English Major Probs

Tweeting and retweeting the problems encountered by English majors.

[English Major Probs @EnglishMajProbs]

Current skills: read a novel in a day; write an essay in a day; watch an entire season of a tv show in a day. #EnglishMajorProblems

[Barnes & Noble @BNBuzz]

Well? At least we still have books!

[Calvin and Hobbes Fan Account @Calvinn_Hobbes]

I put the "pro" in procrastinate.

[Dictionary.com @Dictionarycom]

Pretty much.

[Calvin and Hobbes Fan Account @Calvinn_Hobbes]

I agree!

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

Your house is overloaded with books. What do you do?
(my cartoon for yesterday’s @guardianreview)

[English Major Probs @EnglishMajProbs]

@KatieThaLadie Write down titles, gists, outlines, etc. Even if you can't manage to write them in their entirety now, you want to ensure you don't forget anything if/when life gets busy.

[English Major Probs @EnglishMajProbs]

It wasn't a speed bump...

[Lacey London @thelaceylondon]

In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo...

#amwriting #sixwordstory

[Julia Schoos @julia_schoos]

Ok I know I complain about this EVERY semester but why are textbooks so expensive? ? ?

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

fewer young people are getting married because women are looking for someone with hobbies (fencing), a steady job (Dread Pirate Roberts) and unique skills (an immunity to iocaine powder).

[Dear English Major @DearEnglishMjr]

"I started compiling this list of anticipated books a couple of years ago, when I was having trouble finding forthcoming books by women of color... It occurred to me that if I was having trouble, others almost certainly were, too."

https://t.co/KAKX1sClOz

[Dear English Major @DearEnglishMjr]

"I started seriously submitting my work 11 years ago. Since then, I’ve published somewhere around 50 stories, maybe two dozen poems, countless essays, and a fair number of humor pieces." -@TheLincoln

https://t.co/MAlXlo8HLJ

[Leslie Fisher @lesliefish3r]

Calling all current and future writers, podcasters, photographers, illustrators, and videographers! We need you @thedaily

[Dear English Major @DearEnglishMjr]

"Starting at midnight on January 1, tens of thousands of books (as well as movies, songs, and cartoons) entered the public domain, meaning that people can download, share, or repurpose these works for free and without retribution under US copyright law."

https://t.co/K8P1XcttkT

[English Major Probs @EnglishMajProbs]

Academia is a good place to start.

[The PhD Story @thephdstory]

Jumping on board this twitter trend: Type “Academia is” and let predictive writing finish your sentence.

[Dear English Major @DearEnglishMjr]

🥂🎉 Here's a fun end-of-year Instagram Story template!

📲 Save it to your phone, upload it to your Insta Story, fill it out w/your answers, & personalize it w/gifs, stickers, etc.

We'd love it if you tagged us (@ DearEnglishMajor) so we can check out your answers! Cheers!

[English Major Probs @EnglishMajProbs]

Sounds normal to me 🤷‍♀️

[hayley 🌻 @xhayleyms]

Does anyone have any really good book recommendations? Not that I have time to read for pleasure rn, but just in case I unexpectedly get the time 😂😂