This page is dedicated to Sonequa Martin-Green, the first woman of color to play the lead in a Star Trek Franchise. Each month I will explore things about the fascinating character they call Michael Burnham. Michael Burnham uses Star Treks classic Vulcan Nerve Pinch in the first episode of Discovery. She may not be the first woman to use the…
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Burnham’s Hair Tells Her Story
This page is dedicated to Sonequa Martin-Green, the first woman of color to play the lead in a Star Trek Franchise. Each month I will explore things about the fascinating character they call Michael Burnham. From my perspective, Michael Burnham, in the years before she joined Star Fleet, did not embrace her human individuality as a woman while on Vulcan.…
Disco’s Burnham
This page is dedicated to Sonequa Martin-Green, the first woman of color to play the lead in a Star Trek Franchise. Each month I will explore things about the fascinating character they call Michael Burnham. As all Star Trek fans, I was elated that the franchise was returning to the air. It’s been over a decade since the series…