( That Thing That Bothers Me... )

So I'd originally written this back in March 2008, at my pro blog. When I moved that blog to a different location, in an effort to segregate my pro work from my fannish life, I deleted it. But in light of certain meta recently, I decided to republish it here on my fannish LJ.

( filing off serial numbers. )

Answers (thus far) to the dvd commentary meme:

( for possibly_thrice )

As part of International Blog Against Racism Week, rawles has an excellent post about the significance of Uhura and Spock's relationship precisely because Nyota Uhura is not a white girl.

ETA: from discussions in comments:

I am so deeply frustrated at folks equating discussions of Uhura as a character with 'shipper debates between Spock/Uhura and Kirk/ ( Read more... )

File this under: "Why are we still having this discussion?" but I'm still seeing the same arguments going around Trek fandom two months later, and I've commented all over the place but never actually gathered my thoughts. So allow me to wring out my grey matter into a gloopy pile on a silver platter for you.

( Uhura, McCoy, and Fannish Double Standards )

Dear Star Trek (2009) Fandom ( Read more... )

I've not see the wank itself, only seen reactions to the wank spread across my flist the last two days, so here's mine ( Read more... )

ganked from selenak

Rules:

1. They interact in canon, preferably in a significant (apply your own interpretation of such) way ( Read more... )

Okay, as I go through my flist, I'm seeing a lot of Star Trek glee, but also a lot of Star Trek headdesking about Uhura specifically and the roles of women in general in the film ( Read more... )

Is it sad that, despite the fact that Bella in Twilight completely lacks agency, is a truly horrific role model for girls and women, and Edward is a seriously creepy stalker, I still want the film to be a huge hit just to prove to Hollywood that a blockbuster written and directed by women, about a lead female character, with a primarily female ( Read more... )