72. What About Manperson?

Liz and Anika go back to the '70s and discuss a write-up of a panel on feminism in Treklit. "Treklit?" you ask. We young'uns call it fan fiction these days.

Topics covered include:

• Changes in the way we talk about fic
• Reminiscences about mailing lists
• How fic reflects the time it’s written
• Early fandom racism
• Anti-feminism in fic
• The thorny question of content curation, warnings, ratings and acceptable content in fic
• Fic as a valid subject for critical analysis
• Liz makes a confession about her sockpuppet past
• “Again, I don’t wanna be an anti…”
• A brief digression into X-Men, Anika’s Mary Sue marriage to Sarek, and WandaVision
• “Are women people?” (Related: How do you write a good female character? We are still having these discussions?)
• Is it possible to have … too much feminism?!
• “At least a third of Trekfen are male.” Why is fic dominated by women? The ladies of the '70s had some theories...

Please note there's a discussion about incest in fic between 31:08 and 31:02.