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In reply to the discussion: Dating Advice: To avoid racists, look for Star Trek fans. [View all]pink-o
(4,056 posts)She of the "initials" because people were more receptive to her scripts if they assumed she was a man. And she wrote some of the best episodes of TOS! So it was groundbreaking for every non-white, non-male, non-Christian (Shatner and Nimoy are both Jews, and Nimoy plays Spock like the man from the Shtetl who's been thrust into a gentile community.)
I'm old enough to have watched TOS when it was first broadcast--and even though we can tout the progressive mindset, there were some cringe-worthy, tone-deaf eps for sure! Mudd's Women almost negated any attempt to get past sexism. The other with the "Yangs" and the "Combs" is enough to make you puke as well. My sis and I hated those eps when we first saw them, so I'm not looking back with 21st century sensibilities.
But for the most part, we loved the show and certainly technology today owes 90% of its innovations to it!! My IPad is a tricorder, and the old flip-phone a communicator. So thanks, Nerds! You turned Sci Fi into Sci Fact.