Category: Trauma
-
“Extreme Risk” and “Invasive Procedures” as Symbols of Capitalist Internalization
What we have learned living in the capitalist society is that those who suffer the most as a consequence of global capitalism are equally locked out of securing relief. I...
-
The Orville’s “Mad Idolatry” and Star Trek: Voyager’s “Sacred Ground” as a Lesson in Explanatory Ethics
In The Orville’s “Mad Idolatry” (2017) Kelly Grayson violates initial contact protocol with a lesser developed species to assist a girl who had hurt herself. Kelly heals the girl and...
-
Cylon Number Six as Savior of the Twelve Colonies
[spoilers ahead] Number Six, portrayed by Tricia Helfer, begins the reboot of Battlestar Galactica as endearingly dedicated to fall of humankind. However, her intimate relationship with Gaius Baltar (of all...
-
Without Capitalism Rain Robinson Would Still Be An Astronomer
Lysella: So Wait. If nobody has to have a job then why do you guys all work? Cmdr. Kelly Grayson: The right work can be satisfying for other reasons besides...
-
The United Traits of Bajoran and Cardassian Resistance
The heart of the Bajoran resistance was to cripple, stun, defeat, and alienate any element present of the Cardassian occupation. When Captain Sisko orders Colonel Kira to assist Damar with...
-
What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham?
What separates the Borg Queen from Michael Burnham? On the surface the Borg Queen is composed of an archetype of a matriarch repeatedly referred to as the greatest evil Starfleet...
-
Trauma and Post-Modern Subtext in Star Trek
B’Elanna Torres, martyrologies, the resolve of violence superstructures to persist as their own solutions – just as the competing martyrologies-imposed doctrines of violence, so, too, did Lt. Torres imposed violence...