[ SECRET POST #3095 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3095 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Poets of the Fall]


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[The Authority/Stormwatch/Midnighter]


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[Anthony Bourdain/Parts Unknown]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 010 secrets from Secret Submission Post #442.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Completely unrelated, but this secretly made me realise that Uhura was given the job in TOS that was closest to a receptionist.

Lol the 60s.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh?

As far as I know, if their workplace comes under attack and a receptionist's electronics are damaged, they aren't going to be the one fixing it.

[(Anonymous)]

That is true. (Star Trek was progressive for it's time, but it's not by today's standards.) But why did this secret make you realize that?

[(Anonymous)]

Just made me think about Uhura's job/ utility in the Star Trek team + sexism/ stereotypical women's careers. Idle musing, you know.

[(Anonymous)]

She did a lot more than that though.

Remember Mirror, Mirror? Or I, Mudd? Those were both episodes where Uhura played a central role and got to show off her acting and fighting skills.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm saying that out of all the jobs on The Enterprise filled by a main character, Uhura's is the closest to a receptionist sspecifically i.e. Comms is closer than being a Captain/ Scientist/ Pilot/ Engineer/ Doctor etc.

Which is different from saying that a receptionist is the closest real world job to Uhura's Comms position. That would be ludicrous.

Well, yeah.

[(Anonymous)]

She was the communications officer. Sort of like a telephone operator, who screened and routed information.

It was a job a woman "could do" in the 1960's, but not an unimportant one. I suspect Gene wrote "feminine" roles for Nichelle and Majel (who played the nurse) after network pushback against the pilot where Majel played a Spock-like First Officer.

Re: Well, yeah.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for articulating what I wanted to say but couldn't because I only just made the connection myself. Doesn't mean the roles are important/essential.

Re: Well, yeah.

[(Anonymous)]

*aren't. GDI