ISSUE 001 | AUGUST 2024 STATEMENT Andrea Acosta & Yin Yuan What would it look like if critical work on Korean popular culture was actually grounded in love for its objects? Join the editors as they chat about pop culture studies, consumer activism, fan publics, and why MENT is needed at this moment in time. Enter chatroom STATEMENT // STATEMENT // STATEMENT // Andrea AcostaYin Yuan What would it look like if critical work on Korean popular culture was actually grounded in love for its objects? Join the editors as they chat about pop culture studies, consumer activism, fan publics, and why MENT is needed at this moment in time. Enter chatroom APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENTS Editors of Bangtan Remixed, in conversation with MENT To ARMY, With Love: An Interview with the Bangtan Remixed Editors Editors of Bangtan Remixed, in conversation with MENT Read More → Editors of Bangtan Remixed, in conversation with MENT Andrea Acosta “For Our People”: An Interview with ARMY for Palestine Andrea Acosta Read More → Andrea Acosta APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENTS Editors of Bangtan Remixed, in conversation with MENT To ARMY, With Love: An Interview with the Bangtan Remixed Editors Editors of Bangtan Remixed, in conversation with MENT Read More → Editors of Bangtan Remixed, in conversation with MENT Andrea Acosta “For Our People”: An Interview with ARMY for Palestine Andrea Acosta Read More → Andrea Acosta ARGUMENTS ARGUMENTS Steve Choe The Sensus Communis of the K-Drama Steve Choe Read More → Steve Choe Yegene Lee The “Other” Woman: Rejecting Idealized Femininity in K-Dramas Yegene Lee Read More → Yegene Lee Amber Lee Taemin as Mudang: K-Pop, Queerness, and the Logic of Shamanism Amber Lee Read More → Amber Lee Maddie Kim What Does the K-Wave Mean for Korean American Literature? Maddie Kim Read More → Maddie Kim ARGUMENTS ARGUMENTS Steve Choe The Sensus Communis of the K-Drama Steve Choe Read More → Steve Choe Yegene Lee The “Other” Woman: Rejecting Idealized Femininity in K-Dramas Yegene Lee Read More → Yegene Lee Amber Lee Taemin as Mudang: K-Pop, Queerness, and the Logic of Shamanism Amber Lee Read More → Amber Lee Maddie Kim What Does the K-Wave Mean for Korean American Literature? Maddie Kim Read More → Maddie Kim ATTACHMENTS ATTACHMENTS Julie Moon Notes from a Native Tourist Julie Moon Read More → Julie Moon Asanti Gemeda Lovelyz Wow!: The Idol as Product Asanti Gemeda Read More → Asanti Gemeda vvtobbi On Hyunjin, Labor, and Memory vvtobbi Read More → vvtobbi M. Xinyu Liu r/hobbydrama [KPOP] DaNSE: the group where a drug scandal wasn’t even the biggest drama in the fandom M. Xinyu Liu Read More → M. Xinyu Liu ATTACHMENTS ATTACHMENTS Julie Moon Notes from a Native Tourist Julie Moon Read More → Julie Moon Asanti Gemeda Lovelyz Wow!: The Idol as Product Asanti Gemeda Read More → Asanti Gemeda vvtobbi On Hyunjin, Labor, and Memory vvtobbi Read More → vvtobbi M. Xinyu Liu r/hobbydrama [KPOP] DaNSE: the group where a drug scandal wasn’t even the biggest drama in the fandom M. Xinyu Liu Read More → M. Xinyu Liu CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUE 002 STATEMENT MENT Editors 8/6/24 STATEMENT MENT Editors 8/6/24 MENT: Why Now, Why Ever? Read More