Cinders Zine

Category: Television

  • Arming the nerd girls – an appreciation post for Kelly Marie Tran and Millie Bobby Brown

    Arming the nerd girls – an appreciation post for Kelly Marie Tran and Millie Bobby Brown

    Cinders was conceived as a free online haven for nerd girls. Fandom, the internet and popular culture are our absolute favourite things. And that’s why it upsets us so much to see bullying and toxicity win on platforms that we use to spread our stories and others. So, in the spirit of Hear me Roar…

  • Daydream Believer – Interview with Dayeanne Hutton

    Daydream Believer – Interview with Dayeanne Hutton

      For webseries and gaming fans Dayeanne Hutton‘s voice is no stranger to them. From starring in the Emmy award winning Emma Approved to voicing Kate in Life is Strange Dayeanne is a bright ray of sunshine in the web content world. We were lucky enough to chat with Dayeanne about voice acting, webseries and…

  • We Love Lucy – An appreciation of the Timeless leading lady

    We Love Lucy – An appreciation of the Timeless leading lady

    For Co-editor Grainne Coyne Timeless protagonist, Lucy Preston, has been one of the best feminist characters to hit our screens in years. In the wake of the series cancellation announcement we decided to sing our praises for the wonder that is Lucy.  We’ve discussed how fantastic this show is in past issues of Cinders, but…

  • Coping with the future – an interview with Stefanie Preissner

    Coping with the future – an interview with Stefanie Preissner

    Stefanie Preissner is not a new name to the Irish writing scene, but is one that’s getting called all the more frequently. Through her work in theatre, her critcally acclaimed series, Can’t Cope Won’t Cope and her new book, Stefanie Preissner has gone from ‘one to watch’ to someone we’re all watching closely. We sat…

  • Cinders Galentine’s Celebration Package!

    Cinders Galentine’s Celebration Package!

    Cinders has put together the best the internet has to offer in free content that will give you your perfect Galentine’s Day!

  • Beauties and their Beasts

    Beauties and their Beasts

    First published in Cinders issue three What with the new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast hitting our screens earlier in the year it got us here in Cinders thinking about some of our favourite unconventional interpretations of the classic fairytale. Méabh McDonnell looks at the ways the tale as old as time can be interpreted.…

  • Favourite fictional feminists: part one

    Leslie Knope Leslie Knope is the world’s most optimistic government employee. She is also a staunch feminist, wants to be Gloria Allred when she grows up and is one of the most competent and hard working characters to ever grace our TV screens. Portrayed by the wonderful Amy Poehler in NBC’s Parks and Recreation, Leslie…

  • Why Gilmore Girls is a modern adaptation of Little Women

    Why Gilmore Girls is a modern adaptation of Little Women

    First published in Cinders magazine issue two. Little Women is the first ‘grown up’ movie I can ever remember watching and it truly stuck with me. More than 15 years later and it can still make me cry. But that first viewing was like opening a door to a world I never knew existed. I couldn’t…