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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 14h

Ye Jiang's article in #TWC46 expands our understanding of the politics of Omegaverse fic by focusing on Chinese fans, whose localization of the genre's norms is complex and progressive. Read "Navigating gender in censored Chinese A/B/O fiction" now:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 2d

Next in #TWC46, Caitlin Joyce's ethnographic study of a #BL community reveals how queer men use BL texts to explore their identities and desires. Read Joyce's article, ""I wish my life was like this": Queer identity work in BL fandom," here:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 5d

Clare Sears shines a light on how femslash writers view their labor and contributions to their communities in their #TWC46 Article, "Come as you are: Sex, race, and writing in f/f slash fan fiction communities"! Read it here:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 7d

In "Surviving Armageddon (aka COVID-19) through "Good Omens: Lockdown" fan fiction," Rachel Loewen demonstrates how fans created health messaging that spoke to intersectional audiences through #GoodOmens fic! Read the Article in #TWC46:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 9d

Next up in #TWC46, Taylor Drake's analyzes how fans with eating disorders negotiate anti-anorexia messaging in media in "Disordered eating, disordered reading: Wintergirls and the fannish practices of pro-ana"! Read it here:

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Mikhail Koulikov @animemangastudies.com · 19d

*NOT* about the game.

In the new issue of @journal.transformativeworks.org

"...this discourse analysis of otaku users' experiences with Waifu Labs, an AI anime portrait generator, suggests an alternative perspective on the relationships between human and AI."

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 19d

The first Article in #TWC46, by @takakusa.bsky.social, explores how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the fannish lives of anime song fans in Japan, highlighting the ways that in-person activities are often crucial to fans' social and mental wellbeing. Read it here:

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Kate Prior @thekateprior.bsky.social · 22d

My first journal article has officially been published! 🎉

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 21d

come copyedit for @journal.transformativeworks.org !

Organization for Transformative Works @transformativeworks.org · 21d

Do you have experience copyediting or proofreading academic journals? Would you like to wrangle #AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from Chinese or Italian to English? Do you have experience in managing or leading people? The #OTW is Recruiting! otw-news.org/w8thejrv

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 21d

In the opening editorial for #TWC46, coeditors @melstanfill.bsky.social and Poe Johnson focus on diversifying "the scholarly grounds upon which we do our work" and aim to "make room for the fandom killjoys (Pande 2018) & troublemakers who can unsettle those foundations"! Read more:

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Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social · 23d

My lovely friend Naomi Jacobs (@ladylark.bsky.social) and I wanted to explore the repercussions of the new-found prevalence of AI on fans, fandom and fan studies. Some excellent scholars contributed articles to a special section of @journal.transformativeworks.org, which is out now! Enjoy!

Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 23d

I'm really excited that a collection of fascinating work on fandom, fans and AI that @suzannerblack.bsky.social and I co-edited is out today in the new volume of @journal.transformativeworks.org - and as the journal's first 'New Currents' section! Read our editorial here doi.org/10.3983/twc....

Fans and AI: Transformations in fandom and fan studies | Transformative Works and Cultures

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Julia Neugarten @julianeugarten.bsky.social · 22d

Proud to see my article 'Using Riveter to map gendered power dynamics in Hades/Persephone fan fiction' in @journal.transformativeworks.org, my favorite academic journal.

Want to know how fanfiction portrays power dynamics between these two? Read on!

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Using Riveter to map gendered power dynamics in Hades/Persephone fan fiction | Transformative Works and Cultures

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 23d

📣 #TWC is excited to announce the publication of #TWC46, our annual general issue! This issue, however, holds some new and exciting features. Dig in at this link: buff.ly/EHJTStO

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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 23d

I'm really excited that a collection of fascinating work on fandom, fans and AI that @suzannerblack.bsky.social and I co-edited is out today in the new volume of @journal.transformativeworks.org - and as the journal's first 'New Currents' section! Read our editorial here doi.org/10.3983/twc....

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 26d

In 2019, we published #TWC31, a special issue on Fan Fiction and Ancient Scribal Cultures guest-edited by Frauke Uhlenbruch and Sonja Ammann! This special issue explores the potential of fan fiction as an interpretative model to study ancient religious texts. Explore it here:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 28d

NEW CFP ALERT! 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms guest edited by Yazmín Carrizales and Libertad Garzón at the following link: buff.ly/9PupLIf ! Deadline is 1/1/2026!

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Sep 8

NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & @lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: buff.ly/YDOflaI...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Aug 29

Our 2025 Fans of Color prize-winning Article was published in #TWC44, our special issue on “Centering Blackness in Fan Studies,” on December 15, 2024. You can read it here: buff.ly/sycJso7

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Aug 27

In 2019, @alexandriagriffin.bsky.social explores how fan works use #Daredevil as a site from which to examine and debate Catholicism and queerness! Read their Symposium piece from #TWC31 here:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Aug 25

In #TWC17, Shannon Fay Johnson explored models of fan fiction tagging in "Fan fiction metadata creation and utilization within fan fiction archives: Three primary models". This 2014 Article explores advantages and shortcomings in different models! Read it here:

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Aug 15

NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & @lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: buff.ly/YDOflaI...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Aug 13

NEW CFP ALERT! 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms guest edited by Yazmín Carrizales and Libertad Garzón at the following link: buff.ly/9PupLIf ! Deadline is 1/1/2026!

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Aug 12

Our 2025 Fans of Color prize-winning Article was published in #TWC44, our special issue on “Centering Blackness in Fan Studies,” on December 15, 2024. You can read it here: buff.ly/sycJso7

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CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you're researching #fandoms, #DIY, #zines or other forms of creative expression related to fan cultures, this CFP might be for you? Special issue of Transformative Works and Cultures on Music Fandom. Deadline for final articles 1 Jan 2026. For more info see the link!

Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · Jul 25

NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & ‪@lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!

Music Fandom (01/01/2026) | Transformative Works and Cultures

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