Ready for A Night In? Join Tabby and Kate as they talk about how the trailblazing actresses on Star Trek often paid the price for progress.
Episode Guide:
00:45 Trekkie or Trekker?
01:30 The impact of Star Trek is both technological and cultural
02:00 Lucille Ball is the reason we have Star Trek
03:00 The first pilot of Star Trek failed because the women were too…
06:00 The ladies cannot control themselves
08:30 Nichelle Nichols makes waves and is told by MLK that she must stay on the show
13:00 Sexism is addressed by employing femininity, literally
17:00 Janeway answers to no one
19:40 The Bechdel Test
20:30 The Kent Test
Additional reading:
https://www.businessinsider.com/lucille-ball-is-the-reason-we-have-star-trek-heres-what-happened-2016-7
https://ew.com/article/2016/07/08/lucille-ball-star-trek/
https://medium.com/athena-talks/the-radical-feminism-of-believing-women-fd02496e1df
https://bechdeltest.com
Feminist Enterprise? "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the Occupation of Femininity by Lynne Joyrich
Intro Song by: Joakim Karud youtube.com/joakimkarud
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