I need backup for this one . Like, remember “The Perfect Mate”? How it’s got serious issues, but at least Crusher is there to call out Jean-Luc and raise important questions about power, choice and consent? “Bound” doesn’t have that! T’Pol is the closest thing we get to a voice of reason and ethics and it’s …
Thought you’d all appreciate this cartoon from an old issue of Starlog. Related to the “Enemy Within” discussion we had on women in TOS, and “The Enemy Within” in particular, on Monday.
Nichols felt the character of Uhura had been underappreciated [in Season 1]. In an article for the July 15, 1967 issue of TV Guide, entitled, ‘Let Me Off at the Next Planet,’ she complained, ‘My problem is being a black woman on top of being a woman.” Elsewhere in the article, she said, ‘The producers …
I first heard of Andi and her First Time Trekker project to live-tweet her spontaneous first reactions to all the episodes of Star Trek when she was interviewed on All Things Trek. When I heard she was a fair ways into watching TOS (she started with TNG), and knowing she’s a feminist, I wanted to chat …
Photos from our panel at Geek Girl Con: “A Woman’s Place is on the Bridge: Trek Women in Charge.” Will post a recap in the next couple of days! At top is Grace Moore from All Things Trek, me, and Tanya from Geekquality. In the middle picture at right is our fourth panelist, Jamala Henderson. Top photo …
A custom Borg Queen Funko to join my L’il Janeway.
In “Stigma,” Enterprise addresses HIV/AIDS, homophobia, and (to a lesser extent) sexual assault. “Stigma” follows up on a season one episode, “Fusion,” in which T’Pol is assaulted by another Vulcan during a mind meld. Let’s see how it does. We learn at the beginning of “Stigma” that T’Pol has contracted Pa’nar Syndrome, a deadly neurological …