Favorites!
Recommendations
academic stuff
- Art of Problem Solving (the math bible)
- INTEGIRLS (math contests and opportunities for girls / non-binary individuals)
- INTEGIRLS Bay Area (the chapter i run!). you can participate in our events even if you reside outside of the bay.
- Athemath (math classes for girls by girls)
- Math Prize for Girls (prestigious math contest at MIT for girls / non-binary individuals)
- Canadian Open Math Challenge (COMC) (i think this competition is a really fun alternative to the u.s.-based amcs, gets you into proofs!)
- Non-Trivial Fellowship (research program w/ funding)
- PROMYS (6-week number theory summer program)
- Euler Circle (advanced math classes)
- other websites: quanta magazine, An Infinitely Large Napkin, 3blue1brown, elvissaravia on substack, andrew ng, poesie poetry app, mit ocw
- study advice: most importantly figure out what works best for you. sometimes procrastination can be good! use a planner like todoist, journal and reflect, take breaks, get rid of distractions, etc.
- life advice: become unapologetically yourself.
- note that when ppl give advice they're probably still trying to abide by it themselves too!
figure skating stuff
- alysa liu's 2024-26 short to "promise": watch here
- ilia malinin's 2024-25 short to "running": watch here
- nathan chen's 2019-20 fs to "rocketman": watch here
- kao miura's 2023-24 fs to attack on titan soundtrack: watch here
- karen chen's 2021-22 fs to "butterfly lovers" concerto: watch here
- aljona savchenko / bruno massot's 2017-18 fs to la terre vue du ciel: watch here
- tessa virtue / scott moir's 2017-18 fs to moulin rouge: watch here
- andrew torgashev's short program step sequences
- other current ppl's skating that is good: mone chiba, mao shimada, jia shin
book stuff
- kurt vonnegut in general, the sirens of titan
- haruki murakami
- stephen king, the shining
- octavia butler
movie / show stuff
- spiderman into the spiderverse
- inside out
- watchmen (hbo)
- black mirror
- studio ghibli - whisper of the heart, spirited away
music stuff
- modhaus groups (nothing rlly about their company but their music always hits): tripleS, idntt, artms
- loona, illit, and other kpop girlgroups
- apashe
- mainstream pop lol it's mainstream for a reason
food stuff
add me on beli @annappy. favorite drinks: jasmine green tea (ito en bottles), lattes (they're also so easy to make as a barista).