iulia bădescu
@iuliabadescu.bsky.social
primatologist | associate prof at université de montréal | chimpanzees, colobus | still figuring out what I’m doing here 🌍🏳️🌈🖤
Awesome quote: “I have observed decades of blowback to functional and feminine centered interpretations of breasts, clitorises, orgasms, and even grandmothering among the anthropological patriarchy. Given anthropology’s history of removing women from the hero-myths of human evolution…” 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Awesome quote: “I have observed decades of blowback to functional and feminine centered interpretations of breasts, clitorises, orgasms, and even grandmothering among the anthropological patriarchy. Given anthropology’s history of removing women from the hero-myths of human evolution…” 1/2
Saw my old friend, Shelob, in Aarhus 🕷️🖤
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Saw my old friend, Shelob, in Aarhus 🕷️🖤
Happy to be back at AIAS in Aarhus, Denmark to discuss, write and innovate new ideas about Object Play, Tool Use and Innovation with awesome researchers from very different fields. Feeling inspired!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy to be back at AIAS in Aarhus, Denmark to discuss, write and innovate new ideas about Object Play, Tool Use and Innovation with awesome researchers from very different fields. Feeling inspired!!
Young chimps play weird with tools and other objects & this can lead to innovation! Moss sponging, doll play, leaf clipping to ask for carrying. If copied and retained, rare kid innovations can contribute to cultural complexity 🧪🔬🐵
My fav article I've ever worked on: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My fav article I've ever worked on: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Young chimps play weird with tools and other objects & this can lead to innovation! Moss sponging, doll play, leaf clipping to ask for carrying. If copied and retained, rare kid innovations can contribute to cultural complexity 🧪🔬🐵
My fav article I've ever worked on: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My fav article I've ever worked on: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Whenever I see geese flying in autumn, my inner child immediately imagines a tiny mischievous boy riding one of the geese during their migration… Just like in the Swedish cartoon The Adventures of Nils Holgersson, which I was super into as a nerdy little European child. 🪿👦🏼
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Whenever I see geese flying in autumn, my inner child immediately imagines a tiny mischievous boy riding one of the geese during their migration… Just like in the Swedish cartoon The Adventures of Nils Holgersson, which I was super into as a nerdy little European child. 🪿👦🏼
Early fall before sunset on Rideau river, Ottawa. Such pretty sky reflection in the water 😍
September 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Early fall before sunset on Rideau river, Ottawa. Such pretty sky reflection in the water 😍
Update: it’s at least from the 1940’s. The desk has many kids’ names and stick figures carved into the wood. Will help me identify the name of our little kid ghost 😂
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Update: it’s at least from the 1940’s. The desk has many kids’ names and stick figures carved into the wood. Will help me identify the name of our little kid ghost 😂
Just got this 60’s school desk from my neighbour. My kid loves it but which terrifying little girl or boy ghost will be haunting us now??? 😱 👻 #halloween #toosoon
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just got this 60’s school desk from my neighbour. My kid loves it but which terrifying little girl or boy ghost will be haunting us now??? 😱 👻 #halloween #toosoon
My submission for “things that seem like a great idea but are actually terrible”. I lost my kid for 25 minutes in this monstrosity of a park. We were both overstimulated. At least kiddo had a great time… but never again, bouncy castle hell, never again.
August 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My submission for “things that seem like a great idea but are actually terrible”. I lost my kid for 25 minutes in this monstrosity of a park. We were both overstimulated. At least kiddo had a great time… but never again, bouncy castle hell, never again.
4 that came to mind, for young and old
July 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
4 that came to mind, for young and old
We talked a bit about these ideas too in this article on premasticated foods sharing (kiss feeding) in chimpanzees at Ngogo. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We talked a bit about these ideas too in this article on premasticated foods sharing (kiss feeding) in chimpanzees at Ngogo. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
During my PhD fieldwork at Ngogo in Uganda, I got to name a new immigrant female chimpanzee "Sonia", partly because she reminded me of the main character in this movie (chimp Sonia has tinge of red in her hair and is built like a tank). Here's chimp Sonia in 2014. It all comes full circle!
May 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
During my PhD fieldwork at Ngogo in Uganda, I got to name a new immigrant female chimpanzee "Sonia", partly because she reminded me of the main character in this movie (chimp Sonia has tinge of red in her hair and is built like a tank). Here's chimp Sonia in 2014. It all comes full circle!
I think she reminded me of another swoon-worthy Sonia from this weird movie from childhood:
May 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I think she reminded me of another swoon-worthy Sonia from this weird movie from childhood:
I was not good at any of them. Also, the effect that pixelated Sonia in the Indiana Jones game had on me as a child… 😳 😅
May 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was not good at any of them. Also, the effect that pixelated Sonia in the Indiana Jones game had on me as a child… 😳 😅
Millennial art! 🧘🧌
Au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
Au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
April 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Millennial art! 🧘🧌
Au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
Au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
Late March in Montreal. Waiting for the spring, however long it will take. 🌷
March 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Late March in Montreal. Waiting for the spring, however long it will take. 🌷
Okay, I know Roald Dahl is problematic, but early twenties me was a big fan of his twisted and perverse short stories, many of which were used in the excellent British TV series, Tales of the Unexpected.
March 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Okay, I know Roald Dahl is problematic, but early twenties me was a big fan of his twisted and perverse short stories, many of which were used in the excellent British TV series, Tales of the Unexpected.
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung.
"Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society."
"Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society."
March 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung.
"Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society."
"Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society."