Episode 98: Women in Star Trek

Ilia Danner Grubbs, Alexis Neal, and Marie Hause discuss the Star Trek television shows and movies in regards to their portrayal and treatment of women, both on and off screen.

INTRODUCTIONS

KNOWING

• Disclaimers about the scope of our discussion

• Our personal histories with Star Trek

READING

• • Historical Areas of Strength for Feminism:
    • Women Onscreen: Star Trek’s Underappreciated Feminist History
    • Women Offscreen: The Forgotten History of the Women Who Shaped Star Trek
  • Historical Areas of Weakness for Feminism:
    • Star Trek and the Bechdel Test
    • Sexualization/Exploitation in the Orion Slave Girls and others 
    • White-Washing Feminism (strong language warning)

• Progress or Lack Thereof

PASSING ON

• • ALEXIS:
    • Bloodchild and Other Stories, by Octavia E Butler
    • “Science Fiction: Before Christ and After 2001”, by Ray Bradbury (introduction to Science Fact/Fiction, edited by Edmund J. Farrell)
    • Shatner Claus(also available on vinyl!)
  • MARIE:
    • “Rejoined”
    • Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts
  • ILIA:
    • TNG S4:E3 “Remember Me” and accompanying article from Medium
    • Trekkie Feminist, especially this post about viewing Star Trek through a feminist lens

Other episodes mentioned:

Christian Feminist Podcast # 62: Mike Pence and the Billy Graham Rule

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Christian Feminist Podcast # 36: A Primer on Complementarianism

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Christian Feminist Podcast # 37: A Primer on Egalitarianism

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Christian Feminist Podcast # 5.1: Feminism on TV

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Christian Feminist Podcast # 5.2: Feminism at the Movies

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City of Man Podcast # 65: Femininity

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