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Unnecessary romance and token love interests
Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror
English - November 17, 2016 12:00 - 44 minutes - 81.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 16: Unnecessary romance and token love interests
Next Episode: Episode 17: Guilty pleasures
It should come as no surprise to regular listeners of Breaking the Glass Slipper that we take issue with female characters being included in a narrative purely to act as a love interest. Unfortunately, it happens all too often. The conversation has flared up again around the plethora of superhero/comic book films where this problem happens […]
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