A 50-year Trekkie bestows Star Trek history upon the next generation: How fandom and fanfiction sparked the galaxy’s most controversial romance
“It would just pour out of me,” Dee said. “Adventures with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, generally Uhura. Because I was already under pressure to get married and so on, and I wanted nothing to do with that, and it was just women being badass.”
Is there a word for when you feel desperately grateful to live now instead of a different time even though now is ALSO a sexist heteronormative hellscape?
Anyway, this article is so dear. Yay for fandom foreparents!