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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 22h

Listen today: Finding Community in Environmental Justice with Shilpi Chhotray
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"I have massive concerns with the conservation movement as it is because they're leaving the people part out of it and to be extremely explicit, they're leaving the indigenous people out. You can't protect land from the people that have stewarded it from generations and expel them from it."

Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 1d

My complete lack of focus on one issue fully on display. Here's my teaching/education newsletter, including an upcoming FREE discussion for kids and my spring classes:
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News: Writing, Books, and Yum!

News, events, and classes

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 2d

NEW on the Babblery: Shilpi Chhotray is a storyteller with a purpose. An environmentalist who found inspiration in the social justice movement, she is now embarking on a podcast to tell stories about environmental justice.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 3d

I see this over and over again, in my life and on media: young people seem to be suffering from virtue fatigue. But taking personal responsibility for a small part of humanity’s big problems shouldn't cause fatigue. It should energize us and those around us.

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Is personal responsibility passé?

In a world made of atoms, even a compostable fork is meaningful

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 7d

NEW on Substack: Questioning authority has morphed into unquestioning authoritarianism.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 8d

This week: "Holding the Inner Flame: On Creativity" featured on Pacifica Sprouts!
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 9d

I am so excited to be working on the release of my new middle grade novel, How to Make Magic Real. Subscribe to KidsLearn for notifications: kidslearn.substack.com

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 10d

Once a month I’m taking a walk around my Substack universe and sharing some good pieces with my readers. This issue has Paul Crenshaw, Ted Gioia, Celeste Davis, Y.L. Wolfe, and a writer new to me but a new fave, Mike Underell - amongst others.
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Visiting my neighbors in the stack

Taking a break from politics

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 15d

NEW on Substack: Do you have a scrappy little local community media outlet? Now’s the time to support freedom of speech, local news, and community-building.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 17d

NEW on KidsLearn: When a child could go in many directions, which direction should parents support?
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What future do we see for our 2e kids?

When parents follow their child's definition of success

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 17d

I'm excited to be working on the upcoming episode of The Babblery, an interview with environmentalist @shilpichhotray.bsky.social, whose new podcast through @thenation.com has just been released. Subscribe on Substack for notifications and related writing/mini-episodes: babblery.substack.com.

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 19d

NEW on Substack: The Web was the greatest communication tool ever invented... until it wasn't.
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Ensh*ttification complete

A stroll through our worldwide outhouse

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 22d

Americans gather reams of education data, and it's useful. But on the ground in the classroom, we need to let the data fall away and teach the children who show up.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 28d

NEW Minibabble: Mansplaining is certainly annoying, but how does it and other male dominant behaviors stifle women's free speech?
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 23

NEW on Substack: What happens when freedom of speech is used to express disdain rather than to exchange and debate ideas? Nothing good.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 21

"In my view, the Trump administration is using antisemitism in a despicable way because there really is antisemitism and he doesn't really care about it. He's using it as a scapegoat in order to try to dismantle academic freedom and freedom of speech on the campuses." - Bettina Aptheker

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 20

I'm busy Making Magic Real:
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Making Magic Real

On writing from the soul instead of for the industry

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 17

NEW on The Babblery: Academic Freedom Under Fire with Bettina Aptheker
In feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker’s life she has confronted attempts to limit academic freedom—hear how she fought back.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 15

Thoughts on the experiment of democracy, right wing pundits, and what the heck the press thinks its job is.

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MAGA rifles through the garbage can of democracy

While the press pretends it's politics as usual

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 11

KSQD is pleased to announce that Sonoma County’s KOWS Radio is now carrying three Squid-produced shows. The Babblery, State of Mind (mental health with host Debra Sloss), and The Dream Journal (dream exploration with host Katherine Bell) will bring Squid energy to The Herd!
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 11

NEW on Substack: Public health is about more than numbers—it's about the stories we tell and the heroes we choose to celebrate.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 3

NEW on Substack: Some thoughts on how we can look to babies to repair our culture.

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 29

What can babies learning to talk teach us about parenting and teaching?

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The Art of Listening

Our children thrive when we listen and respond!

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 27

NEW Minibabble: Yet another news day in America, yet another tragedy to dissect. But why bother? We know the path back and it’s staring us right in the eyeballs.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 24

NEW on The Babblery: Listening to Children: In Conversation with Linguist Eve Clark
Dr. Eve Clark’s bilingual childhood sparked an interest that has continued unabated through her life and career: How do children learn to talk? Like everyone, they just need to be heard.
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