At various stages of TNG's development, the Enterprise's resident teen genius was going to be Leslie Crusher -- a girl. Anika and Liz wonder what it would have been like to have a girl STEM genius on television in 1987. Would she have been well-written? Would audiences have hated her as much as Wesley? Would she have inspired girls of our generation to become engineers?
We also talk about similar characters and significant female characters in other media, including...
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133. Fandom Unicorns
132. In A Hole (TNG 1.21)
131. Fortune Cookie Therapy
130. Adopt, Don’t Shop (Prodigy 1.19 and 1.20)
129. Classic Hijinks (Prodigy 1.17 and 1.18)
128. F*ck Yoda (Prodigy 1.15 and 1.16)
127a. Baby Yoda Lettuce (an Antimatter Pod mini)
127. Meta-Murf-osis (Prodigy 1.14)
126. Shatner Voice (Prodigy 1.13)
125. Woke Borg (Prodigy 1.12)
123. The Very Slow Tiger Of Anxiety (Prodigy 1.11)
123. Hostile Enthusiasm (NYCC 2022)
122. Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep (Kai Winn deep dive, part 3)
121. Utilising Girl Power (Kai Winn deep dive, part 2)
120. Live, Pagh, Love (Kai Winn deep dive, part 1)
119. Balance of Error (SNW 1.08, 1.09 and 1.10)
118. The Ones Who Warp Away From Omelas/Talk Like A Space Pirate Day (SNW 1.06 and 1.07)
117. Sex and the Starship (SNW 1.04 and 1.05)
116. La’an Skywalker (SNW 1.03)
115. The Christine Chapel Show (SNW 1.01 and 1.02)
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