Congratulations to everyone involved in the successful launch of the new fandom journal Transformative Works and Cultures! Here is the Table of Contents and live link to the first issue.

Transformative Works and Cultures

Vol 1 (2008)

Table of Contents

Editorial

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Transforming academic and fan cultures

TWC Editor

Theory

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Participatory democracy and Hillary Clinton's marginalized fandom

Abigail De Kosnik

"Emotions-Only" versus "Special People": Genre in fan discourse

Louisa Ellen Stein

Painful pleasures: Sacrifice, consent, and the resignification of BDSM

symbolism in "The Story of O" and "The Story of Obi"

Anne Kustritz

Women, "Star Trek," and the early development of fannish vidding

Francesca Coppa

Praxis

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"The epic love story of Sam and Dean": "Supernatural," queer readings, and

the romance of incestuous fan fiction

Catherine Tosenberger

Ownership, authority, and the body: Does antifanfic sentiment reflect

posthuman anxiety?

Madeline Ashby

The unlearning: Horror and transformative theory

Michael A. Arnzen

Soap operas and the history of fan discussion

Sam Ford

Symposium

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And now, a word from the amateurs

Dana L. Bode

On symposia: LiveJournal and the shape of fannish discourse

Rebecca Lucy Busker

Nothing but Net: When cultures collide

Cathy Cupitt

Fan labor audio feature introduction

Bob Rehak

Interview

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Interview with Henry Jenkins

TWC Editor

Interview with Wu Ming

Veruska Sabucco

Interview with the Audre Lorde of the Rings

TWC Editor

Review

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"Teen television: Essays on programming and fandom," edited by Sharon Marie

Ross and Louisa Ellen Stein

Mary Dalton

"Fans: The mirror of consumption," by Cornel Sandvoss

Eve Marie Taggart

"Cyberspaces of their own," by Rhiannon Bury

Katarina Maria Hj