Women’s jobs in science fiction

Women’s jobs in science fiction

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...
Toxic masculinity

Toxic masculinity

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...
Idealised characters and Mary Sues

Idealised characters and Mary Sues

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...
Fighting oppression with Paige L Christie

Fighting oppression with Paige L Christie

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSLast year, Lucy was lucky enough to read an author review copy of Paige L Christie’s debut novel, Draigon Weather. She immediately fell in love with the story and what Paige was trying to achieve. We have...
Describing women with Gwen C. Katz

Describing women with Gwen C. Katz

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...