"empowering women by sending katy perry to space for 2 minutes" shut the fuck up. samantha cristoforetti was the first female commander of the international space station and she became an astronaut because of star trek. and there is a real chance she is a kirk/spock shipper

hey gamers I’ve started watching star trek does anyone else see the romantic tension between captain kirk and mr. spock

like a solid 60% of weird fandom tropes were invented by women who needed slightly more avant garde ways to fuck spock.... wanting to fuck spock is in many ways a load bearing pillar of fandom like if u took it away the source code would just break theres like a molecule of wanting to fuck spock or reaction to everyone wanting to fuck spock within the heart of fanfic all fanfiction is about wanting to fuck spock except fanfic about wanting to fuck spock which is about women in stem

In 1996, Star Trek fan Barbara Adams attended jury duty for the Whitewater trial, the high-profile case which involved acting President Bill Clinton. Amid the controversy of a presidential scandal, a smaller oddity arose as Adams wore her Starfleet uniform each day during the hearing.

She attended 8 court sessions before she was ultimately dismissed for talking to the press.

there's an interesting incongruence between this being the "autism website" and people being outwardly rude and dismissive when someone doesn't immediately understand that something is a joke or misses the point like. did we forget one of the major symptoms of autism here gang

*hits a Tylenol joint*

The war on autism is the war on high speed rail continued by other means.

I do think it’s kinda weird when I make a post about my own personal experience and it gets popular and someone in the notes goes ‘no need to be vague OP. This only happens to [group Im not apart of] and never happens to [group Im apart of] and you can say it.’. Like haha about that.

“This turbulent week has shown that the administration has lost the trust of the entire autism community. HHS’ walk-back is a success for our advocacy; it shows that our community has power, and that it is vital to speak up when potential threats emerge."

there is also something kind of gross to me about the constant insinuations that the "questioning social norms" component of autism immediately turns every autistic person into a genderfuckery kinkster leftist who don't give a fuck. and I say this as someone who is a genderfuckery kinkster leftist. autism isn't a political alignment, it's a disability. sometimes the autism 'sense of justice' is wrong. sometimes an autistic person will find a home in conservative ideologies for many of the same reasons as other autistic people will find a home in communist ideologies. sometimes the autistic communist will come up with dogshit analysis even as they're guided by their sense of justice, because good political analysis isn't a feeling or a neurotype, it's a skill that you cultivate. I know it would be pleasant and emotionally soothing for you to be able to believe that autism turns someone into a superpowered leftist but it's a politically fraught and deeply questionable line of thought to be feeding into