The representation of women in comic books and speculative fiction, discussed with comic book creators Trina Robbins (author, Women In The Comics), June Brigman (Barbie), Louise Simonson (Superman), Kate Worley (Omaha, the Cat Dancer), Elaine Lee (Starstruck), Chris Claremont (The Uncanny X-Men) and Steve Bissette (Taboo); with SF writers Lois McMaster Bujold, Leona Gom, Karen Wehrstein, Tanya Huff, Candas Jane Dorsey, Pamela Sargent, Gregory Benford, Terence Green, and Science-Fiction Studies editor Veronica Hollinger.