fanhackers
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Fanhackers is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) to make fan studies scholarship more accessible. We blog about research, maintain a fan studies bibliography, and more.
Some Great Resources for Acafannish Work – Part 1: Journals
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rb.gy/uh5a60
Some Great Resources for Acafannish Work – Part 1: Journals – Fanhackers
rb.gy
January 19, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Some Great Resources for Acafannish Work – Part 1: Journals
rb.gy/uh5a60
rb.gy/uh5a60
A Transformative Aporoach to Fan Identity fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/01/12/a...
A Transformative Approach to Fan Identity – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 AM
A Transformative Aporoach to Fan Identity fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/01/12/a...
Something blue
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fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/01/05/s...
Something blue – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Something blue
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/01/05/s...
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/01/05/s...
In this past calendar year, we kept telling you about research we found interesting. Now, a prompt for you: what has been the meta, research paper, book, any text discussing fandom that caught your attention this year? Let us discuss!
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In this past calendar year, we kept telling you about research we found interesting. Now, a prompt for you: what has been the meta, research paper, book, any text discussing fandom that caught your attention this year? Let us discuss!
Something borrowed
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rb.gy/ugjgjs
Something borrowed – Fanhackers
rb.gy
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Something borrowed
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rb.gy/ugjgjs
Fan commercial power: is there such a thing? fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/12/15/f...
Fan commercial power: is there such a thing? – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Fan commercial power: is there such a thing? fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/12/15/f...
Something old, something new.... rb.gy/qkm2mh
Something old, something new…. – Fanhackers
rb.gy
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Something old, something new.... rb.gy/qkm2mh
Affective ownership and modern copyright fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/11/30/a...
Affective ownership and modern copyright – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Affective ownership and modern copyright fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/11/30/a...
We have released our free zine on Fandom Friendship!
See inside for stories of the bonding capabilities of Superwholock and K-pop, what happens when you move in with someone you met online, fanfiction forums, and more.
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/11/19/f...
See inside for stories of the bonding capabilities of Superwholock and K-pop, what happens when you move in with someone you met online, fanfiction forums, and more.
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/11/19/f...
Fandom Friendships: A Zine Release! – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We have released our free zine on Fandom Friendship!
See inside for stories of the bonding capabilities of Superwholock and K-pop, what happens when you move in with someone you met online, fanfiction forums, and more.
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/11/19/f...
See inside for stories of the bonding capabilities of Superwholock and K-pop, what happens when you move in with someone you met online, fanfiction forums, and more.
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/11/19/f...
“You can go totally wild in making him be whatever you want”: Anna Wilson on affect
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rb.gy/p2m2ri
Post: “You can go totally wild in making him be whatever you want”: Anna Wilson on affect – Fanhackers
rb.gy
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“You can go totally wild in making him be whatever you want”: Anna Wilson on affect
rb.gy/p2m2ri
rb.gy/p2m2ri
Pick me up for syndication! rb.gy/cifmjc
Pick me up for syndication! – Fanhackers
rb.gy
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pick me up for syndication! rb.gy/cifmjc
Fanfiction as Performative Criticism: Harry Potter Racebending
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rb.gy/eokx9q
Fanfiction as Performative Criticism: Harry Potter Racebending – Fanhackers
rb.gy
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fanfiction as Performative Criticism: Harry Potter Racebending
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rb.gy/eokx9q
I Love This Hellsite–(no, not this one, the other one!) rb.gy/uf05ky
I Love This Hellsite–(no, not this one, the other one!) – Fanhackers
rb.gy
September 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I Love This Hellsite–(no, not this one, the other one!) rb.gy/uf05ky
The Book of Esther As Fan Fiction rb.gy/9q06bu
The Book of Esther as Fan Fiction – Fanhackers
rb.gy
August 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Book of Esther As Fan Fiction rb.gy/9q06bu
Fandom, Fanzines, and Archiving Science Fiction Fannish History – Fanhackers, shorturl.at/Colps
Fandom, Fanzines, and Archiving Science Fiction Fannish History – Fanhackers
shorturl.at
August 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fandom, Fanzines, and Archiving Science Fiction Fannish History – Fanhackers, shorturl.at/Colps
All New, All Different? : A History of Race and the American Superhero – Fanhackers. rb.gy/cbps58
All New, All Different? : A History of Race and the American Superhero – Fanhackers
rb.gy
July 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
All New, All Different? : A History of Race and the American Superhero – Fanhackers. rb.gy/cbps58
The social life of bookmark tags fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/07/22/t...
The social life of bookmark tags – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
July 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The social life of bookmark tags fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2025/07/22/t...
In Praise of a Classic Text: Understanding Comics Part II rb.gy/pt65g4
In Praise of a Classic Text: Understanding Comics – Part II – Fanhackers
rb.gy
July 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In Praise of a Classic Text: Understanding Comics Part II rb.gy/pt65g4
In Praise of a Classic Text: Understanding Comics – Part I – Fanhackers
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rb.gy/23t51n
In Praise of a Classic Text: Understanding Comics – Part I – Fanhackers
rb.gy
July 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
In Praise of a Classic Text: Understanding Comics – Part I – Fanhackers
rb.gy/23t51n
rb.gy/23t51n
Joy: The Interdisciplinary Edition rb.gy/phxt40
Joy: The Interdisciplinary Edition – Fanhackers
rb.gy
June 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Joy: The Interdisciplinary Edition rb.gy/phxt40
Acafannish Sampler: Otherwise Titled, “Three Things Make a Post”
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rb.gy/th9vwk
Acafanish Sampler: Otherwise Titled, “Three Things Make a Post” – Fanhackers
rb.gy
June 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Acafannish Sampler: Otherwise Titled, “Three Things Make a Post”
rb.gy/th9vwk
rb.gy/th9vwk
Before Fanfiction: Recovering the Literary History of American Media Fandom
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rb.gy/3ltlew
Before Fanfiction: Recovering the Literary History of American Media Fandom – Fanhackers
rb.gy
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Before Fanfiction: Recovering the Literary History of American Media Fandom
rb.gy/3ltlew
rb.gy/3ltlew
Special Pre-Tony Awards Post! rb.gy/wi3aj4
Special Pre-Tony Awards Post! – Fanhackers
rb.gy
June 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Special Pre-Tony Awards Post! rb.gy/wi3aj4
Help a researcher by filling out this survey on your usage of content management tools on Archive of Our Own. You can find more details here: tinyurl.com/4yu27csh
January 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Help a researcher by filling out this survey on your usage of content management tools on Archive of Our Own. You can find more details here: tinyurl.com/4yu27csh
Rogue Archives, by Abigail De Kosnik
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rb.gy/pwhz8h
Rogue Archives, by Abigail De Kosnik – Fanhackers
rb.gy
January 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Rogue Archives, by Abigail De Kosnik
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rb.gy/pwhz8h