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Chhaya Nayyar

BSR Contributor Since June 3, 2025

Chhaya Nayyar (she/her) is a writer and grad student based in Pennsylvania.

Chhaya Nayyar is a writer and grad student based in Pennsylvania. Chhaya has a BA from the University of Manchester in Drama and English Literature and is soon to have a Master of Journalism from Temple University. She writes everything from articles and opinion pieces to plays and short films, and can currently be found writing a mix of things on Substack.

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Bookstore table stacked with dozens of thick, heavy, ornately designed hardback romantasy novels.

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

Is romantasy regressive?
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.
Chhaya Nayyar

Chhaya Nayyar

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