TWC No. 46 released

Transformative Works and Cultures has released general issue No. 46, edited by coeditors Poe Johnson and Mel Stanfill.

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. 

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.

The next issues of TWC include special issues on "Gaming Fandom" and "Disability and Fandom". 

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

Music Fandom: January 1, 2026
Latin American Fandoms: January 1, 2026
General Issue(s): Rolling