A. L. Mishou is a PhD candidate at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Pursuing a dissertation examining the intersections of gender and performative villainy, her current research focuses on the fashioning of identity in Victorian novels and contemporary comics, with a special interest in the function of deviant fashion and bodies. Selected publications and presentations include “Bending: Performative Identity in Storm Cosplay” (NeMLA, 2015); “Fishnet Economy: The Commerce of Costumes and The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in Fan Phenomena: Rocky Horror Picture Show (2015); and “‘Cosplay is Not Consent’ and Humanizing Sexual Objectification” in MediaCommons (March 2015).
