Nana Visitor discusses examining cultural norms while writing her upcoming book, A Woman's Trek

Nana Visitor introduces her upcoming book, A Woman’s Trek, on StarTrek.com in September 2021

OCTOBER 14, 2021 - Last month Nana Visitor announced her new book in progress, A Woman’s Trek. The filmmakers behind the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager documentaries, 455 Films, are also filming Visitor’s interviews for the book for a potential accompanying documentary. Following up the book announcement, Visitor had a lot more to say about the project and women’s experiences generally.

TrekMovie.com spoke with Visitor, and regarding the book, she said that it has taken on a life of its own. “This is the way I look at it: It’s like the ocean, there’s so many waves at the surface. But then when you go deeper, there are currents running through. It’s those currents I’m interested in. We had cultural expectations, cultural norms, and those are starting to shift. But I wanted to see what happened to the women when they were caught in those currents. What were their actual lives like? And what kept them going….”

Visitor went on to talk about the responses she is getting from the women she is talking to for the book, and the responses she hopes to get from women she has not yet spoken with. In the course of the lengthy conversation, Visitor also spoke about women’s experiences outside of Trek, including her own sexual assault, which occurred while she was working on Deep Space Nine (she also recently spoke about the assault on Gates McFadden’s podcast).

Visitor hopes to continue the interviews for the book and documentary. “I just spoke last week to Kate [Mulgrew], which was huge on my wish list. Stacey Abrams. I’m hoping to talk to the astronauts. If COVID allows, I’m going to be going to the European Space Agency, and I want to talk to them at NASA. I want to talk to the astronauts. All the women, all the actors, I want to talk to all of them.”

For much more from Nana Visitor head over to TrekMovie.com.