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Simona
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She/her. Aspiring writer, polyglot, traveller, and Eurovision fan
Subscribe to my bookish Substack: https://theslowreadress.substack.com/
Read my articles on Vocal Media: https://vocal.media/authors/simona-rosso
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Hello everyone! I'm Simona and I'm an aspiring writer and blogger!
🎤💭I go back and forth from pop culture to lifestyle/motivation on my Vocal profile, which you can find in my bio
💌More content on language learning, books #booksky and travels coming soon!
Follow me if you'd like to stay updated!🫧
The week is over, now I can finally enjoy a 3-days weekend! The only positive thing that Catholics did was instituting a bunch of bank holidays
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Since that one genocidal country is still allowed to participate in #Eurovision through that clownish consultation, I will not be watching and commenting it next year. The EBU had countless chances to do the right thing, but they clearly prefer coddling a rogue state that manipulates the televote.
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm tired but satisfied, I had an important meeting at work and I was feeling so much pressure about it, but it turned out to be less scary than I thought and it went fairly well! That's my small victory for today🥳
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I started reading in German after a long time, for my December reading I picked "Marzahn Mon Amour. Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin" by Katja Oskamp. Have you read it?
#booksky
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The more I study languages on my own, the more I realize that, at its core, we all need these three things:
- grammar
- a passive, immersive way to practice
- an active way to practice
Here are some examples with the languages I'm studying 🧵
#langsky #polyglot
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📚💖🐌 My November review for "The Slow Readess" is out! This month we're talking about Annie Ernaux's "L'événement" and how it's sadly still a relevant novel. Enjoy!
#booksky #writersonbluesky #blogger #substack #blog

open.substack.com/pub/theslowr...
The nightmare of motherhood in "L'événement" by Annie Ernaux
And why this novel is sadly still relevant.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's out! For my November article on Vocal, I'll be sharing with you my hot takes on some language learning methods I have tried. The article is split into two parts. Enjoy!
#langsky #languagelearning #polyglot #blogger #writersonbluesky

vocal.media/education/my...
My top and flop methods to learn a language - part 1
Is it a genius method or a waste of time? Let's find out!
vocal.media
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Just submitted the article!
By the way, the number 8 being called "sekiz" in Turkish is really confusing me, it reminds me of "six" or "sechs" (the number 6 in English and German respectively)😵‍💫
Has it occurred to you, too?
#langsky #turkish #polyglot #languagelearning
My article for Vocal is almost done, tomorrow I'll submit it for the review, and on Sunday the article for The Slow Readress will also be out, so stay tuned!
Hopefully I'll get to present you new projects in December!🗺️📽️
#blogger #WritingCommunity #langsky #booksky
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My article for Vocal is almost done, tomorrow I'll submit it for the review, and on Sunday the article for The Slow Readress will also be out, so stay tuned!
Hopefully I'll get to present you new projects in December!🗺️📽️
#blogger #WritingCommunity #langsky #booksky
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Today's mood is FRUSTRATION for me!

How are you feeling today?
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Imagine making a coup attempt against a president that has participated in his own country's resistance against a dictatorship and, once you get your sentence (which did not include jail time), you get sent to jail anyway because you try to tamper your ankle monitor. Bolsonaro being a clown again🤡
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The articles are progressing smoothly, so yay! Also, it sucks that I'm getting less and less sunlight right now, it makes me feel so sleepy all the time😴
Are you enjoying some sunlight? If so, lucky you!
#WritingCommunity #blogger
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today I met with a friend and we played board games until late in the afternoon, it was fun!
Do you like board games? 🎲🧩
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I am currently finishing a creative writing project (after all those years, and it's also FINISHED) and then I'll get back to my normal articles for Vocal and The Slow Readress, by the end of the month you'll get everything!
#WritingCommunity #blogger #blogging #booksky #langsky
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Don't walk, RUN to your Gmail settings and opt out!
Jokes aside, as a wannabe writer the last thing I want to do is feed Gemini, I also tag #WritingCommunity #blogger #blogging as an FYI for fellow writers and bloggers!
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Update: I did it, yay!
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don't really know what to post here lately, but I am actually feeling very inspired to write longer-form stuff, so I guess that's a good thing (?)
Your feedback is very welcome!
#WritingCommunity #blogger #writing
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Stuck cramming for a safety workplace course I'm forced to do, send help!
homer simpson sits at a desk with a stack of books one of which is titled depressing death
Alt: homer simpson sits at a desk with a stack of books one of which is titled depressing death
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November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sending all my empathy to any person who has ever had to deal with the Italian Questura (the office for residence permits and passports) 😵‍💫
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today was devastating, but I wanted to share this interesting video by Turkishle about building the right study method to learn languages and I absolutely loved that Zeynep (the girl in the video) debunked the whole "learn like a baby" theory, finally!💆‍♀️
#langsky #turkish

youtu.be/4kSzWMrdxG4?...
Learn Turkish 16x FASTER With This Study Structure
YouTube video by Turkishle
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today was so tiring, can it be the weekend already?
a penguin is sitting on a stool with a low battery icon above him
Alt: a blue penguin is sitting on a chair with a low battery icon above him, symbolizing how tired the animal is
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Update on Lingo Legends: it's definitely fun and motivating to learn Korean, the vocabulary is also closely related to day-to-day life topics, so it's actually useful, but I need to integrate a more practical part to fully un-block myself.
Have you ever played it?
#langsky #korean #learningkorean
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Woke up to Joel Hokka (former vocalist of Blind Channel)'s new project, check it out!
#blindchannel
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ONcl...
In the Darkness
YouTube video by HOKKA - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everytime I open the #Eurovision feed here on Bluesky, I lose a bit of faith in humanity. WTF is wrong with ORF?
ORF's director general meeting with the President of Israel should be THE open-air Watergate of Eurovision history.

Instead NO ONE is reporting on it. #eurovision
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This week I've had both a birthday party and a graduation ceremony, it felt so long since I've had this much social life in such a short time frame, but I'm not complaining at all
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM