A silly thing.

[logansrogue]

I was just watching a clip of Nichelle Nichols as Uhura singing "Beyond Antares" on Star Trek. It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd watch Star Trek after school. If I played Star Trek at school with the kids in the playground, I always insisted that I got to be Uhura. Never the pretty girls that Kirk boffed. Uhura.

There's a sci-fi convention coming up here in Perth in a week and a half (SwanCon) and they're having a fancy dress ball. I wanted to go as a Starfleet officer from the original series. I've settled on a character from the animated series, cause painting yourself up like a cat is far more acceptable than painting yourself up like an African American.

There is just no way I can dress up as Uhura and not have it be offensive in some way. Yet there's a little girl inside of me that wants to be *just* like her. But I respect the character far too much to ever do anything of the sort. I might wear the red dress though. It's just too cool.

Comments

[hotclaws.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who dresses up as Uhura at every con he goes to.He's small, white and has a thick, black beard.

[leviathan0999.livejournal.com]

If you (already mega-sexy) successfull dress up as M'Ress (ridiculously sexy for a 1970s cartoon character) and I get to see photographs, I will become an embarrassing spectacle.

That's not to be taken as discouragement to let me see the photos.

[melalucci.livejournal.com]

Would it work for you to be Uhura without changing your skin color in any way?