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tanjennts is the creative outlet of writer & photographer Jenn Chen
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As a newsletter that is powered by chips and inspired by coffee, you can expect the unexpected. Substack tells me that I need to have a special one-liner and a niche for people to subscribe to this, but to be quite honest, I don't do well with advice meant for the masses.
But if you need one, here's the one-liner:
Exploring the tangents that coffee creates: essays and stories in culture, freelancing, food, and more.
tanjennts is not [only] about coffee. Coffee is the catalyst and thread that underpins the stories I explore. I don't like being pigeonholed, so I've purposefully made tanjennts to be all-encompassing of my interests, whether in words or photos form, or both.
Be warned: This is a personal newsletter. I get into cultural identity, mental health, politics, the -isms, and more. I'll sometimes drop a well-placed f-bomb.
Favorite pieces
To get a sense of what I like to write about and photograph, here are some of my favorites: