Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror


Latest Episodes

S03, E18: Catriona Ward & ‘the liminal space between certainties’
September 06, 2018

Lucy and Charlotte talk to horror writer Catriona…

S03, E17: Revisiting The Dark Crystal
August 23, 2018

A Charlotte and Lucy special! After the success o…

S03, E16: Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James
August 09, 2018

Social inequality and the unequal distribution of…

S03, E15: Women’s jobs in fantasy
July 26, 2018

Having already looked at women's jobs in science …

S03, E14: Grimdark with Anna Smith Spark
July 12, 2018

We spoke with author Anna Smith Spark, Queen of G…

S03, E13: Women’s jobs in science fiction
June 28, 2018

With equality of pay and the drive to get more wo…

S03, E12: Toxic Masculinity
June 14, 2018

We started this podcast to highlight the issues a…

S03, E11: Women’s ghost stories with Melissa Edmundson Makala
May 31, 2018

Ghost literature written by women in the 19th cen…

S03, E10: Idealised characters and Mary Sues
May 17, 2018

Mary Sues are idealised characters with no real f…

S03, E09: Fighting oppression with Paige L Christie
May 03, 2018

We ask Paige L Christie about sacrificial tropes,…