Strong Female Characters

The Satanic Temple is suing Netflix, Disney wants a Bucky/Falcon buddy cop series, and a woman marries a ghost?! There's a lot going on this week and Cher and Preeti have so many questions, like how do you travel internationally when you're dead? And who are some of your favorite sexy ghosts? Plus, with Ralph Breaks the Internet on the horizon, author Marissa Meyer stopped by to talk about the proliferation of princesses, why we love them, and how they aren't so different from modern superheroes.Oh, and if you haven't already ... VOTE!

Cher and Preeti talk about some of their favorite Halloween-themed Strong Female Characters, and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Elvria, Mistress of the Dark with the woman herself.

Witches are having a moment right now, especially in popular culture. Between A Discovery of Witches, a brand new Charmed on The CW, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina coming to Netflix, and a surge in popularity for New Age ideas, the spellbinding sisterhood is everywhere. In this episode, we sit down with Zoraida Cordova, author of the Brooklyn Brujas series, to explore the feminist roots of these magical beliefs, and shed light on some lesser known traditions.

It’s our first ever LIVE SHOW recorded at The Greenroom 42 in New York City during this year's New York Comic Con. We’re kicking off Season Two of Strong Female Characters by debating some of the thirstiest moments of the last year. Cher and Preeti are joined on stage by Bim Adewunmi and Nicole Perkins of Buzzfeed’s Thirst Aid Kit to discuss everything from the bearded Chris Evans to the wonders of lighting Thor and give Keanu Reeves characters the FMK treatment.

Did you miss us as much as we missed you? Well, we're back & have some epic things in store for season 2.

Cher & Preeti talk about Solo and all of their very may thirsts in genre with Big Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins from Buzzfeed's Thirst Aid Kit.

Cher & Preeti have a few (seriously, a very few) thoughts about Deadpool 2 and some news about Strong Female Characters.

Cher & Preeti have a lot of feelings about Infinity War and the future of the MCU. Stephanie Williams, formerly of Misty Knight's Uninformed Afro, guests.

It's Star Wars Day! Cher, Preeti and guests Delilah Dawson (author of Captain Phasma) and Annalise Ophelian (Looking for Leia) talk about their love for Star Wars, Leia, and navigating the fandom before it made space for it's female fans.

Former Black Girl Nerds writers Kayla Marie & Joelle Monique and writer Clarkisha Kent join Cher to discuss the aftermath of Universal FanCon.

Author Gwenda Bond joins Cher & Preeti to celebrate our favorite comic book journalist's 80th anniversary, debate Lois & Supes as a couple, and go on weird tangents about cults and magical sex with Constantine. It's literally a party, ya'll.

Cher & Preeti plot ways to score invites to LA's Magic Castle. Producer & magician David Kwong talks to Preeti about magic, how to pull the ultimate illusion, and the need for more women magicians.

Cher and Preeti talk about zombies and Timothy Olyphant. Author Justina Ireland joins Preeti to discuss her new book Dread Nation.

Cher & Preeti talk about midlife crisis earrings, the lack of female protagonists in video games, and have a thoughtful conversation with Oliver Stark (Into the Badlands, 911) about feminism and allyship.

Just like Beyonce, Cher and Preeti refuse to let a series of unfortunate events stop them from recording this ep. They even climbed uphill both ways and battled dragons to make this week's episode happen.

Shakina Nayack joins us to talk about her role on Jessica Jones, trans representation in genre, and feminity.

Author fan Sarah Kuhn joins us to talk about the unfair rep the romance novels get & our favorite love stories in science-fi and fantasy.

Author of The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton, joins us to talk about beauty as a commodity and how race and class define our beauty standards in genre and real life.

April Reign joins us to talk about the Black Panther premiere, opportunities afforded to non-white journalists, and #OscarsSoWhite.