I started watching Star Trek:  The Next Generation, a science fiction television series, when I was nine years old.  I immediately attached to the character Deanna Troi, who functions as a counselor on a starship.  This project turned into a personal exploration, a way of understanding Troi in terms of gender and ethnicity and in turn, understanding myself better. 

This project isn't only about analyzing the gendered and racialized character Deanna Troi, but about understanding how media impacts society by beginning on a personal level.  I have included questions "to think on" at the end of each section, in hopes that this can be personal for you as well.