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Saara El-Arifi on Romantasy and the Politics of Genre Labeling

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British-Sudanese-Ghanaian fantasy author Saara El-Arifi is a major voice in the speculative fiction space. Her debut novel, The Final Strife (2022) is an epic fantasy, drawing inspiration from African and Arabian mythology.  Her latest work, Faebound (2024) is a shift into the hot new genre of Romantasy, a hybrid of romance and fantasy that has exploded […]
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Saara El-Arifi on Romantasy and the Politics of Genre Labeling

British-Sudanese-Ghanaian fantasy author Saara El-Arifi is a major voice in the speculative fiction space. Her debut novel, The Final Strife (2022) is an epic fantasy, drawing inspiration from African and Arabian mythology.  Her latest work, Faebound (2024) is a shift into the hot new genre of Romantasy, a hybrid of romance and fantasy that has exploded […]

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The romantasy genre subverts women’s agency when we need it the most

The new romantasy genre—a mashup of romance and fantasy wildly popular with women—is actually full of regressive themes that deny women’s agency and political stakes. Chhaya Nayyar considers.

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