Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror

We take a look at witchcraft in the real world and how women use witchcraft as an empowering movement in times of politi... Read more

In this episode, Charlotte interviews the prolific writer Seanan McGuire (also known as Mira Grant) about her writing pr... Read more

Wanting to see equal representation in genre fiction doesn’t stop at gender. We discuss the lack of ‘older’ protagonists... Read more

Writing better female characters is covered in a lot of writing advice. Many of these pieces will preface their comments... Read more

Having already looked at women’s jobs in science fiction, we decided to turn our critical gaze to fantasy. Fantasy ficti... Read more

How feminist are the Disney princesses? Have we seen a positive trend in the modern examples? What else does Disney need... Read more

Charlotte, Lucy, and Megan discuss the frequency with which we see female characters added to a story who have no other ... Read more

We like to think that fantasy is a limitless exploration of our imaginations, but in reality, fantasy fiction is limited... Read more

Mary Sues are idealised characters with no real flaws. They are dull, irritating, and strangely prevalent. We look at wh... Read more

Previously on Breaking the Glass Slipper we have covered Disney princesses. This time we thought we would turn our atten... Read more

This Monday marked the 30th anniversary of Labyrinth’s release (in the US). In these three decades, the entire world has... Read more

When a headteacher in the UK wrote a blog decrying fantasy and science fiction books, purporting that they are damaging ... Read more

In this episode, Charlotte and Lucy talk to writer and lecturer Tiffani Angus. They discuss the estrangement of women’s ... Read more

Here at Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love the 1987 film The Princess Bride. I mean, who doesn’t? It is endlessly quota... Read more

Can writing be taught? Why go to a genre-specific writing course? What do students learn at such workshops? Charlotte an... Read more

When you set out to write a novel or short story, do you find yourself naturally writing a male protagonist? What about ... Read more

If you love a story, you love reading it over and over again. But you can also get joy out of reading someone’s reinterp... Read more

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

For over 30 years we have used the Bechdel-Wallace test to push for gender equality in film. But does it go far enough? ... Read more

Redshirts. No sooner are they introduced than they are killed. The tension rises, there are beads of sweat on Kirk’s bro... Read more