what languages theyâre going to add on the incubator
memrise - great for vocab! personally i prefer the app to the desktop website
drops - you can only do 5 minutes a day for free but i still recommend it because itâs fun and has 42 languages!Â
LingoDeer - specifically geared towards asian languages - includes korean, japanese, chinese & vietnamese (as well as spanish, french, german, portuguese and russian), however only a limited amount is available for free
busuu - has arabic, chinese, french, german, italian, japanese, polish, portuguese, spanish, russian, spanish, & turkish,Â
Mondly - has 33 languages including spanish, french, german, italian, russian, japanese, korean, chinese, turkish, arabic, persian, hebrew, portuguese (both brazilian & european), catalan, latin, dutch, swedish, norwegian, danish, finnish, latvian, lithuanian, greek, romanian, afrikaans, croatian, polish, bulgarian, czech, slovak, hungarian, ukrainian, vietnamese, hindi, bengali, urdu, indonesian, tagalog & thai
misc
a video by the polyglot LĂœdia MachovĂĄÂ about how different polyglots learn languages - this video is great especially if you donât know where to start in terms of self study
LangFocus - a youtube channel of this guy who talks about different languages which is always a good place to start to understand how a specific language works also his videos are fun
Polyglot: How I Learn Languages by KatĂł Lomb - this book is great and available online completely for free!Â
Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner (on pdfdrive)Â - another great book about language learning
Anki - a flashcard app (free on desktop for any system & free on android mobile - not free on ios mobile) that specifically uses spaced repetition to help you learn vocabulary, itâs got a slightly ugly design but itâs beloved by many language learners & is honestly so helpful
YouTube - literally utilize youtube it is so good.
Easy Languages - a youtube channel with several languages (basically they go around asking people on the street stuff so the language in the videos is really natural) & they also have breakaway channels for german, french, spanish, polish, italian, greek, turkish, russian, catalan & english
thereâs also the LanguagePod101 youtube channels (e.g. FrenchPod101, JapanesePod101, HebrewPod101) which are super great for listening practice & language lessons as well as learning writing systems!
dropbox containing linguistics textbooks
contains 34 textbooks including etymology, language acquisition, morphology, phonetics/phonology, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, & translation studies
dropbox containing language textbooks
contains 86 language textbooks including ASL, Arabic, (Mandarin) Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew (Modern & Ancient), Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh
dropbox containing books about language learning
includes fluent forever by gabriel wyner, how to learn any language by barry farber, polyglot by katĂł lomb
if thereâs a problem with any of the textbooks or if you want to request materials for a specific language feel free to message me!
I believe in free education, one thatâs available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc⊠This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!
FREE ONLINE COURSESÂ (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)
AlisonÂ
Coursera
FutureLearn
open2study
Khan Academy
edX
P2P U
Academic Earth
iversity
Stanford Online
MIT Open Courseware
Open Yale Courses
BBC Learning
OpenLearn
Carnegie Mellon University OLI
University of Reddit
Saylor
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
TED
FORA
Big ThinkÂ
99u
BBC Future
Seriously Amazing
How Stuff Works
Discovery News
National Geographic
Science News
Popular Science
IFLScience
YouTube Edu
NewScientist
DIY & HOW-TOâSÂ (Donât know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)
wikiHow
Wonder How To
instructables
eHow
Howcast
MAKE
Do it yourself
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
OpenStax CNX
Open Textbooks
Bookboon
Textbook Revolution
E-books Directory
FullBooks
Books Should Be Free
Classic Reader
Read Print
Project Gutenberg
AudioBooks For Free
LibriVox
Poem Hunter
Bartleby
MIT Classics
Many Books
Open Textbooks BCcampus
Open Textbook Library
WikiBooks
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
Directory of Open Access Journals
Scitable
PLOS
Wiley Open Access
Springer Open
Oxford Open
Elsevier Open Access
ArXiv
Open Access Library
LEARN:
1. LANGUAGES
Duolingo
BBC Languages
Learn A Language
101languages
Memrise
Livemocha
Foreign Services Institute
My Languages
Surface Languages
Lingualia
OmniGlot
OpenCultureâs Language links
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING
Codecademy
Programmr
GA Dash
CodeHS
w3schools
Code Avengers
Codelearn
The Code Player
Code School
Code.org
Programming Motherf*?$%#
Bento
Buckyâs room
WiBit
Learn Code the Hard Way
Mozilla Developer Network
Microsoft Virtual Academy
3. YOGA & MEDITATION
Learning Yoga
Learn Meditation
Yome
Free Meditation
Online Meditation
Do Yoga With Me
Yoga Learning Center
4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING
Exposure Guide
The Bastards Book of Photography
Cambridge in Color
Best Photo Lessons
Photography Course
Production Now
nyvs
Learn About Film
Film School Online
5. DRAWING & PAINTING
Enliighten
Ctrl+Paint
ArtGraphica
Google Cultural Institute
Drawspace
DragoArt
WetCanvas
6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY
Music Theory
Teoria
Music Theory Videos
Furmanczyk Academy of Music
Dave Conservatoire
Petrucci Music Library
Justin Guitar
Guitar Lessons
Piano Lessons
Zebra Keys
Play Bass Now
7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS
Investopedia
The Chess Website
Chesscademy
Chess.com
Spreeder
ReadSpeeder
First Aid for Free
First Aid Web
NHS Choices
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Please feel free to add more learning focused websites.Â
*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as Iâm aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.
succession season two for free on google drive fuck hbo
( + season one if you missed it!)
hobbies masterpost!
a really excellent way to reduce anxiety is to pick up a new hobby. find something youâre interested in, learn it, then use it as a healthy and productive way to cope.
learn to play guitar
learn how to make interactive stories with the free program Twine
learn how to make pixel art
learn another language
learn how to build a ship in a bottle
learn how to develop your own film
learn how to embroider
learn how to make chiptunes (8-bit music)
learn how to make origami (the art of paper folding)
learn how to make tumblr themes
learn how to make jewelryÂ
learn how to make candy
learn how to make terrariums
learn how to make your own perfume
learn how to make your own tea
learn how to build birdhouses
learn how to read tarot cards
learn how to make zines
learn how to code
learn how to whittle (wood carving)
learn how to make candles
learn how to make clay figurines
learn how to knit scarves
learn how to become an amateur astronomer
learn some yoyo tricks
learn how to start a collection
learn how to start body building
learn how to edit wikipedia articles
learn how to decorate iphone cases
learn how to do freelance writing
learn how to make your own cards and
learn how to make your own envelopes
learn how to play the ukuleleÂ
learn how to make gifs
learn how to play chess
learn how to juggle
learn how to guerrilla garden
learn how to chart your family history
learn how to keep chickens
learn how to do yoga
learn how to do magic tricks
learn how to raise and breed butterflies
learn how to play dungeons & dragons
learn how to skateboard
learn how to do parkour
learn how to surf
learn how to arrange flowers
learn how to make stuffed animals
god i can never stop thinking about certain sculptures used in modern art and how they can be used to elicit the beautiful and terrible feeling of true and genuine horror in ways that a lot of horror movies can never do
like when you ask people âwhat is horror?â theyâll tend to give examples of monsters, of killers, of dark places, of sharp teeth and too many legs and lots and lots of blood. which is true, that can be used as horror! but iâd like to call that âthe horror of being eaten/hurt/killedâ or more succinctly âthe horror of vulnerabilityâ. itâs a horror that something, whether itâs a killer or a monster or some phenomenon, has the ability to cause us harm. we see large amounts of teeth and we think âthat thing is going to tear us to pieces with those teethâ or we see spilled blood and we think âsomeone has been hurt, thereâs a chance we can be hurt too by whatever spilled this bloodâ.
but what certain modern sculptures can do is elicit a very physical visceral reaction of a completely different kind of horror.Â
itâs âthe horror that something is a thing that SHOULD not exist, and you are absolutely powerless to understand what it is, but it is existing in your space, right now, it is real and you cannot make it unreal no matter what you doâ
or perhaps, in a shorter fashion, itâs âthe horror of wrongnessâ
like one of the sculptures that made me feel this way is this sculpture here, named âMonekanaâ located in the American Art Museum in Washington D.C:
âokay,â you say, with a shrug. âitâs a horse made of wood? whatâs so scary about that?â. but this is the lie of the photograph! a photograph of a sculpture rarely grasps the experience of standing next to a sculpture. you have to picture yourself walking into this room, practically devoid of people, and coming face to face with this sculpture that is very large and very real.
and your brain screams that âTHIS IS WRONG. MAKE IT GO AWAY. THIS IS WRONGâ, like at any moment you expect it to move, to twist its head, to follow you with eyes that arenât simply there. it looks like a horse but it is no horse. you could almost argue that maybe it isnât even an art piece at all, but it wandered in from god knows what kind of world and itâs blending in with everything else. maybe itâs fooling you. maybe it isnât.
anyways, iâm not trying to say that this sculpture in particular is SUPPOSED to be scary, it may make other people feel nothing at all (or even positive feelings!), but what iâm trying to say is that feeling i had that day, when i saw this thing, when i felt this fearful instinct to stay away and not stare, itâs THAT feeling that i feel so many writers and makers of horror donât completely understand. you donât need teeth. you donât need blood. you donât need to make Spooky Scary Skeletons or chainsaw-wielding villains. all you need is to create something wrong in its existence, something to make parts of us fear the fact that we canât entirely rationalize what weâre seeing.
thatâs horror, to me.
A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish Courtesy Philip Mould
do u have any advice for ppl who want to study linguistics and languages but couldnt afford to study it at school?? thanks if you answer this, have a great day
yeah! you can easily download textbooks online and study from them AND I do have a dropbox full of linguistics textbooks!
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qm7x5dz8fu4bdlp/AADshTfRGZG5JZALkDV6wFlwa?dl=0Â
it includes phonetics/phonology, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, morphology, and etymology.Â
I also have another dropbox folder full of language textbooks:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tdm26h60ccl9pe1/AABg0B3mOGaWLG9Kfyuvut6wa?dl=0
As of Sep 25: Includes 77 textbooks including Arabic, ASL, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Welsh :)
my nonfiction reading list (part 1?)
hello there it is time for another round of tumblr user kendallroy reading lists: nonfiction edition! uh, so, the regular rules apply: canât write blurbs for everything, but check em out if you like the sound! this list will be less focused on recent releases than the fiction one, but because of that a lot of these titles werenât on bookshop, so iâm just doing goodreads links with the understanding that if you can buy them somewhere other than amazon, you should, right? okay!Â
oh, and also, this is very much just skewed toward my own hyper-specific tastes (which you will probably have a strong sense of by the end). i read nonfiction widely and voraciously and have done so for most of my life, so this list is long, but i tried to narrow it down! i took a lot out because i couldnât really find the right category, so there may be a part 2 at some point. but anyway, consider this a syllabus to learn about all the stuff i really like and think is neat. it was a labor of love and took a really long time to compile. i hope you like it!
if youâre interested in american politics or want to understand how we got here:
political fictions by joan didion
right wing women by andrea dworkin
united states: essays 1952-1992 by gore vidal
the last empire: essays 1992-2000 by gore vidal
buckley vs. vidal: the historic 1968 abc news debates by william f. buckley and gore vidal
open to debate: how william f. buckley put liberal america on the firing line by heather hendershot
what it takes: the way to the white house by richard ben cramer
the queen: the forgotten life behind an american myth by josh levin
team of rivals: the political genius of abraham lincoln by doris kearns goodwin
bringing down the colonel: a sex scandal of the gilded age and the âpowerlessâ woman who took on washington by patricia miller
the power broker: robert moses and the fall of new york by robert caro
the fitzgeralds and the kennedys: an american saga by doris kearns goodwin
the kennedy women: the saga of an american family by laurence leamer
revolutionary suicide by huey newton
stokely speaks: from black power to pan-africanism by stokeley carmichael
chaos: charles manson, the cia, and the secret history of the 60s by tom oâneill
and the band played on: politics, people, and the aids epidemic by randy shilts
odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in 20th-century america by lillian faderman
the brethren: inside the supreme court by bob woodward
the origins of totalitarianism by hannah arendt
stamped from the beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in america by ibram x. kendi
dark money: the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right by jane mayer
the red and the blue: the 1990s and the birth of american tribalism by steve kornacki
the gatekeepers: how white house chiefs of staff define every presidency by chris whipple
twilight of the elites: america after meritocracy by chris hayes
ruby ridge by jess walter
columbine by dave cullen
five days at memorial: life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital by sheri fink
dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted america by beth macy
this town: two parties and a funeral in americaâs gilded capital by mark leibovich
assassination vacation by sarah vowell
political suicide: missteps, peccadilloes, bad calls, backroom hijinx, sordid pasts, rotten breaks, and just plain dumb mistakes in the annals of american politics by erin mchugh
if youâre interested in power, media, entertainment, business, tech, white collar crime, or youâre a fan of succession hbo:
disney war by james b. stewart
the house of morgan: an american banking dynasty and the rise of modern finance by ron chernow
doomed by cartoon: how thomas nast and the new york times brought down boss tweed and his ring of thieves by john adler
a disposition to be rich: the greatest swindler of the gilded age by geoffrey ward
billion dollar whale: the man who fooled wall street, hollywood, and the world by tom wright and bradley hope
bad blood: secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup by john carreyrou
conspiracy: peter thiel, hulk hogan, and the anatomy of intrigue by ryan holliday
catch and kill by ronan farrow
the man who owns the news by michael wolff
the loudest voice in the room by gabriel sherman
up all night: ted turner, cnn, and the birth of 24-hour news by lisa napoli
top of the morning: inside the cutthroat world of morning tv by brian stelter
top of the rock: inside the rise and fall of must-see tv by warren littlefield
the war for late night: when leno went early and television went crazy by bill carter
live from new york: an oral history of saturday night live by tom shales
those guys have all the fun: inside the world of espn by james andrew miller
hit makers: the science of popularity in an age of distraction by derek thompson
powerhouse by james andrew miller
the men who would be king: the almost epic tale of moguls, movies, and a company called dreamworks by nicole laporte
if you want good essays, criticism, or artistic/aesthetic theory:
against interpretation and other essays by susan sontag
the art of cruelty by maggie nelson
amusing ourselves to death: public discourse in the age of show business by neil postman
the white album by joan didion
slouching towards bethlehem by joan didion
notes of a native son by james baldwin
the argonauts by maggie nelson
inseparable: desire between women in literature by emma donoghue
the professor and other writings by terry castle
the queer art of failure by j. jack halberstam
upstream: selected essays by mary oliver
under the sign of saturn: essays by susan sontag
a loverâs discourse by roland barthes
the celluloid closet: homosexuality in the movies by vito russo
bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life by anne lamotte
someone with a little hammer: essays by mary gaitskill
make it scream, make it burn by leslie jamison
white girls by hilton als
in rough country by joyce carol oates
my autobiography of carson mccullers by jenn shapland
the mother of all questions by rebecca solnit
art as experience by john dewey
public opinion by warren lippman
the war against cliche by martin amis
if youâre interested in russian history and politics:
leninâs tomb: the last days of the soviet empire by david remnick
secondhand time: the last of the soviets by svetlana alexievich
the future is history: how totalitarianism reclaimed russia by masha gessen
red famine: stalinâs war on ukraine, 1921-1933 by anne appelbaum
midnight in chernobyl: the untold story of the worldâs greatest nuclear disaster by adam higginbotham
nothing is true and everything is possible: the surreal heart of the new russia by peter pomerantsev
between two fires: truth, ambition, and compromise in putinâs russia by joshua yaffa
everyday stalinism: everyday life in extraordinary times by sheila fitzpatrick
gulag: a history by anne applebaum
if youâre interested in california history:
trampling out the vintage: caesar chavez and the two souls of the united farm workers by frank bardacke
mean justice: a townâs terror, a prosecutorâs power, a betrayal of innocence by edward humes
where i was from by joan didion
the mirage factory: illusion, imagination, and the invention of los angeles by gary krist
stealing home: los angeles, the dodgers, and the lives caught in between by eric nusbaum
iâll be gone in the dark by michelle mcnamera
eveâs hollywood by eve babitz
complicated women: sex and power in pre-code hollywood by mick lasalle
under the big black sun: a personal history of l.a. punk by john doeÂ
if youâre interested in baseball (yes, my bias is obvious, keep it moving):
the last innocents: the collision of the turbulent sixties and the los angeles dodgers by michael leahy
intangibles: unlocking the science and soul of team chemistry by joan ryan
the mvp machine: how baseballâs new nonconformists are using data to build better players by ben lindbergh and travis sawchik (an interesting read after moneyball, but with a BIG asterisk since itâs pretty heavy on the brilliance of the â17 astros and â18 red sox, which⊠yeah)
the arm: inside the billion-dollar industry of the most valuable commodity in sports by jeff passan
the boys of summer by roger kahn
the best team money can buy by molly knight
they bled blue: fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen by jason turbow
if you just want to read some of my other favorite books:
little failure by gary shteyngart
bossypants by tina fey
how to murder your life by cat marnell
finishing the hat and look, i made a hat by stephen sondheim
little girls in pretty boxes: the making and breaking of elite gymnasts and figure skaters by joan ryan
weird: the power of being an outsider in an insider world by olga khazan
not getting paid to do what you love: gender, social media, and aspirational work by brooke erin duffy
the princess diarist by carrie fisher women and madness by phyllis chesler
in the dream house by carmen maria machado
invisible women: data bias in a world designed for men by caroline criado perez
in which i recommend books like the netflix algorithm
you wanted it, you got it, babes! caveat: this list is long (seriously, sorry about the length) and i canât write blurbs for everything, but i highly recommend going and looking at anything that sounds interesting. some books will fall under multiple headings, so iâm listing them twice. i am linking to their purchase pages on bookshop.org, because amazon sucks and bookshop helps support indie booksellers, but if your local indie bookstore offers delivery or curbside pickup, buy it there. and iâm trying to keep this list confined to pretty recent titles, so even though a few older ones might slip in there, itâs definitely centered on releases from the past few years. okay letâs do this.
if you want a book that feels like a primal scream:
godshot by chelsea bieker
the book of joan by lidia yuknavitch
girl, woman, other by bernadine evaristo
her body and other parties by carmen maria machado (short stories)
trust exercise by susan choi
my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell
the rehearsal by eleanor catton
indelicacy by amina cain
the answers by catherine lacey
the mars room by rachel kushner
the love affairs of nathaniel p. by adelle waldman
if you want clever social commentary and/or hilarious female protagonists:
you too can have a body like mine by alexandra kleeman
the new me by halle butler
queenie by candice carty-williams
prep by curtis sittenfeld
the idiot by elif batumen
my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh
oksana, behave! by maria kuznetsova
whereâd you go, bernadette by maria semple
convenience store woman by sayaka murata
nothing to see here by kevin wilson
made for love by alissa nutting
the pisces by melissa broder
the herd by andrea bartz
if you want to start reading the unhinged women canon (not all recent):
mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf
the awakening by kate chopin
we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson
gone girl by gillian flynn
rebecca by daphne du maurier
white oleander by janet fitch
cousin bette by honore de balzac
wide sargasso sea by jean rhys
play it as it lays by joan didion
the piano teacher by elfriede jelinek
valley of the dolls by jacqueline susann
postcards from the edge by carrie fisher
if you liked the secret history:
if we were villains by m.l. rio
social creature by tara isabelle burton
the basic eight by daniel handler
the incendiaries by r.o. kwon
bunny by mona awad
hex by rebecca dinerstein knight
if you like speculative/dystopian fiction:
the dreamers by karen thompson walker
the book of joan by lidia yuknavitch
severance by lin ma
gold fame citrus by claire vaye watkins
the farm by joanne ramos
followers by megan angelo
the power by naomi alderman
the glass hotel by emily st. john mandel
if you want a book that reads like a good fanfic:
normal people by sally rooney
fame adjacent by sarah skilton
stay up with hugo best by erin somers
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid
circe by madeline miller
the nobodies by liza palmer
evvie drake starts over by linda holmes
if you like dark stories about complex relationships between women:
my sister, the serial killer by oyinkan braithwaite
baby teeth by zoje stage
dare me by megan abbott
eileen by ottessa moshfegh
social creature by tara isabelle burton
the worst kind of want by liska jacobs
the girls by emma cline
oligarchy by scarlett thomas
devotion by madeline stevens
baby by annaleese jochems
marlena by julie buntin
bunny by mona awad
necessary people by anna pitoniak
if you like stories about complicated families:
red at the bone by jacqueline woodson
the care and feeding of ravenously hungry girls by anissa grey
mostly dead things by kristen arnett
bee season by myla goldberg
bowlaway by elizabeth mccracken
everything i never told you by celeste ng
the nest by cynthia dâaprix sweeney
the grammarians by cathleen schine
ask again, yes by mary beth keane
if you like smart and thoughtful books about relationships between women:
my brilliant friend and the neapolitan novels by elena ferrante
such a fun age by kiley reid
gingerbread by helen oyeyimi
the female persuasion by meg wolitzer
the burning girl by claire messud
expectation by anna hope
the animators by kayla rae whitaker
if you want something queer that isnât YA:
my education by susan choi
permission by saskia vogel
mostly dead things by kristen arnett
real life by brandon taylor
after dolores by sarah schulman
patsy by nicole dennis-benn
wilder girls by rory power
enter the aardvark by jessica anthony
less by andrew sean greer
exciting times by naiose dolan
you just want something good and are willing to take a chance on one of these books i love (these are not all recent, i just like them a lot):
dept. of speculation by jenny offill
the interestings by meg wolitzer
godshot by chelsea bieker
play it as it lays by joan didion
the bonfire of the vanities by tom wolfe
wolf in white van by john darnielle
things you would know if you grew up around here by nancy wayson dinan
sex and rage by eve babitz
wise blood by flannery oâconnor
leading men by christopher castellani
saint x by alexis schaitkin
the cosmopolitans by sarah schulman
lake success by gary shteyngart
odds against tomorrow by nathaniel rich
the great believers by rebecca makkai
good citizens need not fear by maria reva (short stories)
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Online Courses for Language Lovers (that arenât languages)
I wanted to let fellow language learners know about some great courses that I think will help you out since they cover topics that arenât typically taught in language classes. They cover various topics such as culture, linguistics, and psychology that will round out your language education. They are all MOOCs which means that they are free online courses available to the public.Â
Exploring Language and Cultures:Â You will learn about the benefits and challenges of meeting people from different cultures, what it means to be plurilingual and pluricultural, and the ways in which language and human communities shape each other. You also will look at the role of intercultural competence at the workplace, reflect on the use of English as lingua franca in international contexts, and get a flavor of the skills involved in language-related professions such as translation and interpreting.
What is language?: An applied linguistic perspective: This serves as an introduction to the discipline of applied linguistics. It examines what is meant by âlanguageâ, what its main characteristics are, and how human language differs from communication between other animals. It also asks whether theoretical knowledge about language can be applied to professional practice. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Intercultural Communication: This free online course will help you better understand cross-cultural complexity; cultivate your awareness of your own and othersâ cultural identities; highlight some notable variations in communication styles and cultural values; and signpost paths towards building your intercultural competence.
Multilingual Practices: In this course, you will identify central aspects around societal and individual multilingualism, evaluate the benefits of multilingualism of both minority and migrant speakers, identify issues that arise when people who do not share the same languages meet, critically evaluate multilingual language policies for both migrant and minority languages, and investigate multilingual practices.
Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics: This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different languages. Join us to explore the miracles of human language!
Introduction to Linguistics: In this course, youâll get an introduction to the main approaches used in linguistic research, including linguistic experiments and discourse analysis. Youâll find out about the key methods used in linguistic descriptions, and some of the everyday âmythsâ about language. Youâll discover how linguistic researchers turn our ideas about language into linguistic knowledge.
The Bilingual Brain: This course explores the brain bases of bilingualism by discussing literature relevant to differences in age of initial learning, proficiency, and control in the nonverbal, single language and dual-language literature.  Participants will learn about the latest research related to how humans learn one or two languages and other cognitive skills. Course starts May 5, 2019.Â
Introduction to Lexical and Semantic Typology:Â The aim of the course is to obtain the idea of the lexicon as a complex system and to get the methodology of the typological approach to the lexicon cross-linguistically, as well as to learn about the general mechanisms of semantic shift and their typological relevance. Course starts May 5, 2019.
Language Revival: Securing the Future of Endangered Languages:Â Learn how the worldâs endangered languages are revived and why this process is critical to preserving cultural identity. Â Course is archived but the material is accessible.
Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL: Youâll explore real-world examples of applied linguistics, such as forensic linguistics and language assessment. Youâll look at the fieldâs impact on important issues - for example, reducing gender bias in language use and simplifying legal language. Youâll find out what applied linguists do through a series of case studies. Specialists will work through problems and show you applied linguistic research methods to solve them.
For Free Online Language Courses: Link Here
Last Updated: May 2019
Free Online Language Courses
Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. Â You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.
American Sign Language
ASL University
Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change
Arabic
Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop-down menu)
Intro to Arabic
Madinah Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Arabe (taught in French)
Catalan
Intro to Catalan Language & Society
Intro to Catalan Sign Language
Chinese
Beginner
Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V
Basic Mandarin Chinese I &Â II
Beginnerâs Chinese
Chinese for Beginners
Chinese Characters
Chinese for HSK 1
Chinese for HSK 2
Chinese for HSK 3 I & II
HSK Level 1
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese for Business
More Chinese for Beginners
Start Talking Mandarin Chinese
UT Gateway to Chinese
Chino BĂĄsico (Taught in Spanish)
Intermediate
Chinese Stories
Intermediate Business Chinese
Intermediate Chinese Grammar
Dutch
Introduction to Dutch
English
Online Courses here
Resources Here
Faroese
Faroese Course
Finnish
A Taste of Finnish
Basic Finnish
Finnish for Immigrants
Finnish for Medical Professionals
French
Beginner
AP French Language and Culture
Basic French Skills
Beginnerâs French: Food & Drink
Diploma in French
Elementary French IÂ &Â II
Français Interactif
French in Action
French Language Studies I, II, III
French: Ouverture
Intermediate & Advanced
French: Le Quatorze Juillet
Passe PartoutÂ
La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie
Vivre en France - A2
Vivre en France - B1
Frisian
Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)
Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)
German
Beginner
Beginnerâs German: Food & Drink
Conversational German I, II, III, IV
Deutsch im Blick
Diploma in German
German at Work
Rundblick-Beginnerâs German
Intermediate
German: Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte
Landschaftliche Vielfalt
Gwichâin
Introduction to Gwichâin Language
Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew
Know the Hebrew Alphabet
Teach Me Hebrew
Hindi
A Door into Hindi
Business Hindi
Virtual Hindi
Icelandic
Icelandic 1-5
Indonesian
Learn Indonesian
Irish
Introduction to Irish
Irish 101
Irish 102
Italian
Beginner
Beginnerâs Italian: Food & Drink
Beginnerâs Italian I
Introduction to Italian
Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6Â
Intermediate & Advanced
AP Italian Language and Culture
Intermediate Italian I
Advanced Italian I
Letteratura italiana
Japanese
Genki
Japanese JOSHU
Japanese Pronunciation
Sing and Learn Japanese
Tufs JpLang
Kazakh
A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)
Korean
Beginner
First Step Korean
How to Study Korean
Introduction to Korean
Learn to Speak Korean
Pathway to Spoken Korean
Intermediate
Intermediate Korean
Nepali
Beginnerâs Conversation and Grammar
Norwegian
Introduction to Norwegian
Norwegian on the Web
Portuguese
Curso de PortuguĂȘs para EstrangeirosÂ
Pluralidades em PortuguĂȘs Brasileiro
Russian
Beginner
Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian
Advanced
Reading Master and Margarita
Russian as an Instrument of Communication
Siberia: Russian for Foreigners
Spanish
Beginner
AP Spanish Language & Culture
Basic Spanish for English Speakers
Beginnerâs Spanish: Food & Drink
Introduction to Spanish
Restaurants and Dining Out
Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Spanish Vocabulary
Intermediate
Spanish: Ciudades con Historia
Spanish: Espacios PĂșblicos
Advanced
CorrecciĂłn, Estilo y VariacionesÂ
Leer a Macondo
Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos
Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas
Swedish
Intro to Swedish
Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3
Ukrainian
Read Ukrainian
Ukrainian Language for Beginners
Welsh
Beginnerâs Welsh
Discovering Wales
Multiple Languages
Ancient Languages
More Language Learning Resources & Websites!
Last updated: April 1, 2018
Works by Angela Davis
âRacism, Birth Control and Reproductive Rightsâ in Women, Race and Class, 1981
âRace and Criminalization; Black Americans and the Punishment Industryâ in The House that Race Built, ed. Wahneema Lubiano, 1997
âPolitical Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberationâ, originally from If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance, ed. Angela Davis & Betty Aptheker, 1971
âRape, Racism and the Myth of the Black Rapistâ in Women, Race and Class, 1981
âI Used to be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality and Domesticityâ in Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude âMaâ Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, 1999
âFrom the Prison of Slavery to the Slavery of Prison: Frederick Douglass and the Convict Lease Systemâ in The Angela Y. Davis Reader, ed. Joy James, 1998
Angela Davis: An Autobiography, 1974 [reprinted in 1988]
âRacialized Punishment and Prison Abolitionâ in The Angela Y. Davis Reader, ed. Joy James, 1998
âReflections on the Black Womanâs Role in the Community of Slavesâ in The Massachusetts Review , 1972
âGlobalism and the Prison-Industrial Complex: An Interview with Angela Davisâ, conducted by Avery F. Gordon, 1999
âClass and Race in the Early Womenâs Rights Campaignâ in Women, Race and Class, 1981
Are Prisons Obsolete, 2003
Alternatively, all of this can be found in my Angela Davis dropbox
Black Feminism & Abolition
if you want to actually engage with intersectional feminism & what abolition really means, this is your homework:
Angela Davis - âAre Prisons Obsolete?â
Ruth Wilson Gilmore -Â âGolden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing Californiaâ
Angela Davis -Â âAbolition Democracyâ
Angela Davis -Â âFreedom is a Constant Struggleâ
âIf They Come in the Morning⊠Voices of Resistanceâ
Carole Boyce Davies - âLeft of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jonesâ
Safiya Bukhari - âThe War Beforeâ
Patrice Douglass - âBlack Feminist Theory for the Dead and Dyingâ
Patrice Douglass & Frank B Wilderson -Â âThe Violence of Presence: Metaphysics in a Blackened Worldâ
âWho Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?â
Evelyn Hammond -Â âBlack (W)holes and the Geometry of Black Female Sexualityâ
Sadiya Hartman - âSeduction and the Ruses of Powerâ
Sadiya Hartman -Â âLose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Routeâ
Audre Lorde -Â âSister Outsiderâ
Audre Lorde -Â âThe Masterâs Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masterâs Houseâ
bell hooks - âThe Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectatorsâ
Michelle S Jacobs -Â âBlack Womenâs Invisible Struggle Against Police Violenceâ
Claudia Rankine - Citizen
Assata Shakur -Â âWomen in Prison: How We Areâ
Assata Shakur -Â âAssata: An Autobiographyâ
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - âHow We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collectiveâ
Zoe Samudzi & William C Anderson - âAs Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberationâ
this is a curated list of texts that i find the most helpful for illustrating why we all should also be abolitionists. the bolded are the ones iâve found the most helpful thus far. & reminder to buy the books when you can, preferably from independent / leftist / black-owned bookstores⊠and see what you can find at your local library! keep these works in circulation!
on food/the food writing industry & colonialism/racism
cooking other peoples food: how chefs appropriate bay area âethnicâ cuisine by luke tsai, east bay express
the stark racial divide in pay for restaurant workers by alastair bland, npr
the primal pleasure and brutal history of sugar by ruby tandoh, eater
ole missus vs mammy: who owns southern food? by michael twitty, vice
what happens when a brown chef cooks white food? by khushbu shah, gq
the rise (and stall) of the boba generation by jenny g. zhang, eater
yelp reviewers authenticity fetish is white supremacy in action by sara kay, ny eater
pathology of displacement: the intersection of food justice and culture by shane bernardo, whyhunger
the bon appetit test kitchens race problem by soleil ho, san francisco chronicle
the vegan race wars: how the mainstream ignores vegans of color by khushbu shah, thrillist
whose food is it, anyway? by ann hui, the globe and mail
food, race, and power: who gets to be an authority on âethnicâ cuisines? by lorraine chuen, intersectional analyst
Question: Which month they film Summer package? And Where can i watch or download Summer P? Thank you
ALL BTS SUMMER PACKAGES:Â
2019 Summer Package in Korea HERE
2018 Summer Package in Saipan HERE
2017 Summer Package in Palawan HERE
2016 Summer Package HERE
2015 Summer Package in Kota Kinabalu HERE
[LINK] BTS BREAK THE SILENCE - ENG SUB
EPISODE 1
LINK HERE
EPISODE 2
LINK HERE
EPISODE 3
LINK HERE
EPISODE 4
LINK HERE
EPISODE 5
LINK HERE
EPISODE 6
LINK HERE
EPISODE 7
LINK HERE
Do you know where I can watch all of seasons of Bon voyage?
UPDATED HD LINKS FOR BON VOYAGE:
Bon Voyage season 1 HERE or HERE
Bon Voyage season 2 HERE or HERE
Bon Voyage season 3 HERE or HERE
Bon Voyage season 4 HERE or HERE
Enjoy~~
[LINK] BTS - FESTA 2020
âFESTAâ means festival and it is an annual event that represent the days of celebration before BTSâ debut anniversary June 13 (KST). During the days leading up to that date, there will be loads of content like new original songs, covers, photo shoots, choreography videos and so on. This post regroups links to all this year'sâs 2020 Festa but also to the previous ones. Â
6/1 Opening Ceremony. âAirplane pt.2â (Summer ver.) @ 2018 SUMMER PACKAGE in SAIPAN HERE
6/2 BTS 7th Anniversary Family Portrait HERE
6/3 Choreography Video 1 -Â Rehearsal Stage CAM 'Dionysusâ @ SY IN SEOUL HERE
6/4 BTS Photo Collection 19/20 HERE
6/5 Still With You. SoundCloud HEREÂ Â Lyrics and Eng trans HEREÂ Download HERE
6/7 2020 BTS Profile 1 RAW HERE ENG HERE
6/8 Choreography Video 2 - Â 2018 MAMA Performance Practice (Formation Check ver.) HERE
6/9 Answer: BTS 3 UNITS - Photos HERE - Videos RM & SG HERE JIN, JH & JK HERE JM & V HERE
6/10 2020 BTS Profile 2 RAW HERE ENG HERE
6/11 Map of the Song 7 HERE
6/12 We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal MV HERE - Lyrics and Eng trans HERE - Analysis HERE
6/13 BTS Birthday Party HEREÂ
6/14 CLOSING CEREMONY RAWÂ HEREÂ ENG HEREÂ & HEREÂ or HERE
6/14 BANG BANG CON THE LIVEÂ HERE or HERE or HERE
MASTERLIST OF LINKS TO PREVIOUS FESTAS:
FESTA 2019 HERE
FESTA 2018 HERE
FESTA 2017 HERE
FESTA 2016 HERE
FESTA 2015 HERE
FESTA 2014 HERE
I added links to English translations and more so I hope this is helpful ^^. By @mimibtsghostâ
[LINK] BTS IN THE S00P
#1 -Â Excited to Begin
EPISODE 1
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HERE or HEREÂ or HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
EPISODE 1 BEHIND
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
EPISODE 1 PHOTOS
LINKÂ HEREÂ or HERE
#2 -Â Free Time
EPISODEÂ 2
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HEREÂ or HEREÂ or HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
EPISODE 2 BEHIND
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HERE or HERE or HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
EPISODE 2 PHOTOS
LINK HERE or HERE
#3 -Â Memories Of A Rainy Day
EPISODE 3
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HERE or HERE or HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
EPISODE 3 BEHIND
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HERE or HERE or HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
EPISODE 3 PHOTOS
LINK HEREÂ or HERE
PHOTOS BY RM HEREÂ & HERE
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#4 - Farewell For Now
EPISODE 4
QDKS HERE
OK.RU HERE or HERE or HERE
FACEBOOK HERE
OTHER LINKS*
DRAMANICE All Epiodes HERE Behind HERE
KSHOW123 All Episodes HERE Behind HERE
*The links above will need you to have a password or sign up. These âOther Linksâ will not ask you for any of that but the episodes get shared there 1 day later.
More links will be added eventually so pls visit the original post. The episodes are in HD with Eng Subs. If you canât figure out the pw to qdks send me a non-anon ask and I will answer you privately.Â
rules:
credit is necessary should you use for clips and any content you make.
this is watermark free, but iâd prefer if you didnât upload it or use any of it outside of tumblr.
enjoy!
Disc 1:
World Tour âLove Yourself: Speak Yourselfâ Los Angeles Part 1
Disc 2:
World Tour âLove Yourself: Speak Yourselfâ Lose Angeles Part 2
Los Angeles Making Film
Disc 3:
33th Golden Disk Awards Making Film
Speak Yourself Japan Edition MD Making Film
MotS: Persona Jacket Making Film
28th Seoul Music Awards Making Film
2019 Grammy Awards Making Film
2019 5th Muster Poster & MD Making Film
Intro: Persona Comeback Trailer Making Film
A Boy With Luv MV Making Film
Disc 4:
Speak Yourself Opening VCR Making Film
Speak Yourself Briefing & Practice Making Film
Saturday Night Live Making Film
MotS: Persona Press Conference & Music Broadcasting Making Film
2019 Festa Family Portrait Making Film
The Voice/ GMA/ Summer Concert Series/The Late Show with Stephen Colber / iHeart Radio Live Making Film
Disc 5:
Speak Yourself Chicago Making Film
Speak Yourself New Jersey Making Film
Speak Yourself Paris Making Film
Speak Yourself Osaka Making Film
Speak Yourself [the final] Seoul MD Making Film
Speak Yourself Shizuoka Making Film
2019 Summer Package Behind
Chicken Noodle Soup MV Making Film
Speak Yourself [the final] Seoul VCR #1 Making Film
disc 6:
Speak Yourself [the final] Seoul VCR #2 Making Film
Speak Yourself Saudi Araba Making Film
2020 Winter Package Behind
2019 MMA / MAMA VCR & Practice Making Film
2019 MAMA Making Film
2019 iHeart Radio Jingle Bell & Variety Hitmaker Making Film
Dick Clarkâs New Year Making Film