Forgotten Women of Genre Podcast
1) Wendy Carlos
Electronic music is a mainstay of modern nightclubs. The once experimental genre has broken through to the pop scene and thrived with festivals like Tomorrowland or the Electric Daisy Carnival. But mu...Show More
2) Anne Gwynne
The iconic trope of the scream queen has changed greatly over the past century of film, moving away from the token damsel-in-distress type to a more empowered figure who subverts the expectations of h...Show More
3) June Tyson
June Tyson was the first female member of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, but there is precious little information available about her. Despite her long tenure with the band, she’s often short-changed when it come...Show More
4) Lois Maxwell
The role of James Bond has changed a lot of hands over the years, and so has the role of Moneypenny, but out of a total of 25 films under the Eon Productions banner, only one woman has brought Moneype...Show More
5) Rose O'Neil
Magazine illustrations, fantastical yet grotesque creatures, and the smiling faces of a massively popular cherub-like doll. And behind it all, an immensely talented woman who lived life to the fullest...Show More
6) Vonetta McGee
7) Jane Arden
She was a cinematic innovator who pioneered feminist film and theater in Britain during the 1960s. Her radical approach to storytelling helped to pave the way for generations of female directors and w...Show More
8) Julie Harris
She paved the way with all of the contributions she made to art through her lengthy and storied career, and it’s because of every role she inhabited so memorably that she will never truly be forgotten...Show More
9) Katharine Burdekin aka Murray Constantine
Time travel, dystopian visions of enduring fascism, and grasping for a world without the constraints of gender roles. Meanwhile, through it all, an alter ego, the mystery of which would remain unsolve...Show More
10) Leota Toombs Thomas
If you’ve ever dared to enter Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, you’ve been a guest at the seance table of the mysterious Madame Leota. Despite only existing as a floating head in a crystal ball, there wo...Show More