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#onthisday Angela Carter was born on this date back in 1940. She was known for revitalising fairytales and infusing them with eroticism, making their passive heroines sexier, smarter and stronger. Carter initially emboldened other literary authors to tackle supernatural themes afresh. Her approach, duly toned down for mass consumption, became a model for the feminist-lite reinvention of other disregarded genres in print and on screen, in adult and children’s fiction – from vampire horror (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight) to SF dystopia (The Hunger Games) to Disney princesses with attitude (Frozen, Brave) playing a significant part in fantasy’s resurrection and its ascendancy in the bestseller and box office charts since the late 90s. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #onthisday #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel