Title: Nerys and the Emissary
Fandom: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Kira Nerys, Benjamin Sisko
Author: beatrice_otter 
Beta: sixbeforelunch 
Rating: Gen
AN: I was watching the first episode of DS9 for the first time in years, and it struck me how white/colonialist the underlying assumptions are. It's the Civilized Foreigner Come To Help The Benighted Natives who can find the Temple! The Other Civilized Foreigner checking the historical databases for things the Benighted Natives have known for years is the one who notices the blatantly obvious pattern the Benighted Natives have never figured out and Solves The Mystery! The Civilized Foreigners go off (with no native people!) to find The Mystic Treasure! (At least there is some variety, in that the Civilized Foreigners are a black man and a white woman, instead of white men.) And I asked myself: why the HELL is Kira going along with all of this? Why is she just … letting this happen?

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Title: Children of the Desert
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Characters: Original Female Characters,
Author: beatrice_otter 
Rating: kid
Length: 8,203 words
Betaed by: laurajv 
Sequel to: The Desert Between
Summary: There are many hybrid children on the new Vulcan homeworld, including Spock and Nyota's children. Things don't always go smoothly.

AN: Vulcan words are taken/adapted from the Vulcan Language Dictionary. “mekh” means parent, I adapted it to mean “stepmother.”
“Jata” is a girl’s name in Kikuyu, it means “Star”

At AO3 or Tumblr

( “But that’s the way Grandma taught me to sing!” )

Title: and it all comes back to you
Author: persephones_keeper
Fandom Star Trek: The Original Series
Characters Christine Chapel, Saavik, Spock; Spock/Chapel
Rating: M
Wordcount 6824
Summary: On Spock, Chapel, and missed chances.

at AO3

 The Star Trek Friendshipfest fic exchange is running for the second year!

It's an exchange for all kinds of friendships in the Star Trek prime universe. (That said, if you request TOS characters in your signup form and want them in their AOS incarnations, you can ask for that in your optional details, although it's not guaranteed.)

There are lots of great friendships between women in the requests so far, and in the tagset from which you can request friendships.

If you'd like to take part, more details and instructions are HERE, and signups close on June 6th!

Title: A Daughter of the Fifth House
Author: beatrice_otter 
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Characters: Deanna Troi, Lwaxana Troi, Will Riker
Rating: G
Word Count: 2558
Summary: I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.--Douglas Adams

At AO3

( Deanna gritted her teeth, shielded her mind, and stared down at the class work on the PADD in front of her with as much focus as she could muster. )

Fandom: Star Trek
Rating: G
Characters: T'Lar, Sarek, Uhura
Word Count:  3,196
Warnings: none
Summary: The fal-tor-pan is an ancient and dangerous rite, unused for centuries. It is not done lightly. High Priestess T'Lar considers.

AN: This fic was inspired by Killabeez's excellent vid Dante's Prayer.
Thank you to the Vulcan Language Dictionary for certain words, particularly for help in verifying my spelling of ashv'cezh, revenge-worse-than-death.
As always, my idea of Vulcan culture is heavily influenced by Diane Duane's Star Trek novels, particularly Spock's World, which you should read if you haven't already. (Also by various other Star Trek novels of the 1980s, including The Vulcan Academy Murders, The IDIC Epidemic and Dwellers in the Crucible.)

At AO3

( When T'Lar rose from her morning veneration to the gods of her ancestors, Madam T'Vas was standing just outside the shrine )

Title: Where My Heart Will Take Me
Fandom: Star Trek: AOS
Characters: Gaila
Word Count: 349
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: It’s been a long road, getting from there to here.
Notes: Written for a prompt of the song Where My Heart Will Take Me by Russell Watson, better known as the Enterprise Theme, I really couldn’t resist writing Star Trek fic for it. Though this is reboot fic, post-movie Gaila.

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Title: Goin' Home
Fandom: Star Trek: AOS
Characters: Gaila, Uhura
Word Count: 1346
Rating: PG
Summary: The first time Gaila sets foot on a Starfleet vessel it feels like home, it takes her another twenty years before she's allowed to call it that.
Notes: Gen backstory fic for Gaila, about her journey to and through the academy and the friendships she makes along the way.

guess it's just part of someone's master plan

Title: People Person
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Leeta
Word Count: 1306
Rating: gen
Summary: All in all, Leeta likes her life.

At AO3

( Leeta! I'm not paying you to stand around and daydream! )

Title: Ghosts
Author: velvetmouse
Recipient: ShadedTopaz
Fandom: ST: DS9
Character: Jadzia Dax
Rating: G
Summary: The Trill Symbiosis Commission gives new hosts a great deal of support. But, as Jadzia learns, there are a few things they fail to mention.
Notes: Written for Yuletide 2011

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OH HEY, I GUESS I SHOULD OPEN THE CURTAINS AND LET THE LIGHT IN HERE.

Import and open posting will begin shortly (what's this? yes! a truly active branch of Where No Woman, home to all of Star Trek's ladies and femmesque androgynes, right here!). Until then, this post is here for your general party/drabbles/hello/introduction/tire-kicking purposes. Make yourselves at home!

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