I was very excited to read The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack. And also very prepared. Voyager is “my Trek” and Kathryn Janeway is in every way “my captain”. I’d read the earlier rendition of Janeway’s pre-Voyager years,…
Author: Anika Dane
Lessons I learned from the women of Voyager
Anika Dane •
Star Trek: Voyager premiered twenty-five years ago on January 16, 1995 and included three women in the main cast, the most to that point or since. I was barely nineteen, a motherless misfit embarking on a journey of self-discovery in…
From Captain Kirk to Katrina Cornwell: Star Trek and post-traumatic stress
Anika Dane •
My first exposure to Star Trek was watching the Original Series episode “Balance of Terror” live on stage. My father was a professor of Theater at Wesleyan University (notable Trek alumni include Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman) and one of…
A Tale of Two Kats: How Star Trek Fandom Improved My Life
Anika Dane •
Way back when Voyager was airing, I was a cute little adolescent with a cute little website dedicated to the series. I posted the usual fare, screencaps and photo edits, my fanfiction, and my terribly earnest thoughts about my favorite…
I’m an Age-Appropriate Woman In Command: Hear Me Roar!
Anika Dane •
Katrina Cornwell, played by Jayne Brook, has rapidly become one of my favourite Star Trek characters ever. I was sold in her second appearance, “Choose Your Pain,” when she was simultaneously charmed and disenchanted by her friend Gabriel Lorca (I…
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Anika Dane •
I love the trope of alternate universes. It’s a very comforting concept: another universe, another version of reality, another me living another life. Somewhere I majored in Marine Biology. Somewhere Hillary Clinton is President. Somewhere everything is different, but I’m…
The Introduction of Kes
Anika Dane •
Kes appears in four seasons, 70 episodes, of Star Trek: Voyager. She wears 19 different outfits. I’ve ranked them. And her opening outfit from “Caretaker” is number 19 – the bottom of the list. Kes is introduced as a hostage.…
15 Star Trek Women I Want to See More Of
Anika Dane •
[2016] is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: the original series first beamed into our world on September 8, 1966. The franchise is stronger than ever with the thirteenth film in theaters now and a seventh television series coming in…