The Yeoman Rand Sexual Harassment Count is officially ON. She’s harassed in the hallways anytime she goes anywhere. She got sexually assaulted by Charlie X and Bad Kirk. Janice should be issued a phaser set to kill.
Full Story »Star Trek 700: The Naked Time
What I like most about this one is the message that everyone is suppressing feelings to get along. In a way, we’re all Spock. Also, wash your damn hands.
Full Story »Star Trek 700: Where No Man Has Gone Before
I couldn’t help but make the following connection…loudly…while pointing at the TV machine: “HE’S A BABY Q! I DON’T KNOW WHY HIS EYES ARE SILVER, BUT HE’S A BABY Q!”
Full Story »Star Trek 700: Charlie X
Watching this ep as a cranky school marm is way different than watching as a teenager. Also, Captain Kirk gets shirtless and Uhura freestyles a song about Spock!
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Star Trek 700: The Cage
I appreciated that the female crew members not only got to wear pants, but also weren’t relegated to the skintight jumpsuits that passed as pants for shapely women in later years (I’m looking at you, T’Pol and Seven of Nine).
Full Story »Star Trek from the Start
How can I call myself a Trekkie when there are over 700 episodes in existence and I’ve only seen maybe 300 of them? This must be rectified.
Full Story »When Captain Kirk Saved the Whales
When I first saw Star Trek IV, it didn’t occur to me that I’d one day be watching it on a computer the size of a book. At the time, it seemed far more likely that I’d grow out of my awkward face and baby fat – as Mom promised – and be married to Jon Bon Jovi.
Full Story »Falling Skies: Series Premiere
The most heartbreaking thing I saw in Falling Skies was a pile of abandoned books. Tom pulled A Tale of Two Cities and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea from the pile, briefly weighed them, then cast one aside. Personally, I would have picked 20,000 Leagues, but whatever. A Tale of Two Cities has more in common with Falling Skies, what with the multiple protagonists and the revolution and all. I can already see Tom filling the Charles Darnay Role while Colin Cunningham’s character, John Pope, fills the role of Sydney Carton. Tom’s choice says that Falling Skies isn’t going to be about the fantastic; it’s going to be about revolution.
Full Story »Hurray for StarFest!
I forever have associated Starfest with the idea that there was someplace you could go and get your geek on with your fellow geeks and no one, absolutely no one, would think you were out of place at all.
Full Story »Top Ten Places I’d Rather Be Today
Despite my sci-fi nerd preparations over the weekend, the first day of testing was . . . well. . . let’s just say the thought of going through it again is about as pleasant as a life sentence on Rura Penthe. So, here are my top ten places I’d rather be today.
Full Story »3D Printed Food: Tasty Tastes in Tasty Shapes
For my birthday this year, this is what I want: A three course meal consisting of 3D printed foods modeled on members of my TV Boyfriend Petting Zoo and Chest Hair Rehabilitation Ranch
Full Story »Star Trek: The Exhibition of a Lifetime
We are sure there are many holy sites out there for fandom, but since we live in the Midwest, our options are limited (although we do intend to take a Supernatural road trip soon). So, when a traveling exhibit of greatness arrives somewhere in our vicinity, we feel obligated, even driven, to attend. So, on Saturday we visited the Louisville Science Center’s latest attraction which happens to be Star Trek: The Exhibition.
Full Story »Have Our Pop Culture References Expired?
I guess in a way, the late 20th century pop culture references have expired .. but only on first mention. For those who “lived through them” it’s an instant connection in the same way a comic book geek says Sinister 6 and crystal then looks for the other comic book nerd to out himself. When that connection is made, it’s fun, cool sometimes kind of a signal that says, “Yeah I know why I need to go 88 miles per hour.”
Full Story »The Fan Whisperer – Conclusion
I’m tired of playing nice and trying to explain myself to anyone. And I don’t think I’m alone in feeling this way; I don’t think I’m the only fan fiction writer who is weary of trying to defend how we spend our free, waking hours.
Full Story »The Fan Whisperer – Part 4
According to Wikipedia, 80% of fan fiction is written by women. I’m not sure where they get their research, because I’ve been in fandom a while and have met no dudes who write fan fiction and only one dude who reads it, so I think the number should be right around 99% written by women, and 100% for women. While I don’t think it’s a feminist issue (and I certainly don’t want to discuss it as one), Camille Bacon-Smith in her ethnographic study of fandom called “Enterprising Women” described something she called the female eye.
Full Story »The Fan Whisperer – Part 3
Eventually I realized that I needed to stop being coy. I needed to come straight out and ask the question, much like my Mom would, but without any kind of judgment or request for justification, especially in light of the whole “no money being made” aspect. I wanted to know because I wanted to understand; I like having answers that I can use to distract even my most vocal detractors.
Full Story »The Fan Whisperer – Part 2
Becoming a Fan Fiction Writer: Dealing in Emo
by Sylvia Bond
There are fans who don’t write. No really, there are. Some fans make vids, some do art, some run communities, some create and maintain archives. Some only lurk, but all have their valid place in fandom. However, since I’m a writer, my focus is on writing, and so I wanted to know how fans took the next step and went from being a fan to writing in fandom.
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