by Megan Leigh | June 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
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 | Uncategorised
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 31, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGhost literature written by women in the 19th century was more about social commentary than pure entertainment, argues academic Melissa Edmundson Makala. Charlotte positively geeks out with Melissa about her...
by Megan Leigh | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMary Sues are idealised characters with no real flaws. They are dull, irritating, and strangely prevalent. We look at what it means to be a Mary Sue, why they can be problematic, and whether they might actually...
by Megan Leigh | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe ask Paige L Christie about sacrificial tropes, using education as a kind of rebellion, and how cultural myths are used to oppress and establish social order. Full episode notes are available at...
by Megan Leigh | April 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhy is it such a problem that men write poor descriptions of women? And what makes them bad descriptions in the first place? Breaking the Glass Slipper speak to YA author Gwen C. Katz about the pervasiveness of poor...
