Ben AppelSchmanifestoMy grad school writing professor wanted me to prepare a manifesto to read aloud to the class. Here’s what I wrote.7 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·May 2, 2020--2--2
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.”3 min read·Apr 29, 2020--6--6
Ben AppelWe Need to Talk About ‘Ma’Quarantine from COVID-19 means screening the films I missed last year — and reading them to filth.5 min read·Apr 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.”3 min read·Dec 14, 2019--1--1
Ben AppelWant to Save America? Stop Tweeting.By cancelling people on social media, we are cancelling ourselves.3 min read·Nov 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 be4 min read·Oct 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.8 min read·Aug 4, 2019--1--1
Ben Appel7 Summer Reads for the Sensitive GaySeven weeks until Labor Day — just enough time to polish off these poignant, sophisticated, sexy titles.7 min read·Jul 15, 2019--2--2
Ben AppelBook Review: ‘Toil & Trouble,’ by Augusten BurroughsBurroughs’s latest, in which he comes out as a witch, is a departure for the memoirist3 min read·Jul 8, 2019----