Frontmatter and Editorial

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the editorial: With this issue, gender forum’s Early Career Researchers issue celebrates its third birthday. When we released the call for the first special issue three years ago, we were both excited and unsure of what to expect. Designed to be as inclusive as possible, the call featured no thematic focal point: all topics, as long as they had gender at their core, were of potential interest. We also did not prescribe a concise definition of what ‘early career’ actually means. This resulted in submissions ranging from BA students to postgrads, from PhD candidates to those who had already completed their doctorate. We have maintained this inclusive approach, and the third issue is therefore as thematically and compositionally diverse as the two that preceded it, unified by its intelligent discussion of the facets of gender in cultural studies, media studies, and literature.