by Megan Leigh | April 25, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHere at Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love the 1987 film The Princess Bride. I mean, who doesn’t? It is endlessly quotable, tongue-in-cheek, and full of great characters. Unfortunately, only a couple of those...
by Megan Leigh | April 11, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSometimes it is fun to call the shots on this show – and this week (while Lucy was away on holiday!), I decided to indulge a personal favourite subject of mine: time travel. My love of time travelling tales has been...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 28, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe like to think that fantasy is a limitless exploration of our imaginations, but in reality, fantasy fiction is limited by the cultural experiences of the author. As a result, what most of us are exposed to are a...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 14, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe representation of transgender people within genre is a subject we’ve wanted to explore for a while now on this podcast. All too often, trans and non binary people are absent from speculative fiction, or if...
by Megan Leigh | February 28, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, we discuss all things reproduction. That’s right: sex, pregnancy, birth – the whole shebang around creating new life and what it means to a woman’s position, as represented in genre...
by Megan Leigh | January 31, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile we were all winding down from Christmas, Charlie Brooker and the Black Mirror gang were getting ready to mess with our minds yet again. December 28th saw the release of the one-off interactive Netflix special...
