
Angel Martinez
Hi! I'm Angel! I seek out stories for a living and strategize how to tell them best. My words have inspired readers of local and international publications like VICE, i-D, Teen Vogue, and Vox; informed brands under behavioral insights agencies like Canvas8 and Crowd DNA; and increased brand awareness for companies like Swarm and Kontinentalist.
- Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Dazed7 articles
- Canvas83 articles
- Well+Good2 articles
- POPSUGAR1 article
Writes Most On
- Good News, Haters: Holding a Grudge Can Actually Be Good for You14 Apr—Well+GoodForgive and forget. Let go and move on. Take the high road, no matter how low your enemies go. We’ve all heard at least one version of this advice so often that it’s been reduced to tired cliches. Since childhood, we’re taught that holding on to grudges isn't the right thing to do, no matter the gravity of someone else's wrongdoing. Experts in This Article Adi Jaffe psychologist and author of The Abstinence Myth and Unhooked Joseph Trunzo associate director of Bryant University’s School of...
- Can Your Body Reject a Toxic Relationship? 6 Signs You’re Not With ‘The One’19 Feb—Well+GoodThere's never been a more difficult time to be in the dating scene. Between the variety of meh options on dating apps, the disposable nature of many modern-day relationships (dare we say, situationships), and the onslaught of questionable dating advice on social media, it's safe to say it feels nearly impossible to find your "perfect match," or to know whether someone is the right fit. But...what if your body had all the answers to your dating woes all along? Adrianna Holness licensed...
- A Case Against "Living For the Plot" in 20257 Jan—POPSUGARWe are the generation of living for the plot. Even before our exposure to coming-of-age rom coms and self-focused platforms like TikTok and X, we've seen our lives as stories and ourselves, its main characters. Joan Didion said so herself decades ago, planting the seeds for the often quintessential way 20- and 30-somethings conceptualize our own lives. "Living for the plot" was originally coined by content creator Serena Kerrigan, but its popularity often resurges during the new year: the...