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Commander Una Chin-Riley faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.


Written by Dana Horgan

Directed by Valerie Weiss

  • warwick@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Loved it. Star Trek has always been handwavy with legal rules in favour of a compelling debate and this was no exception.

    As a Canadian, I instantly started thinking about the metaphor in terms of laws the Canadian government had against indigenous people practicing or teaching their cultural practices.

    On the other hand, as a gay man, I was thinking about when homosexuality was considered a criminal practice and how sometimes gay men will stay in the closet to avoid discrimination.

    One of the things that’s most interesting to me is how many minorities groups Una’s experience maps to in some rhyming way.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve heard a number of people interpret it about themselves, which is really good, the allegory was understandable while still being a cohesive story.

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      1 year ago

      I thought trans people were a good fit for the metaphor, given the body alterations that can be involved.