Take nothing for granted: Expanding the conversation about business, gender, and feminism

Special Issues can surprise and frustrate in equal measure. Editorial expectations are often upended. The submissions imagined are not always those received or in the numbers anticipated. The questions that frame the call for papers seldom carry the same weight at the beginning and end of the editorial process. Yet somehow the academic publishing industry survives and thrives, commodifying scholarly inquiry based on virtually free labour inputs. The best readers should take nothing for granted, including editorial and publishing processes and practices.