LINKS: February's top 10

I shouldn't be saying "this month's" because I got back home on Feb 12th, after being in Taiwan and San Francisco & spending most of my time being offline. However, since I still had a couple of weeks of uni break & was only going to work one of my part time jobs, I spent a huge amount of time going through blogs and other web pages- which totally compensated my time spent offline. So, going through my latest pins and pocket adds, I found that the most interesting February links were the following ones (they were not sorted by any particular way):

1. Blake Little Covers People in Honey for "Preservation" - Photography

Photo by Blake Little

2. Cheat Sheets for the Photographer - Photography

If you're not quite used to DSLRs or if you're still learning about photography, these sheets will be very useful to you.

3. Why Personal Style Blogs Aren't What They Used to Be - Blogging

Food for thought.

4. 300+ Awesome Free Things: A Massive List of Free Resources You Should Know - Blogging / Design / Entrepreneurship / etc

I've been a fan of everything Ali Mese posts for a while now, but this list is just exceptionally spectacular.

5. 60 Simple Rules of Personal Finance - Finance

Good tips on personal finance. Good publishing timing, too, considering the year's just started.

6. 7 Ways to Practice Emotional First Aid - Personal / Self-help 

Those things that everyone already knows, but never really cared about. They're important. 

7. 10 Dark and Disturbing Animated Films That Are Worth Your Time - Films

As a contributor to Taste of Cinema, I'm going to pick one list each month & share it with you. I picked this one because aside from being a fan of animated films (I'm really picky about them, though), it features Grave of the Fireflies, a heartbreaking, soul-wrenching all-time favourite of mine. 

Grave of the Fireflies scene. Property of Shihchosa, Tokuma Shoten and other copyright holders.

8. Women's Ideal Body Types Throughout History - Beauty

Although this was published in January, I only came across it a couple of weeks ago. BuzzFeed made a very interesting video. Food for thought. 

9. 40 Books Every Woman Should Read - Books

I don't like it when people make lists and specify a gender. I really don't like it. Makes no sense to me. Anyways, whilst going through this list, I noticed that I'd read most of the books and they were really good. So I'm going out on a limb here & add that men should read some of these books too, because they are awesome. Here are 5 books of the list that I really recommend: 

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer
• Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender
• Broken Harbor by Tana French
• A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

10. Stay Weird, Stay Different - The Importance of Graham Moore's Acceptance Speech - Lifestyle/Oscars

It was difficult for me to choose an article from the many ones that were written about Graham Moore's acceptance speech. It was more difficult to choose an acceptance speech to pick an article about, since this year's Oscars were flooded with equality/minorities speeches - something I adored, btw. Nonetheless, here's one of the reasons I picked this article for my favourite February links list:

There are days that I can’t see the progress I’ve made. Sometimes, I still feel like that weird, strange, different girl. Sometimes, I still feel silenced, scared, and alone. That’s why I loved what Graham said in his speech. He reminded me that it’s okay to be different, it’s great to be weird, and that I do have a place where I belong. I belong with my family, with my boyfriend, and the handful of friends I’ve found who accept me for who I am. And I belong in this world as much as anyone else does.

What were the most interesting pages/articles you stumbled across during February?

#RIPLeonardNimoy