Katie Bachelder

Fantasy should be more than just white-knighted heroes going on adventures.

Book Reviews: A Deadly Education and Rule of Wolves

August 6, 2021

I was going to put off my RBR until I had at least another book to throw on here, but then I started craving another Fire reread, so I figured I may as well just write up these reviews now before too much of it slips my mind. It’s just as well, because, if you … More Book Reviews: A Deadly Education and Rule of Wolves

The Confined Magic of Disney

May 24, 2019

Fairy tales are a complicated beast. We tell the stories because they are filled with magic, and Disney has long given its female viewers some characters to look up to. If there’s no magic, there’s no tale. If we are not in awe of flying carpets or talking lions or biscuits that make you suddenly … More The Confined Magic of Disney