Strong Female Characters
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 71:46:55
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Synopsis
Strong Female Characters examines our favorite female characters & storylines in genre and draws parallels to their real life counterparts & current events. Cher & Preeti welcome a different guest each week to explore oft used tropes, representation in media, and the surprising & sometimes humorous ways in which pop culture & science fiction can influence our daily lives.
Episodes
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![Lifes too short to spend time on things you dont like]()
"Life's too short to spend time on things you don't like"
23/01/2018 Duration: 49minWe explore the limited history of female explorers in genre & Blue Planet II's Orla Doherty guests.
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![Were using tools that maybe werent built with us in mind.]()
"We're using tools that maybe weren't built with us in mind."
16/01/2018 Duration: 01h08minBrianna Wu joins us to talk about women in tech, stripper robots, and online harassment.
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![But what we really want in 2018 is Vanderpump Rules but with superheroes.]()
But what we really want in 2018 is Vanderpump Rules but with superheroes.
09/01/2018 Duration: 53minWe recap the trash fire of 2017, discuss the Golden Globes and break down what we're looking forward to in 2018.
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![Emma Frost could easily be on the Real Housewives or Drag Race.]()
Emma Frost could easily be on the Real Housewives or Drag Race.
28/12/2017 Duration: 01h02mini09’s Charles Pulliam Moore joins us to talk about gay icons in genre, fandoms favorite new Star Wars ship and more.
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![We have very strong feelings about The Last Jedi, aka Forcetiming with Kylo Ren’s manboobs]()
We have very strong feelings about The Last Jedi, aka Forcetiming with Kylo Ren’s manboobs
19/12/2017 Duration: 01h17minFilm critic Jen Yamato from the Los Angeles Times joins us to talk about The Last Jedi, thirst over Kylo Ren, and discuss representation in the Star Wars franchise.
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![“There’s so much out there”]()
“There’s so much out there”
12/12/2017 Duration: 01h18minMarvel’s best scientists are 2 WOC. Guest: Powtawche Valerino from NASA’s JPL
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![Is this real or is this not]()
"Is this real or is this not"
05/12/2017 Duration: 01h04minEpisode 2 - We look at the many (bad) iterations of Cat Grant, wonder if Rita Skeeter got a raw deal in Harry Potter and breakdown the feminization of gossip with Lainey Gossip’s Elaine Lui.
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![“ The most meta time to be alive”]()
“ The most meta time to be alive”
05/12/2017 Duration: 01h10minEpisode 1- Female supers & politics. Guest: Crooked Media's Ana Marie Cox. We examine how comic creators write political storylines for their female supers, then find the eery similarities with where we are now 1 yr after the presidential election.
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![A preview of Strong Female Characters]()
A preview of Strong Female Characters
28/11/2017 Duration: 01minA preview of Strong Female Characters coming on December 5th 2017.
