Twenty-five years ago, the Star Trek franchise built a new series around a female captain for the first time in its history. This had a tremendous impact on women and girls of that era. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti,…
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager this week, our crew talks about the series’ creation and takes a deep dive into the pilot episode “Caretaker”, discussing first impressions and how it holds up today. Download Now…
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…
It’s quite possible that I’ve watched the Voyager episode “Resolutions” more times than any other single episode of Star Trek. A lot of those times were when I was a teenager, during the show’s first airing in the UK. I…
When I was nine, the need to grow up came barrelling at me like an oncoming train, with me tied to the tracks. I had been bullied at school since age seven and it was only getting worse. My family…
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…