MENT Magazine
@mentmagazine.bsky.social
A Korean pop culture magazine featuring critical and creative work.
🚨RAFFLE ALERT🚨
We’re giving away an #ATEEZ album and autographed postcard by #Wooyoung or #Yunho to THREE lucky winners.
See here for details on how to enter: linktr.ee/mentmagazine
Enter by October 6th. Good luck! 🍀🫰
We’re giving away an #ATEEZ album and autographed postcard by #Wooyoung or #Yunho to THREE lucky winners.
See here for details on how to enter: linktr.ee/mentmagazine
Enter by October 6th. Good luck! 🍀🫰
September 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨RAFFLE ALERT🚨
We’re giving away an #ATEEZ album and autographed postcard by #Wooyoung or #Yunho to THREE lucky winners.
See here for details on how to enter: linktr.ee/mentmagazine
Enter by October 6th. Good luck! 🍀🫰
We’re giving away an #ATEEZ album and autographed postcard by #Wooyoung or #Yunho to THREE lucky winners.
See here for details on how to enter: linktr.ee/mentmagazine
Enter by October 6th. Good luck! 🍀🫰
🧨 It’s a MENT double feature! 🧨
This Sat 9/27, find us in 2 cities at once: the Bay Area Chuseok Festival in SF (11am-4pm)+ Line Friends K-Pop Square in LA (11am-6pm).
Come meet our editors + grab a copy of our limited edition inaugural issue before it’s gone.
This Sat 9/27, find us in 2 cities at once: the Bay Area Chuseok Festival in SF (11am-4pm)+ Line Friends K-Pop Square in LA (11am-6pm).
Come meet our editors + grab a copy of our limited edition inaugural issue before it’s gone.
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🧨 It’s a MENT double feature! 🧨
This Sat 9/27, find us in 2 cities at once: the Bay Area Chuseok Festival in SF (11am-4pm)+ Line Friends K-Pop Square in LA (11am-6pm).
Come meet our editors + grab a copy of our limited edition inaugural issue before it’s gone.
This Sat 9/27, find us in 2 cities at once: the Bay Area Chuseok Festival in SF (11am-4pm)+ Line Friends K-Pop Square in LA (11am-6pm).
Come meet our editors + grab a copy of our limited edition inaugural issue before it’s gone.
At MENT, we believe that attending to silenced histories can transform the present. If that resonates, join our conversation.
Pitch us for issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#KPOP #WritingCommmunity
Pitch us for issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#KPOP #WritingCommmunity
September 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
At MENT, we believe that attending to silenced histories can transform the present. If that resonates, join our conversation.
Pitch us for issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#KPOP #WritingCommmunity
Pitch us for issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#KPOP #WritingCommmunity
#KPOP is more than just sound–it tells stories of selfhood, culture, and connection. How might collage art help us uncover these layers and build new ones around the idols we love?
Mixed media artist izumo explores this in MENT Issue 002. Learn more at mentmagazine.com/issue002.
Mixed media artist izumo explores this in MENT Issue 002. Learn more at mentmagazine.com/issue002.
September 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
#KPOP is more than just sound–it tells stories of selfhood, culture, and connection. How might collage art help us uncover these layers and build new ones around the idols we love?
Mixed media artist izumo explores this in MENT Issue 002. Learn more at mentmagazine.com/issue002.
Mixed media artist izumo explores this in MENT Issue 002. Learn more at mentmagazine.com/issue002.
Pitch your ideas for Issue 003 now. See pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For pitches, please note we encourage full draft submissions but continue to accept shorter pitches as well.
For pitches, please note we encourage full draft submissions but continue to accept shorter pitches as well.
September 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Pitch your ideas for Issue 003 now. See pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For pitches, please note we encourage full draft submissions but continue to accept shorter pitches as well.
For pitches, please note we encourage full draft submissions but continue to accept shorter pitches as well.
At MENT, we believe that adoration carries agency, and fandom can function as critique. If that resonates, join our conversation.
Pitch us for Issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pitch us for Issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
At MENT, we believe that adoration carries agency, and fandom can function as critique. If that resonates, join our conversation.
Pitch us for Issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pitch us for Issue 003 by 9/30. See detailed pitch guidelines here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
One week later, and we’re still buzzing from the amazing panels, connections, and K-pop dance lessons at our Issue 001 launch event! ✨🫰
Thank you to everyone who came out and created with us. Swipe through to relive some of the best moments here, and stay tuned for more exciting things to come.
Thank you to everyone who came out and created with us. Swipe through to relive some of the best moments here, and stay tuned for more exciting things to come.
August 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
One week later, and we’re still buzzing from the amazing panels, connections, and K-pop dance lessons at our Issue 001 launch event! ✨🫰
Thank you to everyone who came out and created with us. Swipe through to relive some of the best moments here, and stay tuned for more exciting things to come.
Thank you to everyone who came out and created with us. Swipe through to relive some of the best moments here, and stay tuned for more exciting things to come.
🚨TODAY🚨
Join us at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event!
This event will also include conversational panels, a #KPOP dance workshop led by Team BUK, and boba!
givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
Join us at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event!
This event will also include conversational panels, a #KPOP dance workshop led by Team BUK, and boba!
givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
August 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🚨TODAY🚨
Join us at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event!
This event will also include conversational panels, a #KPOP dance workshop led by Team BUK, and boba!
givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
Join us at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event!
This event will also include conversational panels, a #KPOP dance workshop led by Team BUK, and boba!
givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
🚨 Join us THIS WEEKEND on August 17th at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event, so reserve your spot now: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
August 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🚨 Join us THIS WEEKEND on August 17th at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event, so reserve your spot now: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
As we lead up to our Issue 001 launch event, we want to continue to celebrate the rich history of Korean Media 💿📺
Today, we’re focusing on #ShippingCulture and its origins in #KPOP.
Have you ever shipped two of your favorite idols?
Read more: mentmagazine.com/issue002
Today, we’re focusing on #ShippingCulture and its origins in #KPOP.
Have you ever shipped two of your favorite idols?
Read more: mentmagazine.com/issue002
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
As we lead up to our Issue 001 launch event, we want to continue to celebrate the rich history of Korean Media 💿📺
Today, we’re focusing on #ShippingCulture and its origins in #KPOP.
Have you ever shipped two of your favorite idols?
Read more: mentmagazine.com/issue002
Today, we’re focusing on #ShippingCulture and its origins in #KPOP.
Have you ever shipped two of your favorite idols?
Read more: mentmagazine.com/issue002
🚨 Join us on August 17th at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event, so reserve your spot now: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
August 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚨 Join us on August 17th at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event, so reserve your spot now: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
🚨 Join us on August 17th at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event, so reserve your spot now: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
August 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🚨 Join us on August 17th at dublab LA to celebrate our first print issue. The issue will be available for purchase exclusively at this event, so reserve your spot now: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
Izumo’s mixed media art recasts the dynamism and color of #TAEYONG into a new visual language. Check out this and other artworks in MENT Issue 002 available to read now:
mentmagazine.com/issue002
mentmagazine.com/issue002
August 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Izumo’s mixed media art recasts the dynamism and color of #TAEYONG into a new visual language. Check out this and other artworks in MENT Issue 002 available to read now:
mentmagazine.com/issue002
mentmagazine.com/issue002
🚨 Join us, the BTS Critical Reader, and GYOPO on August 17th in LA to celebrate our first print issue!
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
August 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🚨 Join us, the BTS Critical Reader, and GYOPO on August 17th in LA to celebrate our first print issue!
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
#Shinee Onew’s solo album undergoes a mixed-media transformation in Izumo’s artwork. How do fanworks re-interpret K-pop media in new directions? How might K-pop offer a new visual language for our modes of self-expression?
Watch this video and others like it at mentmagazine.com/issue002
Watch this video and others like it at mentmagazine.com/issue002
July 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#Shinee Onew’s solo album undergoes a mixed-media transformation in Izumo’s artwork. How do fanworks re-interpret K-pop media in new directions? How might K-pop offer a new visual language for our modes of self-expression?
Watch this video and others like it at mentmagazine.com/issue002
Watch this video and others like it at mentmagazine.com/issue002
🚨 Join us, in collaboration with the BTS Critical Reader and GYOPO, on August 17th in LA to celebrate our first print issue!
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
July 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 Join us, in collaboration with the BTS Critical Reader and GYOPO, on August 17th in LA to celebrate our first print issue!
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
✨Stop by for boba, snacks, panels, a dance workshop, and the opportunity to purchase our inaugural issue in print! RSVP now to save your spot: givebutter.com/bangtanremixed
If the visuals of #KPOP have ever sparked your own creative imagination, don’t miss our conversation with mixed media artist Izumo.
Join us as we reflect on artistic growth, fan art as resistance, and why imperfections in art still matter in the age of AI.
Join us as we reflect on artistic growth, fan art as resistance, and why imperfections in art still matter in the age of AI.
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If the visuals of #KPOP have ever sparked your own creative imagination, don’t miss our conversation with mixed media artist Izumo.
Join us as we reflect on artistic growth, fan art as resistance, and why imperfections in art still matter in the age of AI.
Join us as we reflect on artistic growth, fan art as resistance, and why imperfections in art still matter in the age of AI.
From the experience of diaspora to #StrayKids Camille Chong (@camiscribbles.bsky.social) explores the implications of “strayness” and how being a #KPOP fan helped her with her Singaporean identity.
When does community inspire us to connect beyond our normal boundaries?
When does community inspire us to connect beyond our normal boundaries?
June 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
From the experience of diaspora to #StrayKids Camille Chong (@camiscribbles.bsky.social) explores the implications of “strayness” and how being a #KPOP fan helped her with her Singaporean identity.
When does community inspire us to connect beyond our normal boundaries?
When does community inspire us to connect beyond our normal boundaries?
We’re continuing our celebration of the rich history of Korean media! Today we’re focusing on the evolution of digital comics and the introduction of the vertical “webtoon” layout style.
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history
June 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We’re continuing our celebration of the rich history of Korean media! Today we’re focusing on the evolution of digital comics and the introduction of the vertical “webtoon” layout style.
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history
From state repression of the past and present to the quiet power of memorial archives, Yoojin Kim considers how Gwangju’s memory shapes resistance today. When does history interact with the present—and when does it get buried beneath it?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/gwangju-memoirs
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/gwangju-memoirs
June 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
From state repression of the past and present to the quiet power of memorial archives, Yoojin Kim considers how Gwangju’s memory shapes resistance today. When does history interact with the present—and when does it get buried beneath it?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/gwangju-memoirs
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/gwangju-memoirs
From revenge-fueled plot twists to moral tests, Sue Hyon Bae unpacks how cancer in #Kdramas script neoliberal selfhood.
When does suffering empower—and when does it enforce control?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/rev...
#MarryMyHusband #LifeisBeautiful
When does suffering empower—and when does it enforce control?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/rev...
#MarryMyHusband #LifeisBeautiful
June 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
From revenge-fueled plot twists to moral tests, Sue Hyon Bae unpacks how cancer in #Kdramas script neoliberal selfhood.
When does suffering empower—and when does it enforce control?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/rev...
#MarryMyHusband #LifeisBeautiful
When does suffering empower—and when does it enforce control?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/rev...
#MarryMyHusband #LifeisBeautiful
Korean murder rom-coms: just a popular #KDRAMA subgenre or also a cultural mirror?
Anisa Khalifa (@anisa.bsky.social) investigates the overlaps between shows like #SuspiciousPartner and #CrashCourseinRomance with real life gender inequality and gender-based violence in South Korea.
Anisa Khalifa (@anisa.bsky.social) investigates the overlaps between shows like #SuspiciousPartner and #CrashCourseinRomance with real life gender inequality and gender-based violence in South Korea.
June 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Korean murder rom-coms: just a popular #KDRAMA subgenre or also a cultural mirror?
Anisa Khalifa (@anisa.bsky.social) investigates the overlaps between shows like #SuspiciousPartner and #CrashCourseinRomance with real life gender inequality and gender-based violence in South Korea.
Anisa Khalifa (@anisa.bsky.social) investigates the overlaps between shows like #SuspiciousPartner and #CrashCourseinRomance with real life gender inequality and gender-based violence in South Korea.
We’re continuing our celebration of the rich history of Korean media! ✨
Today, we’re focusing on the evolution of censorship in K-pop.
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history🫰
Today, we’re focusing on the evolution of censorship in K-pop.
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history🫰
June 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We’re continuing our celebration of the rich history of Korean media! ✨
Today, we’re focusing on the evolution of censorship in K-pop.
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history🫰
Today, we’re focusing on the evolution of censorship in K-pop.
Be sure to check out Issue 002 for more analysis like this and follow for more facts about Korean media history🫰
K-pop livestreams: fleeting connections or intimate labor on demand?
Adan Jerreat-Poole unpacks how digital platforms turn desire into work, comparing idols and webcam models to question digital parasocial relationships. When does desire connect and when does it extract?
Adan Jerreat-Poole unpacks how digital platforms turn desire into work, comparing idols and webcam models to question digital parasocial relationships. When does desire connect and when does it extract?
June 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
K-pop livestreams: fleeting connections or intimate labor on demand?
Adan Jerreat-Poole unpacks how digital platforms turn desire into work, comparing idols and webcam models to question digital parasocial relationships. When does desire connect and when does it extract?
Adan Jerreat-Poole unpacks how digital platforms turn desire into work, comparing idols and webcam models to question digital parasocial relationships. When does desire connect and when does it extract?
From the viral rise of #LoveintheBigCity to the activist labor of Brazilian fans, Ligia Prezia Lemos (@ligiaprezialemos.bsky.social) and Mariana Marques De Lima explore how LGBTQ+ rights are defended across borders. When does fandom become frontline?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/bra...
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/bra...
June 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
From the viral rise of #LoveintheBigCity to the activist labor of Brazilian fans, Ligia Prezia Lemos (@ligiaprezialemos.bsky.social) and Mariana Marques De Lima explore how LGBTQ+ rights are defended across borders. When does fandom become frontline?
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/bra...
Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/bra...