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Trekkie to Trekker: The Unseen War of Star Trek Fandom 🖖

posted 7 months ago by Satan2016 (23439)
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When Star Trek aired I had no idea of fandom. Couple of years later in high school I met lots of sci-fi fans and started seeing Star Trek magazines on news stands. Later at university I learned about trekkies vs trekkers. I never went to sci-fi conventions or had the desire to dress up as a Vulcan!

Trek World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hys8bL0jRxA

Welcome to another exciting episode on Trek World! Today, Jim unveils the fascinating journey from ‘Trekkie’ to ‘Trekker,’ reflecting a crucial identity shift within the Star Trek community during the 1970s. 🛸 As the earliest Star Trek conventions blossomed, so did the media’s ridicule, painting fans as eccentric outcasts. 📺 The mockery escalated, finding its way into popular culture through SNL sketches and even remarks from Star Trek's Captain Kirk, Bill Shatner. Yet, the fandom persevered, leading to a division - Trekkies and Trekkers. 🔄

The narrative delves into how local press and national magazines like Newsweek and Time, alongside TV shows like Saturday Night Live, contributed to the stigma around the term 'Trekkie.' The tale unfolds, revealing how the community sought to redefine itself amidst mockery, eventually influencing media narratives. 🗞️ With the advent of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a new wave of appreciation and acceptance began to reshape the public perception, gradually dissolving the divisive labels. 🌌

[–] UMAD (657) 2 months ago

lol you old boomer satan worshiper go to hell nobdoy cares about your channel you loser

[–] Satan2016 (23439) 2 months ago

What channel, you pathetic troll?

[–] UMAD (657) 2 months ago

the one you posted in the thread you blind fool dont you see?

[–] Satan2016 (23439) 2 months ago

You said "your channel", it's not MY channel. Fucking Retard!

[–] thingmakersback (1188) 2 months ago

It's funny... I've been a Star Trek fan since the early '70s (my first con was The Red Hour Festival in 1975) and the only time this ever came up was as an offhand discussion at my high school Star Trek club in 1976. Some members were bugged by one term and favored the other.

Never "identified" as either. Maybe that's because I came to Star Trek as a young science fiction fan from a family without a TV set until '69. I always just saw Star Trek as a flawed but fascinating attempt at halfway decent SF.