Neurophysiology of Whump: A Research Proposal

By S.E. Klein A note from the author: “I wrote this paper in the format of a formal scientific research proposal as part of a project for an undergraduate-level psychology class last year, and have since touched it up a bit. I first got the idea to study the neuropsychology behind the whump fandom about

On Defining Whump, and the Motivations of Creators

Note: In this essay, I’ve largely used the terms ‘creator’ and ‘author’ interchangeably, as most of the transformative whump content I personally interact with is written fiction. I’m also using ‘whumper’ in the traditional sense as a real person who enjoys whump, like me and — presumably — you reading this. I’ve been thinking a

Best Whump of 2020

We all know that 2020 had a lot of, shall we say, rough patches. It was also, all things considered, a pretty good year for whump. (What better to help you get through those rough patches, right?) We asked you to nominate your favorite whump published in the past year(ish) — original, fandom, derivative work,

Wince Magazine: Issue #4

This is it, dear readers: it’s been one year since we got Wince off the ground! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who’s submitted fiction, read articles reblogged calls for submissions, and left us helpful feedback. We wouldn’t be here without you. After a year of running Wince as a quarterly magazine, we’ve