Frontmatter and Editorial

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the editorial:

As the new general co-editor of gender forum, it is my greatest pleasure to be writing the editorial for the second special issue on “Gender, Violence, and the State in Contemporary Speculative Fiction,” guest-edited by Judith Rauscher and Marta Usiekniewicz. It is truly an honor to be stepping and growing into the shoes of one of gender forum’s general editors, and I am looking forward to continuing the legacy of founding editor Beate Neumeier, whose visionary work created Germany’s first English-language open-access journal for gender studies with a particular focus on literary and cultural studies. Resounding Judith Rauscher’s words from her editorial for issue 80 (2021), I want to express my awe and gratitude for the relentless commitment that Beate Neumeier and her team have poured into gender forum, which has grown into a living archive of feminist scholarship and research in gender studies and queer studies.