Whether it's the famous chords of a theme song or the ominous sound of Vader's breath, the geekverse as we know it wouldn't exist without the work or ingenuity of many women who sadly didn't become household names. Throughout each episode of Forgotten Women of Genre we bring you the stories of the women who's contributions to genre are responsible for the characters and stories we all know and love; because behind every famous man in genre is at least one woman who didn't get the credit she deserved.
Electronic music is a mainstay of modern nightclubs. The once experimental genre has broken through to the pop scene and thrived with festivals like T...
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 e...
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 wit...
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 Prod...
Magazine illustrations, fantastical yet grotesque creatures, and the smiling faces of a massively popular cherub-like doll. And behind it all, an imme...
She was a cinematic innovator who pioneered feminist film and theater in Britain during the 1960s. Her radical approach to storytelling helped to pave...
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 s...
Time travel, dystopian visions of enduring fascism, and grasping for a world without the constraints of gender roles. Meanwhile, through it all, an al...
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 exist...