I quite like Star Trek (‘09), but my absolute favorite part is Spock’s answer when Uhura asks what he needs, after his homeworld is destroyed. It captures so much of the heart of Trek & why it’s the future we need:
“I need everyone to continue performing admirably.”
And now it’s time to hang out watching the five-year-old’s gymnastics class with the incongruous sound of #CrazyExGirlfriend soundtracks in my earbuds.
In a sexist society, “likability” is necessarily a sexist construction, as it’s extremely subjective and we are trained to like men and dislike women.
This is part of why I love #CrazyExGirlfriend and the new #Station19 — I don’t always like the women characters they center on, but I love that I get to spend time with them, seeing through their perspectives and just being with them.