<description>&lt;p&gt;Genre fiction is full of strong, independent women, badass heroines, brave Final Girls, and virginal princesses. Frankly, we’re getting a little sick of it? For our season finale, with us to discuss difficult women is the queen of messy, complicated, and antiheroic female protagonists herself, the legendary Silvia Moreno-Garcia!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Show Notes&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Silvia's website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/silviamg.author/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Silvia's Instagram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.threads.com/@silviamg.author" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Threads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60321142-signal-to-noise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Signal To Noise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (find out why Rachel is correct and all of the Goodreads reviewers are wrong)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/writing/velvet-was-the-night/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Velvet Was the Night&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Silvia Moreno-Garcia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211428041-countess" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Countess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Susan Palumbo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=m9gNXyfTK80" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Unknown Number: The High School Catfish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rachel’s Problematic Faves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bellis Coldwine (&lt;em&gt;The Scar &lt;/em&gt;by China Miéville)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Baru Cormorant (&lt;em&gt;The Traitor Baru Cormorant &lt;/em&gt;by Seth Dickson)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Essun (&lt;em&gt;The Broken Earth&lt;/em&gt; by N.K. Jemisin)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Catra (&lt;em&gt;She-Ra and the Princesses of Power&lt;/em&gt; by Nate Stevenson)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David’s Problematic Faves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Morgan Le Fay (&lt;em&gt;Le Morte d'Arthur &lt;/em&gt;by Sir Thomas Malory)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cersei Lannister (&lt;em&gt;A Song Of Ice and Fire&lt;/em&gt; by George R.R. Martin)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Jadis (&lt;em&gt;The Chronicles of Narnia&lt;/em&gt; by C.S. Lewis)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Silvia’s Problematic Faves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Eleanor and Theodora (&lt;em&gt;The Haunting of Hill House&lt;/em&gt; by Shirley Jackson)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Constance and Merricat (&lt;em&gt;We Have Always Lived In the Castle&lt;/em&gt; by Shirley Jackson)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Everything by Tanith Lee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Rebecca and Rachel (&lt;em&gt;Rebecca&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;My Cousin Rachel&lt;/em&gt; by Daphne du Maurier)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Emma Bovary (&lt;em&gt;Madame Bovary&lt;/em&gt; by Gustave Flaubert)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are they genre? Nah, but we still love them&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cass Neary novels by Elizabeth Hand&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gone Girl&lt;/em&gt; by Gillian Flynn&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wuthering Heights&lt;/em&gt; by Emily Brontë&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Talented Mr. Ripley&lt;/em&gt; by Patricia Highsmith&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lolita&lt;/em&gt; by Vladimir Nabokov&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Washington Square&lt;/em&gt; by Henry James&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li data-list="bullet"&gt;&lt;span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anna Karenina &lt;/em&gt;by Leo Tolstoy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description>

Wizards & Spaceships

Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink

In Praise of Difficult Women ft. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

APR 15, 202649 MIN
Wizards & Spaceships

In Praise of Difficult Women ft. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

APR 15, 202649 MIN

Description

Genre fiction is full of strong, independent women, badass heroines, brave Final Girls, and virginal princesses. Frankly, we’re getting a little sick of it? For our season finale, with us to discuss difficult women is the queen of messy, complicated, and antiheroic female protagonists herself, the legendary Silvia Moreno-Garcia!Show NotesSilvia's websiteSilvia's Instagram and ThreadsSignal To Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (find out why Rachel is correct and all of the Goodreads reviewers are wrong)Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-GarciaCountess by Susan PalumboUnknown Number: The High School CatfishRachel’s Problematic FavesBellis Coldwine (The Scar by China Miéville)Baru Cormorant (The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickson)Essun (The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin)Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power by Nate Stevenson)David’s Problematic FavesMorgan Le Fay (Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory)Cersei Lannister (A Song Of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin)Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis)Silvia’s Problematic FavesEleanor and Theodora (The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson)Constance and Merricat (We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson)Everything by Tanith LeeRebecca and Rachel (Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier)Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert)Are they genre? Nah, but we still love themCass Neary novels by Elizabeth HandGone Girl by Gillian FlynnWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithLolita by Vladimir NabokovWashington Square by Henry JamesAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy