Obsessional love and vengeance with S.E. Porter
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
2w ago
Love can last a lifetime, but revenge is forever… Love is a common driving force for novels, and it comes in many forms. It could be the pursuit of true love, or the quest to turn unrequited love into a passionate relationship. Often, it can be the loss of love that spurs a hero or […] The post Obsessional love and vengeance with S.E. Porter first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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Beneath the skin of the earth – with Nicola Griffith
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
1M ago
Welcome to our first episode of 2024. Yes, the title’s a quote from our incredible guest. As a podcast dedicated primarily to speculative fiction, we rarely find ourselves taking a deep dive into history. But the growth in popularity of both myths and retellings is bringing with it a new focus on historical periods, and […] The post Beneath the skin of the earth – with Nicola Griffith first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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Othering and exoticism in fantasy with Eliza Chan
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
3M ago
Modern fantasy owes much to J.R.R. Tolkien, including his problematic colonialist views and othering of cultures and races different from his medieval European-inspired setting. Many authors since then have used ‘historical accuracy’ as a defence against a lack of diversity in their similarly inspired settings. But even if we gloss over the fact that this […] The post Othering and exoticism in fantasy with Eliza Chan first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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Community and isolation – with Jennifer Thorne
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
4M ago
We love our folk horror. The genre has been growing in popularity these past years, and it’s not hard to see why. Writers take pastoral settings such as windswept hills or rugged sea coasts and imbue them with a sense of deep isolation. Throw in a community that seems at first utterly safe and then […] The post Community and isolation – with Jennifer Thorne first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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Romancing the necromancer – with Alice James
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
5M ago
Welcome to our Halloween episode! Romance has always been big business and these days there are plenty of subgenres. Despite its popularity, however, some snobbery still exists, often dismissing romance as “women’s fiction.” But if romance is really so terrible, why does it sell so well? Are the female characters in these books still the […] The post Romancing the necromancer – with Alice James first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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The dark half of the year – with Lili Hayward
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
6M ago
It’s October, so we’re officially allowed to talk about Christmas. Sure, we’ve got Halloween first, and that’s a celebration we should all be enthusiastic about, but take a look at what books are being pushed by bookstores, Amazon, and even supermarkets, and you’ll find that Christmas stories are starting to creep in. You could say […] The post The dark half of the year – with Lili Hayward first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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The power of language – with Jelena Dunato and Ioanna Papadopoulou
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
6M ago
We often take for granted the role language plays in communicating our favourite stories. And here in the west, there exists an unspoken expectation to be able to consume those favourite stories in English. The necessity and importance of translation is a given. Writers producing work in English but for whom English is their second […] The post The power of language – with Jelena Dunato and Ioanna Papadopoulou first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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“Something a little monstrous” – with Isabel Cañas 
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
7M ago
We’re honoured to have Isabel Cañas join us on the show as she talks us through not only her fabulous new novel, Vampires of El Norte, but also her experience of breaking into publishing as a Mexican-American writer and the pressure on marginalised creators to produce something “fresh”. Mentioned in this episode: Isabel Cañas is a […] The post “Something a little monstrous” – with Isabel Cañas  first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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The poison salon – with Rose Biggin
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
7M ago
In the preface to Les Fleurs du mal, Baudelaire indicated that boredom is the truest suffering, andthis idea later became central to the fin de siècle movement, an era of decadence in which artificemasqueraded as, or was even elevated to the status of, art. The Belladonna Invitation by Rose Bigginis a Gothic exploration of the […] The post The poison salon – with Rose Biggin first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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Medical hive minds – with Hiron Ennes
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
by Megan Leigh, Charlotte Bond, and Lucy Hounsom
8M ago
When it comes to science fiction – and particularly dystopian science fiction – doctors are either the saviours of humanity with their invaluable medical knowledge, or they are the villains, using a lack of rules to exploit the vulnerable for their own questionable ends. But why is that? Is it a case of power corrupts? […] The post Medical hive minds – with Hiron Ennes first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper ..read more
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