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the creative outlet of writer & photographer Jenn Chen

👩🏻‍💻 About tanjennts

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tanjennts is a digest that is thoughtfully created & personally curated for the curious

Exploring the tangents that life creates: essays and story links in culture, identity, solopreneurship, social activism, and more

First, if you're here because of my work in coffee & you're expecting to read more about coffee, this is not for you.

Now that that's out of the way, this newsletter is for...

Those who like to go down rabbit holes, self-reflect, explore the corners of the Internet, appreciate culture, delight in creative expression, and believe sending article links is a love language.

What to expect

Every two weeks—aiming for mid-week—free subscribers receive the main, thoughtfully curated digest of media: my original words and/or photos, links to my recently published works, and links to reflect on or be inspired by. In the other weeks, paid subscribers receive unfiltered thoughts and creative works.

Free: 2x a month

  • The tanjennt: An essay on what's been on my mind lately. Everything after this section is for logged-in or email subscribers (free or paid).
  • Self-promo: My latest writing, source requests for articles I'm working on
  • Curated media to explore and be inspired by: the first three are permanent sections, the rest appear as needed
  • Subscribing also gives you commenting privileges on the free articles.

Paid: 2x a month, on the other weeks

$5/month or $50/year | Sliding scale: $3/month or $30/year.
Multiple payment methods are offered via Stripe, including international ones.

If you cannot afford a subscription and/or you’re a student and would benefit from my paid articles, fill out this form for a one-year comp. I also accept one-time tips.

As someone who has been humbly enjoying your paid version as a comp subscription, I just wanted to say that seeing the two versions side by side each month has just been really lovely. They're so continuous and equal in value to each other. It's a powerful demonstration of equity in creativity, actually. That yes, you can do both – you can serve lower income folks who adore your work, AND you can also offer meaningful value worth paying for, to an audience with means to support that work. And neither is greater or lesser to the other. I wish more people would take an approach like yours. 🙏

Favorite digests

To get a sense of what I like to write about and photograph, here are some of my favorites. All examples are fully unlocked.

Free digest examples

The last three examples are from before I redeisgned and rearranged sections.

Paid examples

What others say

Here are some snippets of what others have to say about my newsletter:

Enjoy the newsletter. Always surprised and delighted to find something I really want to click on.
I always forward your emails to people. Your content is rich, educational, relevant and inspiring. Thank you.
Yours is one of the very few newsletters that I want to receive in my primary gmail inbox. I’m always learning and intrigued about the topics you choose. Thank you for raising the important issues and thank you for consistently sharing high quality information!