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Driveby emptying of brain
Jun. 20th, 2021 08:53 pmFive years since Anton Yelchin died yesterday. That's going to happen to each and every one of us; one second we have a past and a future and agency, and the next second we have nothing.
( Corporate Bullshit )
The last two days I've been binge-watching TNG. I haven't actually watched it a lot in the past couple of years and I skip the episodes I've seen recently at the Star Trek club (although "recent" doesn't mean what it used to be thanks to Covid-19.) It's so much fun; I had forgotten how much I love the characters! There's not a single one I don't like!
I was taken away yesterday by watching Ethics, which is a big "This is what a Doctor is"-episode; and I was reminded of some feminist critique I read a decade or so ago. How Doctor Crusher is a poor example of a female character because she's defined by her gender. She's a mother and she works in medicine which is a caring, female profession, and I was reminded of the article when I watched the episode, and realized I didn't agree with it at all.
Being a doctor was man's profession, back in the day. Doing medical research was definitely a man's profession. Women were nurses or midwives, but they definitely didn't perform surgeries, and they definitely didn't oversee a ship's crew.
Yes, Beverly wears lipstick and is a mother, but she's rational, scientifically minded, devoted to her patients, stands up to Picard when he needs it, gets assertive without raising her voice, and is all around loyal and brave. What's not to love?
Sure, she made love to a ghost that one time, but haven't we all done that?
( Corporate Bullshit )
The last two days I've been binge-watching TNG. I haven't actually watched it a lot in the past couple of years and I skip the episodes I've seen recently at the Star Trek club (although "recent" doesn't mean what it used to be thanks to Covid-19.) It's so much fun; I had forgotten how much I love the characters! There's not a single one I don't like!
I was taken away yesterday by watching Ethics, which is a big "This is what a Doctor is"-episode; and I was reminded of some feminist critique I read a decade or so ago. How Doctor Crusher is a poor example of a female character because she's defined by her gender. She's a mother and she works in medicine which is a caring, female profession, and I was reminded of the article when I watched the episode, and realized I didn't agree with it at all.
Being a doctor was man's profession, back in the day. Doing medical research was definitely a man's profession. Women were nurses or midwives, but they definitely didn't perform surgeries, and they definitely didn't oversee a ship's crew.
Yes, Beverly wears lipstick and is a mother, but she's rational, scientifically minded, devoted to her patients, stands up to Picard when he needs it, gets assertive without raising her voice, and is all around loyal and brave. What's not to love?
Sure, she made love to a ghost that one time, but haven't we all done that?
