Women’s jobs in fantasy

Women’s jobs in fantasy

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile Charlotte and Megan geeked out about Star Trek (sparing poor Lucy who puts up with enough of that) when discussing women’s jobs in science fiction, in this episode, all three of us shine a light on female...
Grimdark with Anna Smith Spark

Grimdark with Anna Smith Spark

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSometimes the sheer number of sub-genres and niche areas within the SFF world can feel completely overwhelming. What do they all mean? Where does one thing become another? One of the most confusing – and most...
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...
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...