Resistance Is Female

Three women, three stories, and one show that ties them all together as we continue to learn about the women of Voyager.  This week we dive into the lives of Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien, and Jeri Ryan!

It's part one of our Women of Voyager Side Mission.  Step into the Ready Room as Amber takes us on a journey into the life of the incomparable Kate Mulgrew.  It's a journey through love, loss, hard work and fame.

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Rounding out our Fashion of the Future arc with the episode you have all been waiting for...or at least the one Paige has been waiting for.  It's sequin time in the galaxy!  Paige vents, Amber talks Top Chef, and we give a little love to everyone's favorite, best dressed galactic auntie.

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New week, new episode, NO SPOILERS!  (For Discovery, that is...)

We pulled an audible this week and are bringing you an episode you didn't expect but suspect you will love. Amber and Paige take some time to go a little deeper with some of our favorite female characters who just can't seem to wear uniform, or at least not one Starfleet would provide.  Bonus content includes some of our favorite alien civilians who have made excellent sartorial choices, and some human kids who definitely did not dress themselves.

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SPOILER ALERT:   We've finally made it to the end of the massive spoilers- the final episode of Discovery season 3!  So, this will be the last time we recap things that aired within the last 6 months, and our episodes will probably get a whole lot shorter (you're welcome).  For today's episode, we start with a little 'Amber and Paige think they're funny' banter, with a very clear warning of when we're going to start discussing the Discovery content, then you can skip ahead to 47:10 for the rest of the episode.

This week we have a lot of fun talking through some of our favorite (to appreciate and mock) looks from aliens in uniform and humans in what we're calling their 'casual(ty) Friday' best.  There are comparisons to furniture, allusions to high fashion, and some stunningly bad sweaters.  All in all, it's a romp!

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SPOILER ALERT:   You know the drill, we're spoiling a new episode of Discovery at the top of the show.  To miss out on this part of the conversation skip ahead to 37:30 where the music plays and the episode begins!

This week begins our new arc on fashion.  Paige is giddy and Amber is gamely along for the ride- it's what best friends do for each other.  We start this shorter thematic arc appreciating (and mocking) the items of clothing that poor Starfleet members spend like 90% of their time wearing- the uniforms.

Next week we'll look at some of our favorite alien and civilian fashion choices, and we'll round out our fashion arc with one final episode where Paige finally gets to address the bedazzled elephant in the room- prom dresses in space.

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SPOILER ALERT:   To miss the totally unavoidable Discovery spoilers in the first part of this week's show, feel free to skip ahead to 38:00 where we get down to the real topic at hand.

Join us today for part 2 of our Women of Deep Space 9, where we highlight two Bajoran women on opposite ends of the spectrum, and dip our toes in the stormy waters of minority representation in entertainment when we wrap up with our last non-commissioned lady.

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Our second break has no officially happened.  Amber and Paige are taking a week off to deal with everything that is happening in the Capitol and around the country.  We encourage everyone to see after their mental health during this turbulent time.  We'll be back next week with part of our Side Mission on the women of Deep Space 9.

SPOILER...oh wait, there's no spoiler alert today!  We will not be starting the episode with a discussion of a new episode of Discovery, so the only spoilers to be found are of the normal 'we're talking about episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' variety.

Join us for our next Side Mission- discussing some of the women who made Deep Space Nine the wonderfully well crafted show it is.  This week it's all about the Trill with a tale of two Dax's, plus our favorite civilian captain.

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SPOILER ALERT:  Just admitting it up front, half this episode is about the recent Discovery two parter.  If you'd like to skip this jump forward to 1:09:00, where we start the rest of the podcast.

The title of this one says it all.  In our first episode of the new year, we diverge a bit from the plan and go on an existential journey through our wishes, hopes, and dreams for the future, for Star Trek, for ourselves...to be honest, we're not really sure where this episode came from or where it's going, but we had fun recording it, and Southpaw makes his first official cameo.  We hope you'll come along on this rollercoaster of an episode and find some inspiration and reinvigoration along the way.

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