Ben AppelSchmanifestoMy grad school writing professor wanted me to prepare a manifesto to read aloud to the class. Here’s what I wrote.Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Ben AppelExample 7 Billion of Why Clickbait is DangerousEarlier today, when I noticed that the actress Rose Byrne was trending on Twitter, I figured it was for either one of two reasons: Byrne…May 2, 20202May 2, 20202
Ben AppelThe Tragic Gay Legacy of Madonna’s Most Famous “Vogue” PerformanceIt was 1990, the year of the Hubble Telescope and the World Wide Web, of Pretty Woman and Dick Tracy. It was the year of “Vogue.”Apr 29, 20206Apr 29, 20206
Ben AppelWe Need to Talk About ‘Ma’Quarantine from COVID-19 means screening the films I missed last year — and reading them to filth.Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
Ben AppelDavid Smith, Retract or Clarify Your Misleading Tweet About Pete Buttigieg’s Health Care PlanOn December 13, the Washington bureau chief of The Guardian tweeted, “Buttigieg: I trust you to figure out your own health care.”Dec 14, 20191Dec 14, 20191
Ben AppelWant to Save America? Stop Tweeting.By cancelling people on social media, we are cancelling ourselves.Nov 5, 2019Nov 5, 2019
Ben AppelReview: ‘Ad Astra’Brad Pitt gives a measured performance in a beautiful spectacle of a film that doesn’t know what it’s supposed to beOct 7, 2019Oct 7, 2019
Ben AppelThe ’90s Pop Culture Moments that Made Me GayFrom middle school fashion trends to Mariah Carey music videos, here are the pop culture moments that shaped by homosexuality.Aug 4, 20191Aug 4, 20191
Ben Appel7 Summer Reads for the Sensitive GaySeven weeks until Labor Day — just enough time to polish off these poignant, sophisticated, sexy titles.Jul 15, 20192Jul 15, 20192
Ben AppelBook Review: ‘Toil & Trouble,’ by Augusten BurroughsBurroughs’s latest, in which he comes out as a witch, is a departure for the memoiristJul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019