Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
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S03, E13: Women’s jobs in science fiction
With equality of pay and the drive to get more wo…
S03, E11: Women’s ghost stories with Melissa Edmundson Makala
Ghost literature written by women in the 19th cen…
S03, E10: Idealised characters and Mary Sues
Mary Sues are idealised characters with no real f…
S03, E09: Fighting oppression with Paige L Christie
We ask Paige L Christie about sacrificial tropes,…
S03, E08: Describing women with Gwen C Katz
Why is it such a problem that men write poor desc…
S03, E07: Jeanne Cavelos on teaching genre writing
Can writing be taught? Why go to a genre-specific…
S03, E06: Fantasy, nostalgia, and working for hire with David Tallerman
Charlotte interviews writer David Tallerman about…
S03, E04: Violence as climactic conflict
Do science fiction, fantasy, and horror narrative…
S03, E03: The Bechdel-Wallace test
For over 30 years we have used the Bechdel-Wallac…