Cheli Sinclair

Conservation scientist. Artist. Mum of 2. Trustee @keyconservation 🔑 Passionate about #biodiversity🌱 #conservation🐘 #tech4wildlife👩🏼‍💻 & #citizenscience📱

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

One more time, louder, for the good girls in the back. 👏🏻

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Reminder for recovering “good girls:”
1. You can stand up for yourself and let someone know you won’t tolerate certain behaviors.
2. When someone is rude, you don’t need to laugh it off or pretend it’s ok.
3. “I don’t find that funny” lets people know that joke didn’t work for you.
4. You’re not too sensitive because you express how you feel.
5. If someone doesn’t accept your answer, it’s not a cue to keep explaining. It’s a sign they don’t respect boundaries.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Meet Andy Ogles.

While America is calling for "Gun Reform Now," Andy is the US Congressman for Tennessee's 5th district, which makes up part of Nashville, where a shooter just took the lives of 7 Americans, including 3 children.

Andy thinks that taking Christmas photos with his children holding large guns, makes him tough and electable.

Let Andy know what you think.

Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
Twitter: @AndyOgles
Facebook: andyogles

Congressional Address:
U.S. House of Representatives
151 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Overload his phone lines, emails, and mailbox. This is how we fight back.

[@germanbini 💚🌹☭ HumanKindness matters 💗 @germanbini]

Today is day 86 in the year; #MassShootings (four or more casualties, whether killed or injured) in the #USA add up to 129 so far, including today's #SchoolShooting in #Nashville. That's 150%! 😭
#150Percent
#GunViolence
#BanAssaultWeapons
#GunControlNow https://t.co/MWzxfyCHOB

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

I tried to watch the TikTok testimony before Congress but the totally clueless boomers who are in control of the US were giving me so much secondhand cringe with their absolute lack of understanding of any basic tenet of modern social technology that I gave up.

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

The idea that we’re seeing so many respiratory illnesses this year bc of masking & social distancing sounds great, because while things suck now we would be seeing a return to normal soon. Problem is, it’s not true. Covid weakens immune systems long term.

https://t.co/9saUKJuxoI

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

This thread should be required reading for millennials. "Good girl" conditioning was enforced from every corner when/where I grew up & I'm working to fully unlearn it before my daughter is born. It's amazing how motivating not passing stuff on to your kids can be for self-growth.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

"Good girl" conditioning is messaging we receive beginning in childhood to be: agreeable, polite, and nice.

HERE'S WHAT IT IS:

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[Jay Kuo @nycjayjay]

The anti-abortion law that just got resurrected in AZ was part of a code that also said no Black, Indian, or Asian could testify against whites, forbade all marriages between whites and non-whites, and defined the age of consent to be just ten years old.

h/t @HC_Richardson

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

From time to time I’m blindsided by the realization that when I think of my parents as they were when I was in elementary school, they were MY age, which blows my mind. 🤯

[Key Conservation @KeyConservation]

Here is our latest release of the Behind the Scenes at @KeyConservation series! This week, we have a new addition to #conservation organization profiles. Organizations can now share an in-depth look at the Big Issues that they face on their profiles. Each issue will have a quick

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

I suppose I’m asking because I’m wondering if I’ve missed some really important element that makes these stories essential to read at a young age.

(Oh & yes before anyone asks, this does mean we don’t do any Disney movies so far either, and they’re not on my radar for now)

6/6

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

I just feel really uncomfortable with stuff like Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel & Gretel, Snow White, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood etc. where there’s child abuse, threats to babies, violence/death as a positive outcome for “baddies”… without what I would label a justifiable payoff.

5/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

I just feel really uncomfortable with stuff like Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel & Gretel, Snow White, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood etc. where there’s child abuse, threats to babies, violence/death as a positive outcome for “baddies”… without what I would label a justifiable payoff.

5/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

On the other hand, I do see a value in teaching him these stories at some point due to their ubiquity as a reference in Western art, literature and culture. But again, he’s 3.

It’s not like there are *zero* villains or threats of violence in his books (think The Gruffalo).

4/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

On the other hand, I do see a value in teaching him these stories at some point due to their ubiquity as a reference in Western art, literature and culture. But again, he’s 3.

It’s not like there are *zero* villains or threats of violence in his books (think The Gruffalo).

4/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

I hate how many of the old stories feature parental figures as villains, and of the rest how many involve a vulnerable character getting hurt/abused/killed or at least the threat of same.

To top things off, I don’t think the so-called “morals” tend to be entirely sound.

3/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

I hate how many of the old stories feature parental figures as villains, and of the rest how many involve a vulnerable character getting hurt/abused/killed or at least the threat of same.

To top things off, I don’t think the so-called “morals” tend to be entirely sound.

3/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

He’s a very sweet, empathetic child, and he gets upset when characters are mean to each other.

I’ve just sort of been working from the basis that life is long and there’s plenty of time to learn about murder, violence, torture, betrayal etc.

2/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

He’s a very sweet, empathetic child, and he gets upset when characters are mean to each other.

I’ve just sort of been working from the basis that life is long and there’s plenty of time to learn about murder, violence, torture, betrayal etc.

2/?

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

Open question for the under-40s of Twitter:

Are my husband and I the only millennial parents who just can’t seem to bring ourselves to expose our 3 year old to most of the “traditional” (Grimms and the like) fairy tales?

1/2

[Cheli Sinclair @chelisinclair]

Open question for the under-40s of Twitter:

Are my husband and I the only millennial parents who just can’t seem to bring ourselves to expose our 3 year old to most of the “traditional” (Grimms and the like) fairy tales?

1/2

[ConservationOptimism @ConservOptimism]

Want to brighten up your Monday? 🦋 These 7 stories of #ConservationOptimism should do the trick!

Some things we're celebrating:

🐸🇨🇷 new frog species in Costa Rica
🏠🌿 urban gardens transforming lives after prison
🦒🇨🇩 giraffe doing well in the DRC

https://t.co/YcGRFJuiHi

[ConservationOptimism @ConservOptimism]

Are you a mid-career conservationist ready to scale up science-based, community-led projects in the
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[Emily Porter, M.D. @dremilyportermd]

I had a guy friend with a Ph.D in engineering ask me last week how women pee with a tampon in and this is why men shouldn’t be passing laws about women’s bodies.