The academia aesthetic doesn't just thrive on Tumblr ... runs the popular dark academia account, @stardustville, on Instagram, where she frequently posts screenshots of quotes from Tumblr.

“Dark academia,” for all its tweed blazers, scuffed loafers and schoolgirl-plaid skirts, isn’t just a material aesthetic for ... academia” permeated Tumblr and Pinterest in the mid-2010s ...

It took years before Brittany Elizabeth found an interior style that felt true to her. “I tried farmhouse and boho, but I felt like I kept changing my home because I was not really happy with it ...