This one’s for all my fellow K-media fans who love books! And for all my fellow lit lovers who appreciate K-media. Working at the intersections of the two, maddie kim’s piece (its investments, its modes of inquiry) holds a special place for me.

RAFFLE ALERT 🚨 We’re giving away a Stray Kids album and autographed postcard by Han or Seungmin to two lucky winners. See image 2 for how to enter. Enter by October 1. Good luck 🍀🫰 #mentmagazine #StrayKids #StrayKids_ATE #HANJISUNG #Seungmin

Submit your work to MENT Issue 002! See docs.google.com/document/d/1Oj… for more detailed pitch guidelines. Email your pitches to [email protected] by Oct. 15! #mentmagazine #KPOP #kdramas

really pleased to see coates on national television parrying the bait question "why are you against a jewish state" by simply saying "i am against all ethnostates for clear moral reasons". not something you see in american media often. looking forward to reading his book

BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”

“The demobilization of the Democratic electorate is thus the product of the party’s contradictory character at more than one level.” dissentmagazine.org/online_article…

A love letter to BTS, for fans by fans 💜 So glad to announce this joyful gift book I’ve been working on since 2022 with @featherfully.bsky.social 🌿☀️ is not here & maja. Inspired by BTS’s music, Maja & I want to speak ourselves: the book is BDS-friendly & a chunk of proceeds will go to Pal ARMYs.

Watching #JeongNyeon_TheStarisBorn, we're particularly struck by how the show ties its thematic focus on Jeong-nyeon the gukgeuk "star" with K-drama's own (increasingly global) star-making abilities. #kdramatwt

“The radioactive spread is ongoing. Gwangju had been reborn only to be butchered again in an endless cycle. It was razed to the ground, and raised up anew in a bloodied rebirth.” - Han Kang, Human Acts

Today, we continue our theory + K-media series with an excerpt from an untitled work-in-progress from MENT editor Andrea Acosta (0.0) who is thinking about NMIXX, the joyful play of genre contamination, and Derrida✨ 🧵🪡👇 #nmixx #mentmagazine #kpop

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🚨 ISSUE 002 IS ON THE WAY! 🚨 Get ready for new in-depth analyses of Korean pop culture. Curious about what revenge-driven K-dramas like #marrymyhusband say about our current neoliberal landscape? Stay tuned for a new article from Sue Hyon Bae. #ment #kdramas

🚨ISSUE 002 IS ON THE WAY!🚨 We sat down with acclaimed anthropologist and feminist scholar Cho Hae-joang to talk about political struggle, Korea’s resistance, and the rise of Hallyu. In a time of global crises, what dangers and opportunities does Korean pop culture bring? 1/2

Professor Cho also shares about her time with the Jeju artist grandmothers, who painted scenes from #WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines. Don’t miss the interview coming soon in MENT Issue 002.  #ment #kdramas #hallyu 2/2

We’re live! From #LoveIntheBigCity to #StrayKids and #BTS livestreams—Issue 002 dives into K-drama revenge, Cold War snacks, fan activism, murder rom-coms, diaspora, and more. Read now at mentmagazine.com/issue002

From resonant #KPOP protest anthems to the clamor of industry “scandals,” our editors explore the politics of sonic agency. When does noise resist and when does it distract? Read now at mentmagazine.com/issue002/from-…