Trekkie
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It’s a misnomer that there’s a one-size-fits-all Trekkie.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
Full disclosure, I am not a Trekkie, Trekker or any iteration.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
And in a 2019 interview with The New York Times, the self-described Trekkie revealed she's a huge fan of the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Shattered" and its leading lady, Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022
Stacey Abrams is an avowed Trekkie, and the Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is described by her friend Aisha Francis, the scholar and activist, as the consummate Blerd.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
Expecting some eager, socially awkward adolescent, Nichols instead found herself face-to-face with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: King was a Trekkie!
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
For die-hard Trekkies, the model’s disappearance had become the subject of folklore, so an eBay listing last fall, with a starting bid of $1,000, didn’t go unnoticed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Anti-Stratfordians also offer what is, in effect, a shared-world fandom, like that among Trekkies or Baker Street Irregulars.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Uhura earned Nichols a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Actor Simon Pegg has aligned himself with his fellow Trekkies and called “Star Wars” fans “the most toxic” fan base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Pike is the Starship captain Trekkies have been missing, and "Strange New Worlds" is a welcome return to the "Star Trek" they know and love.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
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