Molly Phelan
@mphe.bsky.social
They/she, classical singer (ex opera now mostly contemporary ensemble) general music teacher, parent, choral director, writer, chaotic in music education conversations
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Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
March 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.
Inexplicable unquenchable craving for banh-mi
February 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Inexplicable unquenchable craving for banh-mi
I have to say that our staff hired two recent college grads who are about ten years younger than the rest of the faculty and wow it is such a breath of fresh air. Inexperience can be a beautiful energy.
February 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have to say that our staff hired two recent college grads who are about ten years younger than the rest of the faculty and wow it is such a breath of fresh air. Inexperience can be a beautiful energy.
A child just walked into my room and looked awed to realize I was playing “Popular” on recorder if anyone needs an ego boost today
February 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A child just walked into my room and looked awed to realize I was playing “Popular” on recorder if anyone needs an ego boost today
What’s the queer community version of “inviting someone to the cookout”?
February 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What’s the queer community version of “inviting someone to the cookout”?
This is a message for singers only but some days I wish I could just take off my jaw and hang it on the wall for a while ya know?
February 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is a message for singers only but some days I wish I could just take off my jaw and hang it on the wall for a while ya know?
I was very lucky to receive an ulu knife and curved cutting board and when I tell you it is the best pill cutter…
February 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I was very lucky to receive an ulu knife and curved cutting board and when I tell you it is the best pill cutter…
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Celebrating #SuperbOwlSunday by sharing some of my owl paintings!
#ArtYear #SciArt #owl #BirdArt #Painting #Watercolor #onlybeautifulthings
#ArtYear #SciArt #owl #BirdArt #Painting #Watercolor #onlybeautifulthings
February 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Celebrating #SuperbOwlSunday by sharing some of my owl paintings!
#ArtYear #SciArt #owl #BirdArt #Painting #Watercolor #onlybeautifulthings
#ArtYear #SciArt #owl #BirdArt #Painting #Watercolor #onlybeautifulthings
I am so sick. I have not been this sick in a minute. And there is no way in hell I’m missing school tomorrow because we’re zooming with the astronauts stuck in space. Imma show up masked in the back of the auditorium and disappear like the phantom of the space opera
February 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I am so sick. I have not been this sick in a minute. And there is no way in hell I’m missing school tomorrow because we’re zooming with the astronauts stuck in space. Imma show up masked in the back of the auditorium and disappear like the phantom of the space opera
I really hate that one of the undeniable signs I’m about to be massively sick is that I start effusively praising and complimenting everyone around me. It’s like my brain knows sick is coming and gives all my final words to my friends/coworkers.
February 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I really hate that one of the undeniable signs I’m about to be massively sick is that I start effusively praising and complimenting everyone around me. It’s like my brain knows sick is coming and gives all my final words to my friends/coworkers.
Every year when my kids start ukulele we do a month long unit on music from Hawaii/Samoa/Cook Islands and Māori music. Then we study how Hawaii was colonized and how the ukulele came to be. This year, reading this history aloud feels extra awful.
February 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Every year when my kids start ukulele we do a month long unit on music from Hawaii/Samoa/Cook Islands and Māori music. Then we study how Hawaii was colonized and how the ukulele came to be. This year, reading this history aloud feels extra awful.
My cats have independently taught themselves to pee directly into the floor drain in my basement…it feels like I should stop them but actually it’s amazing?
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My cats have independently taught themselves to pee directly into the floor drain in my basement…it feels like I should stop them but actually it’s amazing?
Yes that would be flagging all research about “females”
February 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yes that would be flagging all research about “females”
“Different Trains” came on shuffle and I immediately thought “uh oh Same Trains”
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“Different Trains” came on shuffle and I immediately thought “uh oh Same Trains”
As school positions open up, don’t forget there’s a difference between Progressive Education/Progressive Schools and progressive education/progressive schools. Capitals are a theory, uncapitalized is a mindset.
January 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As school positions open up, don’t forget there’s a difference between Progressive Education/Progressive Schools and progressive education/progressive schools. Capitals are a theory, uncapitalized is a mindset.
They’re available for new music concerts in 2025!
January 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They’re available for new music concerts in 2025!
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(cw suicide) i probably think about this image set more than anything else i saw on tumblr a decade ago. That's Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy btw.
![Hoda Kotb in a 2012 interview for NBC News, telling Dr. Johanna Olsen-Kennedy "To me, it seems ridiculous to have a [trans] kis at age 12, 13, 14 deciding whether they want to have biological children when they're 20, 30, or 40."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ig6rogc4wmmw5dzfl2ryzlq4/bafkreigwlk5rsalxabv7ul3ov4ogfmxac23cgzso7ss7ggtwwqtmsjkeru@jpeg)
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
(cw suicide) i probably think about this image set more than anything else i saw on tumblr a decade ago. That's Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy btw.
Another day, another weird recorder curriculum find
January 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Another day, another weird recorder curriculum find
If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
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As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years
It's nothing new.
www.teenvogue.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
99% I love my unbelievable variety of options for grocery shopping and then sometimes I want Golden Curry cubes but I went to the Mexican/Polish/Korean store instead of the Mexican/Romanian/Japanese store and so my quest is failed
January 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
99% I love my unbelievable variety of options for grocery shopping and then sometimes I want Golden Curry cubes but I went to the Mexican/Polish/Korean store instead of the Mexican/Romanian/Japanese store and so my quest is failed
Sadly
Listlessly
Opening YouTube Instead
Listlessly
Opening YouTube Instead
January 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Sadly
Listlessly
Opening YouTube Instead
Listlessly
Opening YouTube Instead
We’ve reached the dangerous point in the school year where I start wondering if I can put things off until the school year ends so I never have to do them
January 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We’ve reached the dangerous point in the school year where I start wondering if I can put things off until the school year ends so I never have to do them
I created a project two years ago and it involves a lot of organization and work and unfortunately the children love it and I have to do it forever now…
January 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I created a project two years ago and it involves a lot of organization and work and unfortunately the children love it and I have to do it forever now…