Tag: asian representation

“Ensign Laren”: How names in Star Trek relate to Asian identities

Agatha Wong • March 30, 2021

In the premiere episode of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the audience is treated to a scene where the new Chief Medical Officer, Dr Pulaski, interacts with Lieutenant Commander Data in his office. She addresses the…

Meg • February 4, 2021

Two women of color, two hundred years from now, walking across the surface of another planet: when the first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery aired, it painted an image of a future. That image inspired furious online hate, salaciously quoted…