#there's been lots sexism in StarTrek costuming over the years don't get me wrong
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today's gender is the domino effect between george kirks's death and the sleeveless and therefore rankless and therefore sexist skants of the Kelvin timeline.
#the og skant weren't really sexist dude#but the kelvin ones were#how dare women be deprived of a way to show rank#feminism changes as what is subversive changes#it was subversive when they made them that short in the 60's and it would have been proabably have subversive to make the not so short now.#and honestly#as much as I'd hate a uniform were the only option is a miniskirt and think unisex rules are better for all#every “unisex” uniform I've ever warn is just men's rules/clothes relabeled because we still in many ways see femininity as unprofessional.#but also like a f u to modesty culture was so feminist of them#they were in living memory from the first knee length skirts for adults#when your grandma could have very well been an Edwardian or your mother a flapper.#when you were raised seeing women wear pants for the war effort and then return to petticoats#suddenly the idea that women should be able to be hot and have bodies and not worry about modesty all the time#still be seen as women and be smart and have a place in the work force#you didn't have to be a nun or dress like a nun to be a nurse or a scholar#that was revolutionary#there's been lots sexism in StarTrek costuming over the years don't get me wrong#but the actresses liked that they weren't made to be less feminine#it's complex like all social movments#star trek#star trek memes#startrek#daily post
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