I am fascinated by the Academia phenomenon. I couldn’t quite describe what I love so much about period movies based on school and universities, pre-1900s architecture, libraries, and classical music, learning, discovering, and bookishness.
That is, until TikTok educated me and I learned that the academia aesthetic / lifestyle embraces thorough study, research, writing, and reading. At the time of this writing, it is currently split to about 28 different subgenera.
This will become a working document, as I have temporarily assigned myself to the Academia Academia aesthetic, and I will endeavor to learn, read, and share my research on the topic.
Art Academia
Sculptures, painting, sketching, doodling, photography.
The art academic will stroll through museums during the day, attend live drawing classes or critique them, write in the museum cafe, attend plays and the theater.
Chaotic Academia
Banned literature, messy hair, pacing, an intense focus on a particular subject
Music
Valse ‘La plus que lente’ Debussy.
The chaotic academic will hole themselves up and become a recluse for a fortnight at a time consumed by an obsession — be it finding a solution to an unsolvable problem, creating a new invention, or writing themselves up 51 essays for the constitution of a newborn country
Cryptid Academia
Dark Academia
Ancient art, classic literature, Greek and Gothic Architecture, fall, and winter, dark libraries and halls, university
Music
Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky
Shows
Castlevania
Books
The Historian, The Secret History, These Violent Delights, Picture of Dorian Gray, Harry Potter, If We Were Villains
The dark academic…
Darkest Academia
Literary Academia
Fairy Academia
Goblin Academia
Green Academia
Grey Academia
Horror Academia
Internet Academia
Light Academia
Miscellaneous Academia
Musical Academia
Neon Academia
Ocean Academia
Pastel Academia
Progressive Academia
Queer Academia
Romantic Academia
Scholarly Academia
Science Academia
Theater Academia
Vibrant Academia
Witchy Academia
Writer Academia
Renaissance Academia