It's a Femmeslashinomenon: Shipping Female Characters in Fanfiction

Join Emily and Vee as they discuss "femmeslash" and some of the ships that paved the way for fanfiction centered around romantic relationships between female characters. 

Topics include: Women in media, gender, the trend of burying your (sapphic) gays, and the lasting influence of Xena: Warrior Princess

Sources from today's ep:

• Blorbo From My Shows on Fanlore
• All 240 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died from autostraddle
• TV Characters' Rising Death Toll Reveals Troubling Pattern from NPR 
• The 10 greatest episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess by Sara Century
• Ao3 Ships Stats 2024 by centreoftheselights

Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design. Thank you Ollie for editing our sound!