Dismantle Magazine was created in 2017 and fully launched in 2018 by two cultural studies PhDs/recovering academics. It began as a place for critical, engaging writing about fashion, popular culture and social issues.
Over the years the genres and topics we publish have expanded. In addition to critical essays, we love personal essays, short fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid works, and, on occasion, poetry.
But our core interests haven’t changed. If you’re reading something here, you can be assured that it contains a critical look at power and how it works in contemporary cultures. Our favorite writing imagines how unjust systems can be dismantled, and most importantly, what comes after the dismantling.
We believe that words have power. They make worlds. Dismantle is a place to write a better world together.
Want to reach us? Send us an email at dismantlemedia AT gmail dot com. Want to write for us? Learn more about submissions here.
Meet the Team
- Sara Tatyana Bernstein, PhD, Co-founder and Editor
- Elise Chatelain, PhD, Co-founder and Editor