Any thoughts on why the mirror universe Sisko suddenly decided to join forces with Kira and Bashir? It's a fantastic episode with great...
Hi, all, As a longtime Trek BBS member, and the author of #GenderAndSexualityInStarTrek, I would like to announce the publication of my new book,...
Arch101, thank you for the thoughtful reply. I'm certainly willing to take another look and revise my opinion--are there any episodes that you...
Rewatching TNG, Ive been really struck by the character of Alexander Rozhenko, Worf's son--specifically how shocking his later character...
The final episode of The Bionic Woman, "On the Run," is one of the very best of either series, and definitely worth watching.
I wasn't particularly impressed by this film when I saw it in the theater. I've given it another look on Blu Ray, and I must say I find it...
Thanks, King Daniel. I'm assuming that Shatner had this book ghost-written.
Is there anything in one of the Trek novels or elsewhere on connections between V'Ger, the Machine Planet, and the Borg?
Teacake, I'm critical of both ENT and the Abrams reboot. But I don't end the book on a bleak note--I champion Trek's profound possibilities for...
Guy, I have been trying to do just that. Okay--how about "The Gift"? It's an affecting coming out allegory. The scene between Kes and Janeway when...
The burden is on the critic to make a persuasive case. Trek as an industry is a lot like the Production Code of Classic Hollywood in terms of...
Christopher, I have very little interest in whether or not "the creators intended that interpretation." Literary and film criticism interprets the...
Teacake, of course, I agree that the alien metaphor lends itself to allegory. I think it comes down to which works most affectingly explore...
Well, I wrote an entire book on the subject, which I won't belabor here, and I also gave a sample list of episodes about queer subtext. But, for...
If we are making the deliberate insertion of LGBTQI subtext into Trek films and series the standard, then all of them fail. I have no idea what...
Teacake, there is a strong body of criticism on fan appropriation of Trek that would certainly speak to fans' own daring enlargement of what was...
If the terms of the argument are, that, absolutely, only explicit representations of loving homosexual relationships count, then all Trek films...
Christopher, you seemed to be saying that VOY's being "TNG-lite" and formulaic contributed to its lack of exploration of LGBTQI subtext, in...
Guy, I completely disagree, and your comment shows that you don't have much respect for the intelligence and creativity that VOY was capable of.
As I discuss at length in my book "Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek," VOY is full of rich, and resonantly explored, queer subtext. I also do not...
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