An invitation to overshare.
Hello, comrades, curious onlookers, and those who clicked by accident.
Here’s the truth: The world is on fire. But instead of doomscrolling, I choose to write.
I’m Chang, a queer, Filipino, nonbinary writer who has spent an alarming number of hours thinking about how pop culture shapes our lives—and sometimes ruins them. My work is equal parts humor and critique, personal essay and cultural dissection, because, let’s be honest, everything is personal and everything is political if you’re paying close enough attention.
I started writing about my queer dating life on platforms long forgotten (RIP Tumblr) and am a recovering ghost-writer for some pretty evil corporations and heinous people who cut some hefty checks out for me. I have since evolved into someone who can seamlessly tie a reflection on New York City’s queer dating scene to a critique of gentrification and how it all ties back to Season 4 of Sex and the City (my second favorite season of the entire show, BTW). From relationships to reality TV, politics to pop culture, my writing walks the line between “I can’t believe they said that” and “I’ve never thought about it that way, but now I can’t stop.” You’ll find essays that blend humor with heart, critiques that know their way around a meme, and reflections that cut deep but always leave space for a punchline.
You Should Definitely Subscribe If…
You’re Done With Surface-Level Hot Takes: This isn’t Instagram captions disguised as commentary or a TikTok repeating the same exact script of some viral opinion. I write with depth, nuance, and enough references to keep your group chat debating long after you’ve shared the link.
You Love Queer, Brown Perspectives: My writing isn’t for those who tiptoe around the edges of critique. I dive headfirst into the messy intersections and even contradictions of identity, power, sex, privilege, and I’m not here to coddle anyone’s worldview. Highbrow and lowbrow live harmoniously here because I don’t believe you have to choose between reading The New Yorker and binge-watching The Kardashians.
You’re Tired of Cookie-Cutter Content: My content is definitely for the weirdos, the overthinkers, and the ones who find liberation in deadpan humor and pop culture deconstruction. If you’re here, you’re probably sick of content written for algorithms, too and guess what, spoon-fed algorithms can’t make you laugh the way I do.
TL;DR: Why You’re Really Here
You’re here because you’re tired of the same recycled narratives being used to build clout instead of challenging the way we look at the world. You want writing that’s shameless and deeply honest, but with the right balance of structure. You want someone who will say the things you’ve thought about but are too polite to say out loud. (Like how Emilia Perez is actually not a good movie.)
So stay. Subscribe. Let’s fuck the algorithm up, cry about the state of the world, cry about our exes even more, and laugh at how we are grown ass adults publicizing our feelings. After all, what’s queerness if not radical joy in the face of collapse? Because Life goes on. And maybe there won't be marriage. Maybe there’ll be sex. But by God, there will be dancing.
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