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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3h

The presence of so much explicitly trans media in the world of this book is easily the most improbable bit of wish fulfillment I've put into it. Well, that and two trans girls discovering they live near each other...

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3h

In this new (fictional) musical - Tentatively titled "Pandemonium" - Petra Pan whisks Winston Darling away to Neverland where she is reborn as Wendy under the care of a tribe of feral "lost boys" (guess what they lost!)

A bit on the nose, perhaps, but subtlety ain't what I've been aiming for here!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3h

I've been contemplating my first major rewrite of a chapter. If I want to publish this I'm going to have to either secure the rights to Stephen Schwartz's lyrics or create my own fictional musical theater song.

So I've spent this morning songwriting with my girlfriend...

Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 4d

Chapter 30: Because I knew you...

Wrote this one on the flight, and probably confused my seatmates because I was singing and crying the whole time I was writing it! My (poorly disguised) musical-theatre-girl is showing in this one, and I kinda destroyed myself writing it!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5h

Chapter 31. Rise of the Magical Maiden Vanguard

The nice thing about my body's biological clock being so confused right now is that I'm waking up before my girlfriend and getting in a little writing time in the mornings!

In this chapter: MYTHIC VIOLENCE and TRANSFORMATION!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 8h

#achievementunlocked

*blushes furiously in gay musician*

Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 9h

Sometimes, waking up early in 2025 be like...

Early morning Tess, Scotland Edition.

Yesterday's eyeliner and lipstick have held up surprisingly well, and the protective updo is doing hilarious things to her hair. She has an intense and serious look on her face.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 9h

I wish more people knew about City of Daemons from @omniverse.bsky.social - a Tron story made by two trans lesbians (and Doug!)

The queer Tron narrative that Disney will NEVER make!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 1d

T4T kissing research progress report: I really love these girls and am making sure they know it!

Two pretty girls in a dark room being adorable.

Two pretty girls on a sunny day being adorable.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't an error that is made by accident. It's not an oversight or a careless mistake: it is an intentionally harmful breach of the trust of vulnerable patients in their institution's care. It's a methodological flaw that undermines any conclusions published.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

In my previous department, a breach of this nature would have been grounds to revoke or deny tenure. A student committing this error would be dismissed without hesitation. It isn't just harmful to the patients, it undermines the process of inquiry itself, and the results produced have ZERO validity.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

These are patient records being disclosed in public research findings. Of children. In a population subject to immense discrimination, dehumanization, and misrepresentation. Furthermore, it is qualitative data being analyzed out of context and published without member-checking it for accuracy.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

If you haven't ever had to apply for IRB approval to conduct human subject research I don't think you can appreciate how profound of a violation of ethical research practices this is. This is information collected from a vulnerable community in a medical context disclosed without consent.

Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 3d

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 3d

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

Awwwww, gosh....thank you on both accounts! No need to feel bad: I baited that hook and cast it out into BlueSky. You just happened to be the person who bit!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

I've put myself into a similar state writing it and *I* know what happens next!😅🤣😭

In all seriousness, thought: thank you so much!🙏 This story has become so important to me and it's such a gift to know that I've reached other people with it!❤️‍🔥🥰😭

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Emily Wynne at Summer's End @aemiliavind.bsky.social · 4d

I started reading Tess's The Egg Prime Directive over the weekend and I am getting REAL FUCKING INTO IT

Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 4d

Chapter 30: Because I knew you...

Wrote this one on the flight, and probably confused my seatmates because I was singing and crying the whole time I was writing it! My (poorly disguised) musical-theatre-girl is showing in this one, and I kinda destroyed myself writing it!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

Ohhhh goshhh! I'm so glad you're digging it!!🥰🙏🥰

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

You have done EGG-ceptional detective work!! I believe you have mapped everyone correctly!

(I haven't shared Gemma's wife's name in the text yet.)

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 4d

If you are unfamiliar with Wicked, I'd encourage you to listen to this track after reading the chapter so that you can experience it the way I was as I sobbed onto my laptop!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYTe...

For Good (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003 / Audio)

YouTube video by WickedVEVO

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 4d

Chapter 30: Because I knew you...

Wrote this one on the flight, and probably confused my seatmates because I was singing and crying the whole time I was writing it! My (poorly disguised) musical-theatre-girl is showing in this one, and I kinda destroyed myself writing it!

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5d

Beautiful skies coming into Scotland!

A view of clouds and sunrise out a plane window.

A view of the Scottish coast from the plane.

The sunrise over the Scottish countryside from the plane.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5d

I'm not even going to pretend that this isn't everything want to be and ALSO everything I want done to me.

Such is the life of a switch with a praise kink, and a pathological people pleasing response.....

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5d

Turns out a Transatlantic flight is a pretty great place to write, turbulence aside, because I just finished a new chapter! Of course, it's on my laptop, which is not connected to the network, which means that it's just going to have to rattle around in my head for the next 6 hours, all forlorn.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5d

Sweet dreams! May disaster sapphics frolic in them, and may you awaken refreshed and ready for your next adventure!

Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · 5d

I'm....bad at taking breaks!😅

A photograph of a laptop open on an airplane tray, with the title the egg prime directive visible on the screen

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