/fantasy/tags/nonfiction/ Recent content in nonfiction on River's Fantasy Reviews Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:25:16 +0000 /fantasy/disfigured/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:25:16 +0000 /fantasy/disfigured/ <em>Disfigured</em> is an engaging look at the topic of disability in fairy tales. Why do so many fairy tales deal with disability? Why do the happy endings insist that being able-bodied is a requirement for a happy ending? Through the lens of the social model of disability as well as that of an author seeing her life as a story, Amanda asks why characters in fairy tales must behave certain ways, and explains the damaging consequences stories can have on real people as they shape our real expectations. /fantasy/reading-vampire-slayer/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:40:21 +0000 /fantasy/reading-vampire-slayer/ I read this for the nonfiction Bingo square. It was a waste of time, and I should have DNF&rsquo;d it and picked up something else, but by the time I realized there was zero value in reading it, I was so far through it that I figured I may as well finish it because I didn&rsquo;t really want to spend the time on another nonfiction book to fill this square.