astrangergivingthestrangewelcome:

Leeta ABSOLUTELY played up the “dumb pretty dabo girl” stereotype to get information from Cardassian soldiers during the Occupation and I’m so mad that they don’t spend like. a subplot of one episode exploring this.

kiranerysismyhero:

underrated queen im thinkin bout tonight: Leeta

she is perceptive she is clever she is an amateur sociologist bc it gives her an advantage in her job as a dabo girl OR maybe she’s a dabo girl bc of the opportunities for fieldwork in her sociology she is loyal she knows what she wants she sees the heart of a person regardless of if they fit the norms of attractiveness for her species she wants to stay by her love even in the face of danger but not when that love wants to oppress her on a gendered axis she is a kickass stepmom asfdgajalhfj i love Leeta

marlinspirkhall:

lt-cmdr-data-laforge:

odetodata:

deepspacetrek:

I just learned that the Bajoran currency is divided into litas and that makes me sad about what Leetas name might mean

hold on are you telling me her name is basically penny

Hey @odetodata how dare you leave this in the tags

This is the smoothest thing I’ve ever read wtf

wesley-crush-her:

You know what I love about DS9?

DS9 had some really powerful women. But they weren’t all powerful in the same way. They weren’t the generic “independent woman” trope.

Lwaxana, who originated in TNG, had the chance to be independent from her child in DS9. We got to see a woman in her middle adulthood still have a romantic and sexual life without it being a joke. She was a renowned diplomat, a compassionate softie, and generally had the vibes of “I’m gorgeous, and so are you.” But we also got to see that she had insecurities!

Ishka was also more than just a mom, even if her sons didn’t want to admit that. She was changing shit, openly defying misogynistic tradition. Despite never having had formal education on how to, she earned hella profit!

Keiko was a kind, intelligent person who put her family and work first, and we got to see her be torn between work and family a lot. She also didn’t originally intend to be a teacher, but she ended up being so passionate about it by the time Kai Winn was arguing against her curriculum. Keiko went through the weirdest worst shit and just kept going.

Leeta, though!! Leeta was often assumed by other characters to be dumb or to be just a dabo girl, wasn’t taken seriously because of her job. But she was smart, hella kind, and a damn good step parent.

There are so many others (ofc Kira, Jadzia and Ezri), but I just wanted to highlight some that don’t often get as much attention. But ofc add onto this!