Semi collaborative meme. I got some advice and encouragement from @[email protected] , @[email protected] , and the enlightened mod @[email protected]. You can see the sausage making/brainstorming process here :

https://lemmy.world/post/49934354

Also, in reference to our much missed PugJesus …

Explanation : While we like to repeat that Trek has always been woke, some parts of the wardrobe choices have been … more male gaze motivated instead of solely for female empowerment. Actreses did complain about Bergman’s choices and biases more vocally, but always remember your roots kids.

I wanted to back up the specific actress’ viewpoints with sources, but the facts aren’t so cut and dry, and I cannot verify these statements. The meme does capture the mood about the outfits, while it doesn’t necessarily reflect the specific events and actress’ viewpoints.

The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

EDIT : Folks, the reason for the thread isn’t just to post the stuff you beat off to in the 90s. I’m not saying don’t post it, but like, I’m saying it was NOT a good thing that it happened.

  • VindictiveJudgeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Weirdly, the miniskirts in TOS were empowering for the time, but don’t come across that way to modern audiences. They were even proposed by a woman, Grace Lee Whitney, who played Janice Rand. Now, keep in mind that the pants that Number One wore in the pilot were also empowering for the time. Women were expected to wear dresses or skirts that went lower than their knees at the time, and both pants and shorter hemlines were part of the feminist movement at the time. Nowadays, we see women wearing pants in any situation as completely normal and women wearing tiny skirts in professional settings to be very unprofessional, but, well, the sixties were different.

    Edit: I just realized I used ‘at the time’ a lot and it reads kind of weird. Oh well.