124/ Jessie Gender on how Star Trek deals with neurodiversity, race, and queerness

Jessie Gender is a known YouTuber and commentator who deals with the nuance in the nerdy, focusing on LGBTQ issues (especially the transgender community), women, nonbinary and autistic people as well as other social and political issues through geek topics. Both Jessie and Joey also happen to be Trekkies on the autism spectrum which gave this conversation an added layer of complexity. -- Book Recs: Second Self by Uma McCormack Star Trek Lower Decks Star Wars Andor -- You can support The Fire These Times on patreon.com/firethesetimes with a monthly or yearly donation and get a lot of perks including early access, exclusive videos, monthly hangouts, access to the book club, merch and more. You can also follow The Fire These Times on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Website & Mailing List Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon | Twitter | Instagram | Website The newsletter is available on Substack -- Host: Joey Ayoub   Producer: Joey Ayoub   Music: Rap and Revenge Main theme design: Wenyi Geng Sound editor: Joey Ayoub Episode design: Joey Ayoub