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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34. My Good Friend, Jean-Luc Picard
33. Gaslit by Candlelight
32. Sybok's Fan Fiction
31. Tribble Apocalypse
30. Well Done, That Goose
29. The Perfect Starter Boyfriend
28. Outsourcing the Exposition
26. Worf Seders Dot Tumblr Dot Com
25. Your Future Is Historically Inaccurate
24. The Tyranny of the Bowl Cut
23. Heart Attack Alibi
22. It's Not A Novel, It's An Experience
21. Treason. Murder. Bad things.
20. #growinguptrekkie
19. The Idea of a Mother
18. Justice for Necheyev
17. Disco 214 - Making the 23rd Century Great Again
16. Disco 213 - Vengeance Eyelashes
15. Disco 212 - I Know! A Halo!
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