I understand the critique of the characters, but I read the comic a little different: Not as an actual event that happened to Mattie Lubchansky, nor as a critique of the egg prime directive (or a statement thereon); but rather as a simplified (maybe overly so) self-critique of Mattie's own denial and inability of self-reflection before her transition. That this self-deprecating joke is incompatible with the egg prime directive could be incidental.
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Anti-Trans Columnist Hadley Freeman Thinks UK Court Win Means People Have To Be Her Friend
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IMO "The Death of Stalin" is a very good example of that. All of the actors are on the top of their game, but it's a black, political comedy taking place in the Soviet Union, so exactly the opposite of what the Academy would even consider for an Oscar. In my personal view Simon Russell Beale as Beria is particular noteworthy: He is terrific, ie. absolutely terrifying in the role and I can't imagine an actor playing the mass-murdering, pedophilic head of the KGB getting an Oscar (he got a BAFTA at least).
I am writing this as a comment, because I am not sure if this applies to you, but also because other people should know about this.
What you describe sounds like a major depressive episode. I am - unfortunately - talking from experience there: Everything feels pointless and nothing seems worth living fear? All the pleasure has been drained from whatever you do? Seeing no reason to get up in the morning and do anything at all? Is your mind a merry-go-round of negative thoughts? That's depression talking.
Unfortunately trauma and guilt tend to reinforce depression and so does living long years with gender dysphoria.
I am not telling you this because I want to make you feel more depressed, but rather because one of the first steps to get out of depression is to understand when and how depression is weighing you down. That doesn't make the symptoms any better by itself, but it helps to keep you focused on the things that matter rather than obsessing about the negative thoughts the depression throws at us.
The ultimate problem of depression is the depression tells us that there is no way to get better and that every effort to get better is pointless. There is no sugar-coating it: Every way out of the depression is hard.
Therefore I strongly encourage you to seek professional help. Anti-depressants can offer relief even if they are most often no golden bullet by themselves. Therapy can also help.
If those things seem out of reach to you, try smaller stuff: Making a short daily walk, particularly when the sun is shining can already be a first step. And do not be hard on yourself! That is also the depression. If you are truly suffering from depression, you should consider yourself to be affected by an honest-to-god serious illness. You are not as productive and resilient as you usually are. So don't torture yourself for not being able to do as much as you are used to.
I wish you all the best to get through this! 🍀 Feel free to DM me if you think what I wrote is useful.
Thanks for the reminded, edited.
The first version of the treaty was signed in 2018, a revised version was signed in 2019. The second one is probably where the photo is from.
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I agree. It is definitely a beauty.
AFAIK the importance of the proteasome for the immune system has already been established quite a while ago. If I understand it correctly this new research digs deeper into the processes in the proteasome as "the cellular mechanisms underlying [the generation of antimicrobal peptides] are not fully understood" (Quote from the actual research paper). So this new research fills a knowledge gap and is thus very valuable, but - no - the scientists do not claim to have "discovered a new part of the immune system". That's just hyperbole for the sake of generating clicks for the article.
Silly? Oh.... oh, no....... I am doomed. 😭
Dammit! I will never be girlfriend material. I have too many thoughts in my head and I can't stop them. ☹️
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Exactly. This was the status quo for decades and the number of (in large majority) actresses who got exploited and abused on film sets is beyond the pale.
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