by Megan Leigh | August 6, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
I stumbled across Colette on Twitter one day and saw that she had released a new version of her novel Nightmare in Silicon. Shamefully, I had never come across the original novel, but the description instantly had me intrigued – a feminist scifi exploring gender...
by Megan Leigh | July 16, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSTraditional stories of mermaids describe the creatures as beautiful maidens who sing sweetly as they lounge on rocks and comb their long, flowing hair… but like sirens, mermaids lure sailors to their death with their...
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 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 | October 4, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWriting better female characters is covered in a lot of writing advice. Many of these pieces will preface their comments with sarcastic comments like ‘Women are people too, duh’. This sort of statement, I think,...
by Megan Leigh | June 14, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
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...
