Liz and Anika go back to the '70s and discuss a write-up of a panel on feminism in Treklit. "Treklit?" you ask. We young'uns call it fan fiction these days.
Topics covered include:
- Changes in the way we talk about fic
- Reminiscences about mailing lists
- How fic reflects the time it’s written
- Early fandom racism
- Anti-feminism in fic
- The thorny question of content curation, warnings, ratings and acceptable content in fic
- Fic as a valid subject for critical analysis
- Liz makes a confession about her sockpuppet past
- “Again, I don’t wanna be an anti…”
- A brief digression into X-Men, Anika’s Mary Sue marriage to Sarek, and WandaVision
- “Are women people?” (Related: How do you write a good female character? We are still having these discussions?)
- Is it possible to have … too much feminism?!
- “At least a third of Trekfen are male.” Why is fic dominated by women? The ladies of the '70s had some theories...
Please note there's a discussion about incest in fic between 31:08 and 31:02.
