Tag: basics

How Star Trek struggles to boldly go beyond the prison system, and four times it tried

Danika Drury • April 26, 2022

Kirk having his mind wiped in Dagger of the Mind

For a show that presents such an optimistic vision of the future, there sure are a lot of penal colonies in Star Trek. Abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore describes prisons as a “spatial solution to socio-economic problems” – that is, rather…

Rose Watson • June 6, 2017

Let’s face it, Star Trek can have really bad luck with women. Whether it’s being seduced by salt-sucking shapeshifters or being so damned suave that an intergalactic peace offering bonds to you, the moment our illustrious men get rose-colored glasses…