Breaking The Glass Slipper: Women In Science Fiction, Fantasy, And Horror

Megan chats to award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky about worldbuilding and creating societies that don’t regurgitate the social norms we are familiar with. Full episode notes available on www.breakingtheglassslipper.com

Lucy chats to Emily R Marlow about diversity in RPGs and the importance of gender representation in gaming. Full episode notes available here: http://wp.me/p7P6my-aS

We take a look at witchcraft in the real world and how women use witchcraft as an empowering movement in times of political uncertainty. Guests in this episode are Katie West, Gabriela Herstik, and Sophie Saint Thomas. Full episode notes available at http://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com

We interviewed Pat Cadigan at FantasyCon 2017 on the resurgence of cyberpunk, writing both novels and short fiction, the relationship between technology and the mind, and keeping her ideas fresh.

Megan, Charlotte, and Lucy look at the popularity of female creatures in mythology and folklore and what these she-beasts say about women, our place in society, and why they aren’t all negative representations.

We talk to award-winning YA author Frances Hardinge about everything that young adult (YA) fiction has to offer both readers and writers. Full episode notes available at www.breakingtheglassslipper.com

Charlotte interviews horror writer Tim Lebbon on his writing process, his character inspirations, and what scares him.

Bonus episode: Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, Lucy Hounsom, and Kieron Gillen discuss the power of playlists in writing and inspirate at Nine Worlds Geekfest 2017.

Bonus episode: Megan Leigh interviews Chris Wooding at Nine Worlds Geekfest.

Recorded live at Nine Worlds Geekfest 2017. RJ Barker and Anna Smith Spark discuss what realistic characters are, why they are important, and how to write them.

Charlotte interviews the prolific writer Seanan McGuire (also known as Mira Grant) about her writing process, inclusive characters, Maine Coons, filk, and more.

Megan interviews writer Rhianna Pratchett on writing for games, updating an iconic series, and her favourite games.

As responsible feminists, we attempt to further feminism in all that we do. But is that actually limiting us?

Screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and editor Melinda Snodgrass chats to Megan about Star Trek, optimism in SF, and gender issues in the industry.

Megan talks to comic writer Kieron Gillen about diversity within the comics industry as well as the comics themselves.

Charlotte interviews Gail Carriger about her disregard for genre constraints, the joys of making readers laugh, and whether you should put the milk or the tea in the cup first!

Megan talks to Ytasha Womack, author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-fi and Fantasy Culture about the origins, values, and art of the movement.

Wanting to see equal representation in genre fiction doesn’t stop at gender. We discuss the lack of ‘older’ protagonists in genre fiction and the problematic tropes and assumptions about older characters we see.

Writing fight scenes is a tricky business, there are a lot of factors to keep in mind and elements you must get right or risk alienating the reader, so we talk to writer and martial artist Juliet McKenna on insights into writing better fight scenes and what some of the most common problems are.

How feminist are the Disney princesses? Have we seen a positive trend in the modern examples? What else does Disney need to do to create positive role models for children?