19. The Idea of a Mother

We're joined by special guest Caroline (aka rikerssexblouse) to discuss mothers in Star Trek. 

Anika ran the stats, and we talked about specific characters, including...

• Beverly Crusher (TNG)
• Lwaxana Troi (TNG, DS9)
• Keiko O'Brien (TNG, DS9)
• Ishka (DS9)
• Samantha Wildman (VOY)
• Winona Kirk (ST2009)
• Tom Paris's mother (who didn't even get a name!) (VOY)
• Miral Torres (VOY)
• Amanda Grayson (TOS, ST2009, DSC)
• Philippa Georgiou (DSC)
• Gabrielle Burnham (DSC)

We also discussed recurring themes, such as...

• mothers who don't get to parent their own children (Beverly Crusher, Samantha Wildman)
• parenthood and career paths in a post-scarcity future
• the complicated feminism of Jeri Taylor
• D. C. Fontana and "Friday's Child" (TOS)
• Cersei Lannister versus Philippa Georgiou -- redeeming monsters
• bad mothers and bad fathers -- who does the audience forgive?

See https://antimatterpod.tumblr.com/post/185048185909/19-the-idea-of-a-mother for further notes and links.