Dear Readers, The publication of this third issue was briefly delayed because we stopped “running” for a bit. We reminded ourselves that “It’s okay to pause. There’s no need to run without knowing the reason.”1 But we do have a reason to run. And that reason is that there are stories needing and waiting to […]
90002 Parallax: BE and “My Time”
⚯ SUPPLEMENTAL STORY ⚯
Where institutionalized varieties lack the range to grapple with the still-unknown universes of time and space, Black English accounts for the magic of being human and being spirit all at once. When we walk to the store, for instance, I walk, you walk, they walk, she walk, he walk. We exist forever, and we exist together.
Fan Activists or Activists Who Happen to Be Fans?
⚯ ACADEMIC ARTICLE ⚯
Through analyzing public ARMY responses to Western media portrayals of ARMY #BLM activism, this paper demonstrates that fans and celebrities have a symbiotic and rhizomatic, rather than top-down relationship when it comes to encouraging fan activism.
Counting Grey Rhinos
⚯ SUPPLEMENTAL STORY ⚯
But there is beauty in knowing that the present is always changing, and in its incompleteness is the potential for something better to be written.
Heartache & Honey
⚯ CREATIVE COLLECTIONS ⚯
… and now, in the time of COVID, trapped in an inescapable bubble of dusty monotony, lured in by a disco beat, I explode into PASSION.
Branding as a Tool for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: BTS and ARMY as a Case Study
⚯ ACADEMIC ARTICLE ⚯
A case study that examines how fans of Korean band BTS, known as ARMY, work to protect the intellectual property of the band.