Rikke Schubart is an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research is on gender and the fantastic. She heads the research network “Imagining the Impossible: The Fantastic as Media Entertainment and Play.” Recent publications include Mastering Fear: Women, Emotions, and Contemporary Horror (Bloomsbury 2018) and Women of Ice and Fire: Gender, Game of Thrones, and Multiple Media Engagements (co–edited, Bloomsbury, 2016).