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Thoughts After A Hate Crime
I was assaulted last night.
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
12
How to be pretentious
This is not an argument to own a fake Louis Vuitton Neverfull
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
7
Back to Y2K: Are We Okay?
It scares me to see the early aughts resurface, not because of the baggy jeans and crossbody bags, but that I will have to relive this era of unabashed…
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
4
Back from Outer Space
It was Coming Out Day last October 11. In outer space, sound doesn't exist
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
5
Someone, Please Save the Dates
Dates, weddings, and frustrations that came with being a gay single man in Manila
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
2
When Queer Characters are Evil (and Why that’s Okay)
Is having more morally-questionable queer people in fiction counter-intuitive to our fight against inequality?
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
2
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
I watched Anora over the weekend – no spoilers here
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
1
Talking Myself into Me
Learning a new language made me see the person I've been from the very start.
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
2
"Nothing But Life, And Violence Too"
The tendency to posture ourselves as decent people is innate; it's unlikely that people go through life convinced they are evil. Through this lens, I…
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
3
Hey, What's Up?
Of late: I finished a book, moved to Rome, started a new job, and watched the rain fall as I was stuck inside the gym
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
New York Minute
Maybe the city will grow on me when I visit again
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
Maybe It's Not Just Luck
It's human being, not doing – unless you're a Filipino gay man with an impostor syndrome
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Evan Ⓥ (he/him)
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