If you head over to the official Star Trek Facebook page it’s not hard to find more recent sexist, racist and homophobic comments than those we collected as examples to demonstrate why the page needs a comments policy and moderation. I’m thrilled that we’ve collected over 700 signatures on our petition in the first week. And just as …
For over a year I’ve been noticing and documenting the kinds of sexist, racist and homophobic comments that proliferate on the official Star Trek Facebook page (more examples of posts here). And I kept hearing from followers: this is a serious issue and it needs to be addressed in an organized campaign. Thanks to testimonials sent by many …
Over the past couple of weeks I and a couple other Tumblr users have shared some examples of the misogynist, racist, and homophobic comments being posted on the official StarTrek.com Facebook page Here’s a sampling of some of what’s happening on the page just today, with comments on yet another “Describe (character) in one word” post. In this case, my …
Trigger warning for this one Say it for me, Charlie Brown: I want to be able to do something more effective than raging at my screen and documenting this shit. Any ideas? Let me know. Transcript of comments above: Serge Charlebois: The worst part is, my bottom half is in Riker’s quarters… (215 likes) Benjamin …
As soon as I saw this on the official Star Trek Facebook page this morning I cringed, knowing the page has a history of being a haven for bigoted commenters with extraordinarily lax moderation. TW for homophobic and racist comments But I still wasn’t quite prepared for the sheer volume of people who chose to answer the above …
The other day I posted a screencap of this StarTrek.com poll because I wasn’t sure what “fierce” was even supposed to mean. My friend ea-p shared the poll and commented: I don’t understand what these characters have in common, other than being women. Tangentially I wondered why I never hear the adjective applied to men in the …