After building my ultimate pink gaming and art room, I created a dark academia gaming room in Hansi's small office.

Anchored in nostalgia for classic collegiate and prep school culture, dark academia is a TikTok subculture that embraces scholarly pursuits with a gothic, somber flair.It’s all about cultivating ...

Dark academia has been (justifiably) accused of being Eurocentric, which is why Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s 2021 YA novel, Ace of Spades, reads like such a breath of fresh air.

Many expressions of dark academia on social media are, as Hilless puts it, “un-critical,” but dark academia-inspired media which has repurposed its defining imagery to reclaim a space with a ...

This dark academia thriller leans very heavily into the darkness. In Alexis Henderson’s third novel, “An Academy for Liars,” manipulative misfits get a bad education. September 20, 2024.

Poverty, alas, doesn’t quite capture the romantic ideal of dark academia, but it is a reality for many in higher education. Around a third of adjunct professors earn less than $25,000 a year ...

Think crisply-starched, pressed, and pleated school uniforms, tweed and argyle, and the smell of old books. Think marble columns, polished mahogany, and crimson velvet drapes. Think students ...

A dark academia book for people who love books, this murder mystery begins in—surprise—a library, where four strangers are quietly working, only to be interrupted by a woman’s scream.

The latest aesthetic of the moment is known as "Dark Academia." This trend draws on the ambiances of horror films and dusty libraries, as well as preppy and gothic styles.