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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 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 in Star Trek

Over-explaining Dax

Voyager - is it good?

Voyager - are any of the male characters good?

Voyager - are we going home this week? (No)

Chakotay's not even here

Enterprise doesn't have shields

The new movies

Macho bullshit

Attempted feminism

Turnabout Intruder

Angel One

Profit and Lace

That's Enterprise for you