Fannish & Gendery

"Indeed, fan spaces may constitute a key space in which fans are able to experiment with identities they do not or cannot embody in other spaces, to fulfill a fantasy, to experiment with cross-identification, to try on imagined future identities, or to experience aspects of their imagined selves that are foreclosed or impossible in their real lives."

- Duggan, Jennifer. 2020. "Who Writes Harry Potter Fan Fictions? Passionate Detachment, 'Zooming Out,' and Fan Fiction Paratexts on AO3." Transformative Works and Cultures, no 34.

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1863.