162. Certain Type of Feminism-Coded

Last April, Anika and Liz each bought a copy of the June 1999 issue of the official Star Trek magazine.

Then we had ... some other things to podcast about.

But we've finally opened it, and we're talking about...

• Remember when we'd pay US$7.99 -- or AU$15! -- for a magazine that contained a couple of interviews, some facts we already knew about the Klingon Empire and a Bird-of-Prey pinup?
• The Kate Mulgrew interview: 
  • She does not talk about her relationship with Jeri Ryan (but we do)
  • None of the other captains of this era had to talk about how work took them away from their kids -- and Scott Bakula had a toddler when Enterprise started!
  • (Hey, isn't it cool that now Anson Mount can request and get paternity leave, and no one's asking Sonequa Martin-Green how she balances motherhood with her career?)
  • Putting the Janeway/Chakotay relationship on the backburner (and where they could end up in Prodigy -- that's us speculating, not Kate in 1999…)
  • We try to picture Kate Mulgrew in the MCU and fail spectacularly
  • Let's all take a moment to send bad vibes to Liz's grade 10 drama teacher
• Jason Alexander and the woke agenda
• 1999 NFTs
• Anika wants you to know that D. C. Fontana shipped Spock/Christine
• 25 years later, Tim Russ deserves an apology for the interview which closes the magazine