“I’m not a trekker,” Joss Whedon told Rolling Stone in 2009, and I believed him. He even called his sci-fi series Firefly the “anti-Star Trek.” But despite his words, I’ve come to believe Whedon is more of a Star Trek…
We gender-bend TNG, asking how would it have been different if the same creators had cast women in the men’s roles and vice versa. And we suggest which actors of the era would have been best in each role. Download…
Watching Star Trek I often thought about how I would fit in if I was suddenly dropped into the Star Trek Universe. Who would I be friends with? (Dax, Tilly, Spock) What would my job be on board? Lately I’ve…
In 1985, Donna Haraway famously wrote that “the boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion.” On my many Trek binge-watches, I’ve frequently been struck by how the social norms of the time make their way into…
In Trek’s bold future, women work on the bridges of starships; lead resistance cells; are engineers, botanists, doctors, mental health professionals, captains, admirals; and so much more. Though beyond the autonomy afforded these great professional accomplishments, do Trek women have…
Star Trek has always been a huge part of my life, particularly during my childhood years. I started watching TNG, my favorite show, when I was seven, and at first it was just a show I loved and enjoyed watching…