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How Pop Culture Failed Me | Reflections on Trans Geekdom

Violet revisits pop culture from the 80s through today via the perspective of a jaded transwoman, deciding which have aged poorly and which ones stand the test of time.

Dec 31, 2018

The tangled narrative of the Simpsons, its unfortunate longevity, and its imitators


Dec 31, 2018

Topics:

Queer transgressiveness

Clone violence

Alien invasions

The merits of making sense

 


Dec 24, 2018

Topics:

Being a precocious dweeb

Sexism in Sci-Fi

The lack of queerness in TOS and TNG

Men, women, aliens

Genderless aliens and robots

Welcome to Space Africa

Troi should be the best character on TNG

Guys in skirts

The best thing you could possibly have sex with

The worst episode of Star Trek

The best female characters...