Transformative Works and Cultures has released No. 48, a special issue on Disability and Fandom guest edited by Olivia Johnston Riley and Lauren Rouse.
The essays in this special issue focus on disability both as a marginalised identity and as a critical scholarly approach to fandom and fan studies. It is a rich collection, featuring theory, case studies, and fannish meta on a broad array of issues and fandoms; there is also a review of Katherine Andersen Howell’s Disability and Fandom (U. Iowa, 2025). Other articles include:
- Contemplating the Neuroaffirmative Potential of Fandom Studies
- Digital Disability Aesthetics: Queer-Disabled Practices in Oral Notfic
- Fan fiction, disability, and affect: Fan fiction as uniquely accessible
- Fan Disability Identities: 2022 Archive of Our Own Demographics Survey Results
The next issue of TWC, No. 49, is a general issue. It will appear on September 15.
We accept submissions for our general issues on a rolling basis. We particularly invite fans to submit Symposium articles.
TWC’s issues in progress include: