by Lucy Hounsom | April 9, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpeculative fiction has always been a genre that challenges traditional views and established ways of seeing. We regularly discuss how the worlds that genre authors create are arenas in which it’s possible to tackle...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 26, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt has long been obvious that our world’s power structures are set up to benefit men, so how does women’s power play out in our narratives? What happens when women are suddenly given a power they are...
by Megan Leigh | March 12, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCosmic horror is an unhelpful term by itself. HP Lovecraft himself is quoted as saying that: The fundamental premise [of cosmic horror is] that common human laws and interest and emotions have no validity or...
by Lucy Hounsom | February 27, 2020 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe three of us are children of the 80s and like many of our generation, we love to revel in nostalgia. For us, this has meant revisiting some of our favourite fantasy films of that decade: Labyrinth, The Dark...
by Megan Leigh | February 13, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHere on BtGS, we regularly discuss how female characters in SFF are depicted on-screen. From the infamous bikini armour to simply being absent from male-centric narratives – women have had their fair share of...
by Lucy Hounsom | January 30, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS There needs to be a serious fucking cultural conversation about the storytelling desire to turn everyone into an edgy badass that thinks all problems are best solved with violence and what the overwhelming...
