Nichelle Nichols Vs. Eartha Kitt
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Propaganda
Eartha Kitt - (Batman) - No text propaganda
Nichelle Nichols - (Star Trek) - She speaks for herself. Legendary, iconic, at the forefront of feminism and civil rights in the 60s, she is a triple threat who did so much more. She volunteered from 1977 to promote recruitment diversity within NASA, including some of the first female and ethnic minority astronauts. Martin Luther King Jr. compared her work on Star Trek as a 'vital role model' to the civil rights marches. She refused to be dismissed, fought for visibility and shone whilst doing so. As a woman in stem, and simply a woman she means the world and stars above to me.
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Additional propaganda below the cut
Nichelle Nichols:
She is the original badass babe. She was a black woman in a leading role on TV in the 60s, a trailblazer for black actresses for years to come. She is so beautiful and so awesome.
she's fantastic. have you seen her? paved the way for black actresses on TV even while her lines and scenes were being cut and improvised the most iconic uhura line in the series. (sulu: "I'll save you, fair maiden!" uhura, pushing him away: "sorry, neither!") she's incredibly talented and it's a crime the show didn't give her more screen time (or make her sing more often because she also has a beautiful voice!)
“Sorry, neither” in response to “fair maiden” was ad libbed by her. There’s a lot more I could say but what else do you need??
A sci-fi icon!
She was such a trailblazer, and Uhura was such an important character for so many people to be able to see on TV. Apparently Mae Jemison (the first African American woman to go into space) cited her as a reason she wanted to become an astronaut. She was just an absolute legend!
The story of Martin Luther King telling her not to quit Star Trek gives me chills. Representation matters. “Thank you so much, Dr. King. I’m really going to miss my co-stars.” Dr. King's smile, Nichols recalled, vanished from his face. "He said, 'What are you talking about?'" the actress explained. "I told him. He said, 'You cannot,' and so help me, this man practically repeated verbatim what Gene said. He said, 'Don’t you see what this man is doing, who has written this? This is the future. He has established us as we should be seen. 300 years from now, we are here. We are marching. And this is the first step. When we see you, we see ourselves, and we see ourselves as intelligent and beautiful and proud.' He goes on and I’m looking at him and my knees are buckling. I said, 'I…, I…' And he said, 'You turn on your television and the news comes on and you see us marching and peaceful, you see the peaceful civil disobedience, and you see the dogs and see the fire hoses, and we all know they cannot destroy us because we are there in the 23rd Century.'"
She shared the first interracial kiss on Star Trek, helped propel real life African American women into space-related careers, and looks divine in a mini skirt.
HOW DID UHURA WALK BACKWARDS SO FAR??? WOW!
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My media this week (19-25 March 2023)
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📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😊 The Burning Issue of the Day (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #5) (T.E. Kinsey, author) - Emily & Flo help out some suffragettes
😒How To Marry A Marble Marquis: A Regency Monster Romance (C.M. Nascosta, author) - boring & disappointing - I basically read this overnight from 1-3 am during an insomnia episode or I probably wouldn't have bothered to finish
🥰👂The Forgotten Dead (OutFoxing the Paranormal #1) (Jordan L Hawk, author; Tristan James, narrator) - very satisfyingly spooky ghost story/paranormal investigator + romance! I have the 2nd book but I'm trying to make myself wait for the audio bc I really dug this narrator
😍over the hills and far away (througheden, author; , narrator) - 84K, steddie - just a fucking great 2nd chance fic
😊 The Wolf and the Wallflower (Wolves of the Ton #1) (Devin Harnois, author) - cute enough fantasy/fairy tale regency werewolf queer romance - I did enjoy seeing their OTT HEA! (and compared to the gargoyle romance it was a fucking masterpiece)
And then I started my biannual (at least) reread of The Muderbot Diaries, inspired by my oldest bff finally reading the series!
😍👂All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (Martha Wells, author; Kevin R Free, narrator)
😍👂Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) (Martha Wells, author; Kevin R Free, narrator)
😍👂Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) (Martha Wells, author; Kevin R Free, narrator)
💖💖 +245K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
[Podfic] So Loud & So Clear (quietnight (reader); StilesBastille24 (author)) - MCU: stucky, 26K - relisten; good WS recovery fic
I'd Burn the Castle for You [Podfic] (singinginmay (reader); AidaRonan (author)) - Stranger Things: steddie, 3.6K - relisten; absolute forever fave
On the Count of Three series (lightgetsin) - Dresden Files: dresden/marcone/kinkaid, 31K - good & very hot series that starts with the threesome but really kinkaid is just there to buffer marcone and dresden as they work out their issues
Peek-A-Boo (rainbow_nerds) - Stranger Things: steddie, 1.7K - short but super hot and excellent accidental exhibitionism fic
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Maine Cabin Masters - s7, e11-12
Dickinson - s1, e4-10
Schitt's Creek - s2, e4-6
Where We Call Home - s1, e1-2
Game Changer - s5, e9: "Escape the Greenroom"; s2, e6; s4, e1-2; s5, e1&e3
Dirty Laundry - s1, e1-6
Ted Lasso - s3, e2 [x2]
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Black Mirror - s3, e4 "San Junipero"
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Desert Island Discs - Jenny Beavan, costume designer
Into It - 'Swarm' and the Killer Beyhive
Switched on Pop - 100 gecs make good bad music
Shedunnit - At Home With Agatha Christie
⭐99% Invisible #529 - The Wilderness Tool
Vibe Check - I Thought Hell Was Hot, but It’s Wet
Off Menu - Ep 184: Nick Mohammed
⭐Song Exploder - Seal - Kiss from a Rose
⭐Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Insurance Jingles… Why?
Ologies - Domicology (ABANDONED BUILDINGS, RECYCLED HOUSES & GHOST TOWNS) with Rex LaMore
Off Menu - Ep 22: Suzi Ruffell
Into It - Are We Into the Return of 'Succession,' Grounded Nepo Babies, and A24 Casting?
⭐You're Dead To Me - Sarah Bernhardt
Endless Thread - Asking Science About Giraffe
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
The Go-Go's
80s Sing-Alongs
The Essential REO Speedwagon [REO Speedwagon] {2004}
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Congratulations to Eartha Kitt! Winner of the Hot Vintage TV Women's Tournament!
It was a narrow victory only winning over Nichelle Nichols by less than 1%. What a nail bitter of a final! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in any way! Please feel free to keep sending in stuff about the hot vintage TV ladies you love while we take the next three weeks for submissions for the men's bracket! We'll be around with information on submitting stars for the men's tournament, sharing our thoughts from throughout this past tournament, and continuing to share hot vintage TV ladies in the interim.
- Sincerely, Mods Vintage and Violet
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Rosalind Bennett, Hugh Fraser, and David Suchet in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) The Adventure of the Western Star
S2E9
Poirot is thrilled to receive an invitation from renowned Belgian actress Marie Marvelle. She has been receiving anonymous notes about the Western Star, a valuable diamond purchased by her husband at a cut-rate price several years before. The notes speak to the mystical nature of the diamonds and that they should be returned to their rightful owners. The next day, Lady Yardly claims to have received similar notes about her own fabulous diamond, the Eastern Star. When Poirot and Hastings visit Lord and Lady Yardly the diamond is stolen in a daring robbery. Needless to say, none of this sits well with Poirot who finds he has a very tight knot to untie.
*Poirot is seen placing a card with the words "Mlle. Marie Marvelle." on top of the flowers he has brought with him to the apartment before putting final touches to the tea table. When he gazes at the bouquet before he picks it up later on, the card is nowhere to be seen.
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