“the assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.”
― murray bookchin
spatial orientation: living on anishinaabe land (“u.s.”)
time orientation: originate in the later 20th century (gen-x, but feel more x-enniel)
gender orientation: they|she pronouns apply. still figuring out labels.
sexual orientation: strong preference for femme folks (taken c. 2001 c.e.)
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not sure if this has been discussed by the actresses or anyone familiar with the behind scenes situation, but what was with casting a chinese-american and korean-american as japanese women? given the how the imperial aspirations of japan had such a brutalizing affect on those nations, i still find this culturally tone deaf. why did the characters have to be japanese?
referring, of course to keiko o’brien and hoshi sato.
imo the best thing that modern trek has going for it is the fact that it’s continued in the spirit of the original and sought to represent people otherwise largely ignored on the mainstream cultural landscape. berman-era trek actors would have supported lgbt+ story lines except it had a berman-shaped problem: berman. one of the reasons ds9 is so beloved is because it found creative ways to get around this. i fear with the takeover of skydance this may be wittled away and we’ll be left with nothing but shitty action-adventure copraganda à la paramount but put it in space.
sure, i get that a person from place a can have a role as someone from place b. it’s the magic of acting. i’m not talking about france and britain who have been allies for over a century. the japanese fascists were exceptionally brutal to those they attempted to colonize. there’s a very long and troubled history of “comfort women”. this happened within the last 80 years, so within 50 years of tng. maybe it’s just me, but this always felt really weird to me.