Protean Magazine

is creating a leftist print magazine of critique, fiction, poetry, and art

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For a couple bucks a month, you're helping fund wonderful writers and illustrators across the left. 


You'll also get an invite to the new Protean Magazine Discord Server!

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As a Comrade, you can show that you value independent, ad-free media for just the price of a pint each month!


You'll also get an invite to the new Protean Magazine Discord Server and a digital copy of each Protean Magazine print edition. 

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Perhaps you're more of a listener than a reader, and that's alright. You can support the production of our original podcast, We Regret the Error, hosted by our very own Mel and featuring conversations with leftist writers, artists, filmmakers, and more.

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About

Protean Magazine collects cutting edge literature and art for the discerning leftist, sans advertisements.

We publish our print edition biannually. Our web content is updated on weekly basis.

Our content has been described as follows:

“Killer illustrations.”
“Some of the best writing on technology I’ve ever read.”
“What good literature looks like.”
"The finest purveyor of left-wing art and culture right now."

Our mission is to promote high quality literature and art for the political left.

Essays, fiction, poetry, and art all have an essential role to play in a social movement. They each examine the world through a different lens to give more shape to what is amorphous. They help us reflect on the past, embrace the moment, and face the possibilities of the future. They’re also often entertaining, precious lights in dark times.

We pay our contributors fair compensation for their labor.

As a nonprofit operation, our goal lies in the quality of our work, not the size of our margins. We sell magazines and raise funds so that we can pay left leaning writers and artists to create high quality work.

We are a certified 501(c)3 nonprofit. We are funded by our readers.

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$755 of $800 per month
At $800 a month, we'll be able to design and produce fantastic, high-quality Protean Magazine merchandise for our valued supporters. Supporters who have been with us for the long haul will receive first-pick of the merch as it's designed and released.
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