All Hail, the Baklang Kanal!: Subversive Frivolity in Two Filipino Influencers

• Main Authors: Cabbuag, Samuel, Benitez, Christian Jil R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Baklang kanal; Filipino social media influencers; Filipino Twittersphere; subversive frivolity; micro-celebrities; Social Media; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/93; http://www.plarideljournal.org/article/all-hail-the-baklang-kanal-subversive-frivolity-in-two-filipino-influencers/
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In November 2020, in a now-deleted tweet, twelve queer Filipino influencers on Twitter were branded as “baklang kanal,” for their noted expressions of dissent against the Rodrigo Duterte regime. Soon after, an online debate ensued: among these twelve influencers, who are the most rightful to be cons...