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Episode 16: Unnecessary romance and token love interests
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
English - November 17, 2016 11:43 - 81.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Charlotte, Lucy, and Megan discuss the frequency with which we see female characters added to a story who have no other purpose than to be the love interest. While this does also sometimes occur with male characters, given that good female characters are hard to come by, this is a problem worth talking about.
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