"I do think that the visibility of models like Pejic is normalizing nontraditional forms of gender expression, which is fantastic for folks out there who don't identify with the gender they were born with, " says Lena Chen, a gay rights advocate and body politics writer.

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This leads to the means for distinguishing fantasy from the far broader category of the fantastic, which includes a vast range of other forms such as horror, fabulation, surrealism and science fiction, the subject of an earlier excellent encyclopedia edited by Mr Clute and Peter Nicholls.

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"The anti-bullying campaign group is doing fantastic work in tackling the root cause of bullying in all its forms and in making sure that everyone knows that bullying is unacceptable, " she added.

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