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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · 10d

Yes absolutely! We are open to pitches from all!

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

🚨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! 🍀🫰

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · 17d

🧨 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.

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · 21d

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

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · 23d

#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.

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 9

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.

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yes!

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 1

Currently, issue 3 rate is $100/contribution!

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 1

Currently, issue 3 rate is $100/contribution!

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 1

Currently, issue 3 rate is $100/contribution!

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 28

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...

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 26

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.

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 17

🚨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

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 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

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 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

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 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

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 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

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 30

#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

MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨 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

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 25

Read now at mentmagazine.com/issue002/izumo

Fan Artist Spotlight: Izumo’s Natural Imperfections — MENT Magazine

Mixed-media and video artist Izumo shows us how the fan’s human touch can transform and re-animate the polished surfaces of K-pop media. 

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 25

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.

Still from Izumo’s mixed media video artwork, “Blame It on My Youth” (2023).

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 22

Read now at www.mentmagazine.com/issue002/str...

This isn’t Stray Kids fan fiction, but… — MENT Magazine

Singaporean author Camille Chong reflects on the power of “stray-ness” and how Stray Kids emboldened her to wander beyond set paths. 

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MENT Magazine @mentmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 22

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?

Image by Amber Lee. Adapted from images of “Stray Kids Special Zine” included in Social Path / Super Bowl (Japanese Ver.) limited edition B; Prime Ministers Plane to Fly Inter City (132335129), April 21, 2006, by Sheba_Also 43,000 photos (Wikimedia Commons); and Torn Ripped Wrinkled Damaged Paper Free High Resolution Texture Creative Commons (8077074905), October 11, 2012, by D Sharon Pruitt (Wikimedia Commons).

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