by Megan Leigh | July 26, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile Charlotte and Megan geeked out about Star Trek (sparing poor Lucy who puts up with enough of that) when discussing women’s jobs in science fiction, in this episode, all three of us shine a light on female...
by Megan Leigh | July 12, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSometimes the sheer number of sub-genres and niche areas within the SFF world can feel completely overwhelming. What do they all mean? Where does one thing become another? One of the most confusing – and most...
by Megan Leigh | June 28, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith equality of pay and the drive to get more women in top executive jobs reaching the headlines in our current era, does the world of the future have women in the same roles they occupy now, or do they have them in...
by Megan Leigh | June 14, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe started this podcast to highlight the issues around the representation of women in genre fiction. But women aren’t the only ones who suffer at the hands of harmful tropes, poor characterisation, and limiting...
by Megan Leigh | May 17, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe’ve all encountered them – characters who can do anything. They have physical and mental abilities beyond every other character in that world, perhaps even abilities that no one else in the world has in any...
by Megan Leigh | April 19, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSYA author Gwen C. Katz came across a forum thread about men’s ability to write female characters. There was the usual toxicity there – brushing off any criticism as more ‘SJW bullshit’. She wanted...