Inspired by a fabulous discussion on lady-centric episodes with the ussfeministkilljoy crew, here are my Top 10 Feminist TNG Episodes. In order to help narrow it down I limited myself to episodes that pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test (for full TNG Bechdel-Wallace results click here). Other than that, I was looking for episodes where we see strong, complex …
We talked a lot about whether the character of the Romulan commander [in TNG’s “Face of the Enemy”] would be a man or a woman. We finally decided on a woman, but we had also talked about there being a bit of a feel of Hunt for Red October in the show. When I was …
“Face of the Enemy” is one of the most concrete examples of the ways Troi’s character expands and becomes so much more awesome in the last few seasons of the show. It’s an episode where the main conflict is between two strong, complex women characters, and it’s not over a man! It’s also just a …
Out of 694 episodes of Star Trek (not including The Animated Series), only 35 have been directed by women (8 in TNG, 7 in DS9, 10 in VOY and 10 in ENT – graphs here!). However, of the episodes brought to us by the 6 women who directed episodes, many have been outstanding. Here are my …