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This week, Justine and Gwen discuss Guillermo Del Toro's latest masterpiece, "The Shape Of Water", a film about a monstrous love story. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones and Octavia Spencer in a delightfully quirky romance and dark governmenta
This week, Justine sits down with Jordan Alsaqa and Joni Miller, creators of the comic "Welderkin", a horror comic set in the backwoods of the United states where a dangerous legend may shed some light on the mysterious disappearances of marrie
This week, Justine and Gwen chat with Kai Cheng Thom, author of "Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir" about her creative storytelling process and her main influences. "Fierce Femmes and Notorious Li
Justine and Gwen chat with Vita Ayala about their comic book, "The Wilds" which is coming out February 28th. It's a beautifully drawn, post apocalyptic story about a young queer woman named Daisy trying to survive in a zombie ridden landscape a
This week, Gwen and Justine discuss queer representation and feminism in Netflix's new show, "Big Mouth", an animated series about puberty and coming of age. Discussions range from asking if "Big Mouth" a feminist show to how it's queer storyli
This week, it's all about podcast recommendations for your holiday listening needs. Justine sits down with Minh, a long time listener of "The Penumbra Podcast" about what they feel makes the podcast special and why you, dear listeners, should a
This episode, Gwen and Justine continue their mini series, "Portraits of Leadership" and discuss Jo from the fantastic YA comic, "Lumberjanes". Heads up for spoilers throughout the episode! We talk about Jo's unique leadership style in a frie
This week, we're reviewing "At Home With Monsters", an exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario dedicated to the work and influences of Guillermo Del Toro. We discuss the spectrum of monster movies that Del Toro has directed and produced over the
This week, Justine sites down with Barbara Perez Marquez and MJ Barros, creators of “The Order of Belfry” about the process behind their comic and what how they approach positive queer and poly representation in their comic. “The Order of Bel
Justine sits down with Jo Frith, a Masters student at York University in the Faculty of Education, to talk about the politics of queer representation in children's and young adults fiction and how queer representation has been changing in child
Justine and Gwen are joined by Sidney Cunningham this week to discuss the use of road trips as allegories for transgender narratives. What makes this particular metaphor so appealing for storytelling? We discuss the movies, "To Wong Foo, Thanks
Justine and Gwen go in-depth into the world of Fallout to talk about the variety of ways sexuality, politics and morality are represented in Fallout New Vegas. What makes this game stand out from both it's predecessors and successors? Should ho
For your Halloween reading, Gwen and Justine are recommending "Harrow County" to scratch your American Gothic spook itch. Continuing their "Portraits in Leadership" series, they take a closer look at the central character, Emmy Crawford and how
Justine and Gwen discuss Geoff Berner's newest book "The Fiddler is a Good Woman", the unofficial biography of a mysterious musician whose tale is told through a series of interviews of her ex-band mates, ex-lovers and a host of other miscellan
Gwen and Justine are joined by Sidney Cunningham, PdD literary studies student at York Univerisity to discuss the art work, influence and aesthetics of critically accaliamed "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel. How did working through the years of "Dy
Justine sits down with Lolo and Tram who are facilitators for the Toronto-based "Sounding Out" workshop brought to us by Art Reach. This week, we discuss exploring science fiction through sound, how sound and speculative fiction intersect and t
This week, we're looking at at the first installment of the newly rebooted Spiderman series. Gwen shares her thoughts on how this movie fits into the MCU, and how it ranks among it's predecessors. We also touch on the diversity in the writing a
This week, Justine and Gwen shine a spotlight on a very cool character on one of Gwen's most beloved series: Dr. Kate Corrigan from the Hellboy series. We take a look at her history as a character, her leadership style and her own unique appro
Who gets to be a badass? This week, Gwen and Justine talk about the challenges and similarities between badass women in video games, with special focus on Cassadra from the Dragon Age series, Undyne from Undertale, Jack from the Mass Effect ser
We're back! Justine and Gwen discuss the queerness and feminism in the newest addition to one of our favorite game series ever, Mass Effect. Andromeda is a gorgeous game with astounding graphics and a compelling storyline and lots of alien lady
Gwen and Justine take a look at the history of villainy in Marvel and DC comics, and how these characters have changed over time. How does our evolving idea of what is morally repugnant influence the actions of staple characters, such as Lex Lu
Happy Holidays listeners! This week, Gwen and Justine rattle off their podcast recommendations, from spooky to scientific, to financial budgeting to feminist history. What are your favorite podcasts to listen to? Let us know in the comments bel
This week, Gwen and Justine try to parse who actually IS an anti hero and which characters are just fashionably edgy. They tackle the "poster boys" most often marketed as anti heroes, and discuss why it's so important to separate the appearance
Hayao Miyazaki's movies have a very special place in Justine and Gwen's hearts. From the innocence and optimism of My Neighbor Totoro's, to the unflinching look at the effects of industrialization in Princess Mononoke, and of course, the strugg
As the year begins to wrap up, Justine and Gwen go through a list of their favorite sci fi shows, movies and books that you should check out before 2017 starts. Comments, questions, feedback? Comment below!
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