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What Can be Understood from the UK Government's Decision to Block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and Why

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  Yesterday this decision and statement were made public on the GOV.UK website . Though some parts seem confusing due to language, at least. According to UK Government, the decision was made due to the adverse effects arising from the Bill and its significant impact on GB-wide equality matters. This is not about changing the rights of transgender people. Still, it does detail some impactful ways a Transgender person could be discriminated against, particularly recent news about people being in single-sex safe spaces and how GRC (Gender Recognition Certificate) could be obtained from Scotland outside of the country and put the safeguarding of other trans people at risk if the application turns out to be for fraudulent, illegal or unsafe purposes. The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Reverse the decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill”. The response to the petition can be found below. UK Government Response to the petition The Petitions Commi
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Nostalgia: What is it, and Why Does it Make Us Feel Bittersweet?

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  (Freepik/kvladimirv) As some of may feel this time of year as the Holidays approach, the passing of time may bring excitement at watching our favourite festive holiday movies to get us in the mood or a warm fuzzy feeling as we think of holidays past when we think of the important people we care about. Sometimes it’s sadness too, that we feel, as we realise that a new approaching year, that time is passing too quickly for some of us when we think of it. According to Verywell mind , the definition of this feeling is “-a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. Nostalgia is usually triggered by something reminding an individual of an experience from the past. It is often characterized as a longing or desire to return to a former time or place.” That is the feeling of Nostalgia. Apparently, there are different types, such as positives - the feeling a Christmas movie might give you, or seeing a family holiday photo from when you were l
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Spoonie Culture and the Backlash of Misunderstanding from Other Generations

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  Spoonie Culture and the Backlash of Misunderstanding from Other Generations Picture credit: Carenity.com Chronic Illness is difficult to explain without sounding like a medical dictionary at the best of times.  Especially when it comes to simply not knowing how to describe energy levels or the lack of focus, especially if you don’t have a diagnosis. Many like me have started to adopt the Spoon Theory to explain how much focus, energy, emotional strength and motivation we have. It was originally thought up by another who has a chronic disease, Christine Miserandino, who lives with Lupus - a disability where the defensive antibodies attack the body’s useful cells, thinking them a threat to the immune system.  This limits what they can accomplish on bad days compared to good ones, but it varies from person to person.  Struggling to explain this to her friend, Miserandino eventually gazed around the café they were at and started to explain using spoons from the available cutlery to ill
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Spy X Family - What Makes this Anime So Popular?

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  Tatsuya Endo - Spy X Family on Crunchyroll The anime that seems to be on everyone’s lips deserves the hype. When it first started airing in Japan, and the rest of the world from the beginning of April to almost all of June 2022, on TV Tokyo, it was only available for paid Crunchyroll Fan tier or higher. Now though, you can watch the Simuldub on selected streaming services, such as Netflix, depending on your country. I found when I started watching Simuldub English and switched to Japanese to see the differences that the series is charming and unique, not dumping too much backstory or internal commentary too early. There are always subtle differences in language and the nuance of the voice actors, which intrigued me. Loid Forger, in the English dub, played by Alex Organ , has some complexity but is still warm and caring while being firm with Anya. The Japanese dub by Takuya Eguchi makes him sound a little stricter and much more burdened, but he has his sweeter moments as he loosens u
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