Transformative Works and Cultures has released No. 46!

In the opening editorial of this issue, the editors explain that the journal is focused on diversifying fan studies by diversifying “the scholarly grounds upon which we do our work” to work against “the existence of a sort of canon of fan studies scholarship”.

Over the last year, the editors goal has been to “make room for the fandom killjoys (Pande 2018) and troublemakers who can unsettle those foundations” and this general issue continues to engage with that work.

Each issue includes articles representing theory, fannish meta, and book reviews, such as the following:

• Disordered eating, disordered reading: Wintergirls and the fannish practices of pro-ana
• Teaching with fandom: Promoting student subject engagement and critical reflection through fan fiction writing
• Polyphemus ❤️ Acis: The conduit in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Further, this issue introduces a new special section, “New Currents,” which collects articles on new topics or approaches at a smaller scale than a special issue. In this issue, New Currents focuses on how fans and fan studies scholars engage with AI as a tool for transformative engagement with fannish texts. It features four articles and two symposium pieces, along with an introduction by the section’s guest editors, Suzanne R. Black and Naomi Jacobs.

TWC’s current calls for papers include the following issues:

• Music Fandom, papers due 01/01/26
• Latin American Fandoms, papers due 01/01/26

We accept submissions for our general issues on a rolling basis. The general issue is always released on September 15.