200. Performative Femininity
Episode 203 of the Antimatter Pod podcast, hosted by Anika and Liz, titled "200. Performative Femininity" was published on May 20, 2025 and runs 67 minutes.
May 20, 2025 ·67m · Antimatter Pod
Summary
It's our 200th episode! A victory for quantity over quality and our small, chill audience of friends! To celebrate, Anika and Liz are talking about Star Trek: Open A Channel - A Woman's Trek, Nana Visitor's book about women in Star Trek. Open A Channel is much more substantial than just girl power feminism. How Lucille Ball was erased from Star Trek's narrative The throughline of mentorship We gently interrogate Nana Visitor's second wave biases We also have two separate (but related) rants about Janice Rand and the "glorified secretary" concept Hair Trek Marina Sirtis versus … a lot of people Bodyshaming from fandom. "The idea that fat people should not exist in your utopia is really horrible and RFK Jr coded." The editorial decision to exclude Michelle Hurd
Episode Description
It's our 200th episode! A victory for quantity over quality and our small, chill audience of friends!
To celebrate, Anika and Liz are talking about Star Trek: Open A Channel - A Woman's Trek, Nana Visitor's book about women in Star Trek.
- Open A Channel is much more substantial than just girl power feminism.
- How Lucille Ball was erased from Star Trek's narrative
- The throughline of mentorship
- We gently interrogate Nana Visitor's second wave biases
- We also have two separate (but related) rants about Janice Rand and the "glorified secretary" concept
- Hair Trek
- Marina Sirtis versus … a lot of people
- Bodyshaming from fandom. "The idea that fat people should not exist in your utopia is really horrible and RFK Jr coded."
- The editorial decision to exclude Michelle Hurd
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