Our Episodes
Interview with Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet has been one of my favourite reads this year. If you enjoy science fiction and haven't made time to read it yet... what are you waiting for? If you want to read my full (spoiler free) review, head over to Pop Verse. Becky Chambers...
Gender swapping
The new Ghostbusters film is not alone, almost every week we hear of a new franchise reboot or cult film remake with a gender-swapped cast. From turning Splash into the tale of a merman to an Ocean's Eleven reboot with a full cast of women, it appears as though...
African speculative fiction with Chinelo Onwualu
'We need to include all voices.' This podcast was set up to increase the conversation around a marginalised group in speculative fiction: women. But women aren't the only marginalised voices in the industry. Fireside Fiction recently published a report on the embedded...
Hugos, Nebulas, and Dawn Cano
After the last marathon episode, we have kept things more succinct. First up, Charlotte, Lucy, and Megan geek-out about the 2016 SFF Awards season. Women seem to finally be getting their due and we are all kinds of chuffed about it. After all, women have been writing...
Live at Nine Worlds
It seems fitting that Breaking the Glass Slipper would make its live debut at Nine Worlds Geekfest in London, a convention that prides itself on diversity, panel parity, and accessibility. As such, we were there flying the flag for women in genre fiction, recording...
Virgins and villainesses (part 2)
It’s a bit of a long one this week. Get the three of us together and we can’t shut up about female villains! While I might be biased, I have to say that this is one of our best episodes yet, with Lucy spouting such gems like ‘speaking of psychos…’ and ‘I mean, Gary...
Virgins and villainesses (part 1)
Have you ever noticed that the women who have sex are often the first to die, while their virginal counterparts tend to last through to the bitter end? This week, Lucy, Charlotte, and I discuss the beginnings of this trope and its inherent sexism, along with a few...
Interview with Janine Ashbless/Keris McDonald
This week, Charlotte talks to erotica and horror (as Keris McDonald) author Janine Ashbless. No topic is off limits with this wordsmith. They discuss pornography vs erotica, what frightens a horror writer, and pacing stories as a kind of ‘teasing’. If you blush easy,...
Labyrinth
This Monday marked the 30th anniversary of Labyrinth’s release (in the US). In these three decades, the entire world has been captivated by the story of teenager Sarah and her adventures in the labyrinth. The film is dark, imaginative, and strangely relatable for such...