We're joined by special guest Caroline (aka rikerssexblouse) to discuss mothers in Star Trek.
Anika ran the stats, and we talked about specific characters, including...
Beverly Crusher (TNG)
Lwaxana Troi (TNG, DS9)
Keiko O'Brien (TNG, DS9)
Ishka (DS9)
Samantha Wildman (VOY)
Winona Kirk (ST2009)
Tom Paris's mother (who didn't even get a name!) (VOY)
Miral Torres (VOY)
Amanda Grayson (TOS, ST2009, DSC)
Philippa Georgiou (DSC)
Gabrielle Burnham (DSC)
We also discussed r...
We're joined by special guest Caroline (aka rikerssexblouse) to discuss mothers in Star Trek.
Anika ran the stats, and we talked about specific characters, including...
- Beverly Crusher (TNG)
- Lwaxana Troi (TNG, DS9)
- Keiko O'Brien (TNG, DS9)
- Ishka (DS9)
- Samantha Wildman (VOY)
- Winona Kirk (ST2009)
- Tom Paris's mother (who didn't even get a name!) (VOY)
- Miral Torres (VOY)
- Amanda Grayson (TOS, ST2009, DSC)
- Philippa Georgiou (DSC)
- Gabrielle Burnham (DSC)
We also discussed recurring themes, such as...
- mothers who don't get to parent their own children (Beverly Crusher, Samantha Wildman)
- parenthood and career paths in a post-scarcity future
- the complicated feminism of Jeri Taylor
- D. C. Fontana and "Friday's Child" (TOS)
- Cersei Lannister versus Philippa Georgiou -- redeeming monsters
- bad mothers and bad fathers -- who does the audience forgive?
See https://antimatterpod.tumblr.com/post/185048185909/19-the-idea-of-a-mother for further notes and links.
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