In Tumblr’s 2021 Year in Review, dark academia was the second-most popular aesthetic on the site, and light academia was the third-most popular. Romantic academia and chaotic academia also ...

Brennan drew similarities between the light-academia aesthetic and cottagecore, which is also rooted in small pleasures — though not exclusively deriving from education. As such, light academia ...

In contrast with dark academia, its sister aesthetic, light academia, is a much airier aesthetic. Where dark academia is autumn, light academia is spring. While still romanticizing education ...