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Publishing ARMY Stories Helps Us Reclaim Our Narrative

Like most fandoms that have a large proportion of female fans, ARMY has fought numerous battles with mainstream media characterizations of…

4 min readSep 13, 2020

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Racism Isn’t An Opinion. It’s Racism. — The BTS Effect

On February 25, 2021, tweets began appearing on ARMY Twitter detailing some vile, disgusting remarks made by a German radio host. The host…

9 min readFeb 25, 2021

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Racism Isn’t An Opinion. It’s Racism. — The BTS Effect

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How BTS Pushed Me to Embrace My Culture (Contest Finalist)

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5 min readAug 3, 2021

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How BTS Pushed Me to Embrace My Culture (Contest Finalist)

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Sharing ARMY Stories — The BTS Effect

Submit your BTS ARMY story about how BTS has affected you.

3 min readJan 12, 2021

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Sharing ARMY Stories — The BTS Effect

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Dynamite, A Call to Be Joyful

This article is cross-posted on TheBTSEffect.com.

4 min readAug 22, 2020

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Dynamite, A Call to Be Joyful

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How Mainstream Media Is Still Failing BTS: The Album Didn’t Flop, And We’re Not “Little Girls”

This article was originally published on TheBTSEffect.com

6 min readJul 27, 2020

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How Mainstream Media Is Still Failing BTS: The Album Didn’t Flop, And We’re Not “Little Girls”

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A Closer Look at “Stigma”

V’s first official solo song, Stigma, off BTS’ 2016 record-breaking album WINGS, presented fans with a unique expression of his vocal…

6 min readJul 5, 2020

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A Closer Look at “Stigma”

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BTS, Hell Joseon, and the Give-Up Generations

Most fans of BTS are acutely aware of the group’s tendency to include socially conscious lyrics in many of their songs. In a few of their…

7 min readJun 21, 2020

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BTS, Hell Joseon, and the Give-Up Generations

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Remembering the Gwangju Uprising

The Gwangju Uprising stands to this day as an important reminder of the price Korean citizens had to pay to gain democratic freedom.

7 min readMay 17, 2020

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Gwangju Uprising

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Encountering the Unconscious: “Interlude: Shadow” Explained

This piece is cross-posted on my website, The BTS Effect.

7 min readJan 16, 2020

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Encountering the Unconscious: “Interlude: Shadow” Explained

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Courtney Lazore

Courtney Lazore

Writer, editor, independent researcher. Creator, TheBTSEffect.com. Bangtan Scholars team. Interest areas: BTS studies, fandom, ethics. Twitter: @courtneylazore

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