Congratulations to the editors and writers! Links to all articles below. As usual, we’ll be posting some good quotes from these in the coming days, and you’re very welcome to submit your own.
Editorial
Spreadable fandom – TWC Editor
Theory
Metaphors we read by: People, process, and fan fiction – Juli J. Parrish
Sub*culture: Exploring the dynamics of a networked public – Simon Lindgren
Praxis
A Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery – Craig Norris
Trans-cult-ural fandom: Desire, technology and the transformation of fan subjectivities in the Japanese female fandom of Hong Kong stars – Lori Hitchcock Morimoto
Fannish discourse communities and the construction of gender in “The X-Files” – Emily Regan Wills
Capital, dialogue, and community engagement: “My Little Pony—Friendship Is Magic” understood as an alternate reality game – Kevin Veale
Symposium
So bad it’s good: The “kuso” aesthetic in “Troll 2” – Whitney Phillips
Translation, interpretation, fan fiction: A continuum of meaning production – Shannon K. Farley
Fan/dom: People, practices, and networks – Katherine E. Morrissey
Fandom, public, commons – Mel Stanfill
Review
“Spreadable media: Creating value and meaning in a networked culture,” by Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green – Melissa A. Click
“Reclaiming fair use,” by Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi – Josh Johnson
“Genre, reception, and adaption in the ‘Twilight’ series,” edited by Anne Morey– Amanda Georgeanne Retartha