The Heroine's Journey

This week, LC is joined by the fantastic Kiva Bay, creator of the Feminist Deck, to deep dive on The Secret of NIMH, Don Bluth’s dark and weird and weirdly dark 1982 animated flick, including: What makes Mrs. Brisby such an unusual heroine for a kid’s movie Women are from the field, men are from […]

This week, LC is joined by the delightful Apple Cider Mage, cohost and editor of the Justice Points podcast, to talk about The Fifth Element, Luc Besson’s deeply problematic yet deeply awesome 1997 futuristic classic, including: A strong disclaimer — is The Fifth Element really a good example of a lady story? Our problems with […]

This week, LC and Nadia tackle one of our most requested topics: Farscape, the cult classic sci fi show by the Jim Henson Company, including: Raindrops, tentacles and body swapping: When we fell in love with Aeryn Sun Zhaan, Jool, Noranti, Grayza… so many women, so little time! Is John Crichton the “competitively ineffectual” girlfriend? […]

This week, LC welcomes Jay Kateel back to the show to talk about Final Fantasy, the game series that defined a generation of games and gamers alike, including: What makes Final Fantasy’s female characters so unusual? Heroine’s Journeys and humanism porn: Why these games are our catnip Defending the Sorceress and the Knight trope Why […]

LC Brown is once again joined by nerdcore rapper SΔMMUS to talk about math, music and of course video games,  including: How the “Internet-ization” helps female musicians and makes the gatekeepers obsolete Why it’s never been a better time to be a black nerd girl What she’s listening to right now Details of her upcoming […]

This week, LC Brown is joined by rapper SΔMMUS, a.k.a. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, to talk about Samus Aran and the Metroid series, including: Behind “the plot twist of the century”: Why Samus’s gender both matters and doesn’t matter Dark, slow, quiet: Metroid as “a game for introverts” How Samus challenges the narrow definition of Strong Female […]

Tanya DePass, creator of #INeedDiverseGames, once again joins LC Brown to discuss Rat Queens, the Image Comics title by Kurtis J. Wiebe, including: What Rat Queens and D&D have in common Women getting ugly: Why it matters Is Rat Queens getting women back into comics? The power of word of mouth: Which other comics are […]

LC Brown grabs the mic for herself and forces everyone to sit through an academic analysis of how the Heroine’s Journey story archetype applies to Jupiter Ascending, because she has gone mad with power and nobody can stop her MUA HA HA: Maxi pad first aid, space DMVs, and weddings as the death of self: […]

LC Brown is once again joined by myjusticecake to talk about their love of Jupiter Ascending, the trashiest movie to ever trash its way into our hearts, including: Jupiter’s bad choices, period dresses, and space rollerblades: The Wachowskis’ celebration of being a 14 year old girl What Jupiter Ascending has in common with Fushigi Yuugi […]

LC Brown chats with Angela and Aubrey Webber about the past, present and future of The Doubleclicks, including, Falling into a vat of atomic liquid: The Doubleclicks “origin story” What they’re playing now, including which game is best for drunken con shenanigans, and how they spice up games about subsistence farming Everything you need to […]