This is a subtweet: #bropen dudes who critise everything that is not absolute perfection re #OpenScience make me want to throw things.
Everyone else: you do the best you can and don’t let the bastards get you down 


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Replying to @kirstie_j
Step 1: someone comes up with a good idea. Step 2: Internet dudes start gatekeeping it. Thanks for the good word!
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Replying to @ChemImprov
I don't know if
@o_guest came up with#bropen, but I definitely heard her say it first. It IS a great term though!1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @kirstie_j @ChemImprov
I searched on Twitter as best I could and I think it's me, but of course I'm certainly not gatekeeping the term. What I think IS gatekept (and what I think
@ChemImprov is saying) is open science, sadly. There are indeed people out there who gatekept directly or indirectly who has1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
access to the open science community. Ironic, eh?
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I've actually purposefully taken a break from trying to stop their gatekeeping by mainly ignoring them and creating my own inclusive open spaces.
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The number of times I've had to painstakingly explain that open means we have to ensure bigotry stops became otherwise what are we doing? It's not open if only white dudes can access it.
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*became = because. Sorry, went bouldering today so my arms aren't working. 
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