Episode 25: Perception, Illusion and Trauma Porn

Recorded on Sunday, 08/22/21, Trek Table Episode #25 dives deep into Star Trek Discovery Season 2, Episode 8, "If Memory Serves".  Featuring host Alison De La Cruz and Co-Hosts Maia Mils-Low, Maya Chinchilla, and guest host Hazel Lozano. Thematically we’ll unpack the line between perception and illusion. We’ll explore how Burnham, Spock, Culber, and Stamets navigate vulnerability as their perspectives grow and shift. Finally - just as Burnham asked the Talosians - ‘Why, why must you engage with our pain? Our Trauma? … For your entertainment?’ Is this Talosian Trauma Porn? 

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Trek Table holds weekly space for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color (Queer or otherwise) and our allies.  We are fans of Star Trek Discovery and are currently moving through episode recaps and exploring each episode through segments such as Trek Table Questions, Space Runway, Discovery Design and Thematix.  

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** BLACK FEMME SUPREMACY FILM FEST ** 

A grassroots endeavor to connect Black Femmes throughout the African diaspora through the medium of film, the festival will stream on Sisterhood Media, from September 5th-11th, 2021. Check out the shorts block programmed by our friends at Visual Communications!  Get your film passes and more at http://bfsfilmfest.com/

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For an act by act breakdown of Star Trek Discovery S2 E8 , check out Women at Warp’s recap at https://www.womenatwarp.com/discovery-recap-if-memory-serves-season-2-episode-8/

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