Uh-oh! You've just experienced a transporter accident, and now everyone around you looks the same but is acting very strange. Your midriff is exposed, and your coworkers are making aggressive sexual advances. Welcome to the (dun dun dunnn) Mirror Universe. Don't worry, Becca and Ryan are here to hold your hand, while we explore how queerness and kink are used as shorthand for EEEEVIL.
******Mild Spoiler Alerts for: Star Trek Mirror Universe eps, The Suicide Squad, Stargate SG1, Rick and Morty (S5E5), and Netflix's Bonding.******
What We Watched
More or less, all of the Mirror Universe episodes: see Memory Alpha
Reviews!
Becca's Review: The Suicide Squad - tl;dr: just don't.
Ryan's Review: Stargate SG1 - racist! jingoistic! fun!
Queer Villainy
Opinion: TV producers, stop portraying bisexuals as villains by Zachary Zane via Washington Post
Many bisexual TV characters lack a moral compass. They exploit their own sexuality as a means to get ahead. They’re also unabashedly shameless in their actions, never having an ounce of remorse. It is as if, for these fictional bisexual characters, sexual fluidity equals moral fluidity. In this regard, sexuality is not seen as an identity, but rather, as a personality trait.
The tropes, as identified by GLAAD (from report WHERE WE ARE ON TV 2015-16)
Why Are So Many Bisexuals On TV Also Sociopaths? by Hannah Harris Green via BuzzFeed.News
The Trope of the Evil Television Bisexual by Spencer Kornhaber via The Atlantic
4 Terrible Bisexuality Tropes on TV — And 4 Portrayals That Defy Them by Gillian Brown via The Body is Not An Apology
Depraved Bisexual via TVTropes
Kink Shaming
The Generational Clash at Pride Is Actually a Sign of Progress by Spencer Kornhaber via The Atlantic
Bondage Is Bad & Sex Is Evil via TVTropes
Painful Therefore Pleasurable - Rick and Morty (clip) via YouTube
RERUN! She’s a Killer Queen
Seeking Asylum in the Trek Universe
Why is the Baby in the Pit?
These Apples are Shit
Is that a Horga'hn in your pocket?
Trekidemic XXL
Give Art Supplies to Kids, and Other Lessons from Lower Decks
Going to the Disco
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Gaila's Star Trek 2009
All Good Synths...
Away Mission to Planet Cylon
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Welcome Back Seven, How We Missed You
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