Fan studies scholar. I write about costuming, customizing, collecting, and more. Editor of Journal of Fandom Studies. Fan Studies Area co-Chair for PCA.https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfy2yzjhs2mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.2 is out now! Articles include: Queerplatonic relationships, canon and queerbaiting: Your ship is canonically queer, by Dean Leetal https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00130_103 Jun 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfy2yzjhs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfxzvgl6k2mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.2 is out now! Articles include: Theatre fans and theatre buildings; or ‘this beloved theatre of ours’, by Kirsty Sedgman https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00133_103 Jun 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfxzvgl6k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfxzgl6c22mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.2 is out now! Articles include: Material encounters with Rory Gallagher: The affective power of music keepsakes, by Lauren Alex O’Hagan https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00132_103 Jun 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfxzgl6c22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfxyy3ifk2mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.2 is out now! Articles include: Towards a global history of fandom: A network analysis of science fiction fans, 1926–47, by Eric Vero https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00134_103 Jun 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfxyy3ifk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfxyjoz2c2mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.2 is out now! Articles include: Diving into the depths: Exploring interpersonal relationships in mermaid fanfiction, by Martine Mussies https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00131_103 Jun 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfxyjoz2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfxuuxqq22mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Book Reviews include: Fanfiction as Queer Healing: Femslash Authorship and the Swan Queen Ship, Alice M. Chapman-Kelly (2024) Reviewer: Angie Fazekas https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00135_503 Jun 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfxuuxqq22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mnfxttv7ok2mJournal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Book Reviews include: How to Queer the World: Radical Worldbuilding through Video Games, Bo Ruberg (2025) Reviewer: Yvonne Gonzales https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00136_503 Jun 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfxttv7ok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3ml26wigfck2wCFP: Star Wars at 50: Forces, Forms, Legacies Scholarly conference, Durham University, May 7, 2027 Presentations sought on any Star Wars media. Suggestions for panels, roundtables, and more unconventional conference formats are most welcome. CFP link: starwarsat50.webspace.durham.ac.uk https://starwarsat50.webspace.durham.ac.uk/04 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml26wigfck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3eh2iu7222Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Articles include: The scapegoating of the Angry Video Game Nerd, by Matt Foy https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00123_109 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3eh2iu7222https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3egkr52k22Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Articles include: ‘OG D&D’: Analysing aspects of fandom cultural capital in contentious Dungeons & Dragons social media, by Steven Dashiell https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00125_109 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3egkr52k22https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3efwehcs22Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Articles include: ‘She who must not be named’: Harry Potter fans’ identity change amid the author’s transphobia, by Tierra James, Jacob Church, Brianna Turgeon, Leonela Martinez Ramirez, Ariel Vicars, Alicia Carter https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00127_109 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3efwehcs22https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3ef6bqa222JFS 14.1 is out now! Articles include: Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs present: Exploring eudaimonia, queer readings, character identification and the sexual self-concept among LGBTQ+ Harry Potter and Marauders fans, by Leah Dajches, Heather Gahler https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00124_109 Apr 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3ef6bqa222https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3ednk7wk22Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Articles include: Quantifying passion from casual observer to devoted fan: Introducing the fanship scale, by Caleb George Hubbard https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00126_1 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jfs09 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3ednk7wk22https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3ebwssz222Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Book Reviews include: Disability and Fandom, Katherine Anderson Howell (2025) Reviewer: Lauren Rouse https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00129_5 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jfs09 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3ebwssz222https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3ebhnbvk22Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1 is out now! Book Reviews include: Fame and Fandom: Functioning On and Offline, Celia Lam, Jackie Raphael, Renee Middlemost and Jessica Balanzategui (eds) (2022) Reviewer: Lauren Nicole Balser https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00128_509 Apr 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3ebhnbvk22https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mj3cwmjdms23Ask me for contact info for a CNN reporter seeking experts about The Pitt fandom. If so, please talk to them about the assumptions they're starting off with. A small sample: "Are they watching the series "incorrectly"...? How rare is it for fans to react this way to a show they love so fiercely?"09 Apr 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3cwmjdms23https://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mgq7i7gu5c2oSpecial Issue Call for Papers: ‘Heated Rivalry: Queering Sports in Popular Culture’ https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-fandom-studies#si-cfp Please send a 500–700-word abstract and a 100–200 word biography in one document to yvonne.gonzales@usc.edu by 13 April 2026. Final articles will be 6,000- 9,000 words.10 Mar 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq7i7gu5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/vikkigodwin.bsky.social/post/3mec4gsdpnk2iCraftivism: A red hat becomes a quiet form of protest in Minnesota https://www.npr.org/2026/01/31/nx-s1-5693767/red-hat-protest-minnesota07 Feb 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:4bmnj5ftywrvis2issazuino/app.bsky.feed.post/3mec4gsdpnk2i