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Forgotten Women of Genre: Vera West
Vera West worked to no credit and died under very mysterious circumstances, but her costuming work on Bride of Frankenstein helped craft the aesthetic of women in the golden age of horror.
Forgotten Women of Genre: Victoria Alonso
You've definitely heard of Kevin Feige and maybe Louis D'Esposito, but did you know there's a third partner in the MCU triumvirate? Her name is Victoria Alonso, and she's a kickass producer who's been part of Marvel Studios since the beginning with over 2
Forgotten Women of Genre: Margaret Sixel
On today's episode of Forgotten Women of Genre, we turn our attention to the woman who made action movie history with her editing on Mad Max: Fury Road, Margaret Sixel.
Forgotten Women of Genre: Debra Hill
Debra Hill was a producer, screenwriter and the "godmother of indie filmmaking,” whose successes in Hollywood opened the door for future generations to follow in her footsteps.
Forgotten Women of Genre: Lois Weber
As a silent-era director, Lois Weber created some early works of genre that still hold up surprisingly well by today's standards.
The Other One with Kelly Sue DeConnick
This week, Preeti and Courtney celebrate the greatness of the Avengers: Endgame trailer and welcome Shang-Chi and Destin Daniel Cretton to the MCU, and we present part two of Cher's interview with Kelly Sue DeConnick.
Forgotten Women of Genre: Gertrude Barrows Bennett
Living in a society beleaguered by the horrors reported from the frontlines of WWI, Gertrude Barrows Bennett created dark fiction the likes of which the world had never before seen under the pen name Francis Stevens.
Forgotten Women of Genre: Eiko Ishioka
From her breathtaking work on Bram Stoker's Dracula to the boundary pushing baroque madness of her collaborations with director Tarsem Singh, Japanese production and costume designer Eiko Ishioka created some of the most striking and revolutionary clothes
Forgotten Women of Genre: Delia Derbyshire
Despite not being credited for it in her lifetime, Delia Derbyshire wrote the Doctor Who theme song and contributed a great deal of work to British TV and film through the late '60s.
Forgotten Women of Genre: Leigh Brackett
Leigh Brackett, who wrote the very first script draft of The Empire Strikes Back, but long before she lent her talents toward shaping what would eventually become the second ever Star Wars movie, Brackett was a young girl with a love of science fiction an