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The Sexualization of Spock [Star Trek Review] external link

Rate   io9 | by Annalee Newitz | Thu, May 7

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Thu, May 7 When celebrated science fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr. (AKA Alice Sheldon) started watching Star Trek in the 1960s, she wrote in letters to her friends about how the one aspect of the show that truly fascinated her was Spock. She wrote a fan letter to Leonard Nimoy, explaining that his se...

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