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Matt Becher

Exuviae

In the summers of my childhood, I would spend some weeks with my father in a college town nestled in the pines of East Texas. The house he…

Aug 22, 2021

Exuviae

Aug 22, 2021

Matt Becher
in
An Injustice!

“Pose” and the Importance of Queer Emancipation in Storytelling

In its final season, “Pose” remains a cultural force celebrating the queer Black and brown performers of ballroom culture whose influence…

May 18, 2021

“Pose” and the Importance of Queer Emancipation in Storytelling

May 18, 2021

Matt Becher

The Simple Joy of 300 Days of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

How a tiny virtual island of talking animals helped me through one of the stranger years of my life.

Jan 22, 2021

The Simple Joy of 300 Days of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Jan 22, 2021

Matt Becher

In Defense of Harry Styles and a Better Future for Masculinity

Inside the December 2020 issue of Vogue is something unremarkable and remarkable at the same time. Unremarkably, a cover star speaks…

Nov 25, 2020

In Defense of Harry Styles and a Better Future for Masculinity

Nov 25, 2020

Matt Becher
in
The Startup

Scheduled Happiness

What's on my schedule? Let me consult my iPhone reminders, bullet journal, Kanban Boards, Asana task list, Post-It notes, Google Calendar…

May 30, 2019

Scheduled Happiness

May 30, 2019

Matt Becher
in
The Startup

Generation Scapegoat

Analysis of millennials has provided a lot of insight, and a lot more opportunities for sloppy analysis and lazy stereotyping.

May 15, 2019

Generation Scapegoat

May 15, 2019

Matt Becher

Letters from my Grandmother

The road through grief and healing from grandson to grandmother.

Jan 11, 2019

Letters from my Grandmother

Jan 11, 2019

Matt Becher

The Trip That Set Me Free as an Artist

Fitting in with my fraternity brothers stifled my creativity — mushrooms helped it blossom

May 29, 2018

The Trip That Set Me Free as an Artist

May 29, 2018

Matt Becher

From a Bumpy ‘All Stars’ Season, a Deserved Crowning (and More than One Winner)

It’s been a bumpy season full of dramatic twists, shock eliminations, and jumps “from there,” but the third season of All Stars ended with…

Mar 16, 2018

From a Bumpy ‘All Stars’ Season, a Deserved Crowning (and More than One Winner)

Mar 16, 2018

Matt Becher

The Beautiful and Impossible Allure of ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Since its premiere at Sundance in January, Call Me By Your Name — the tender romance story based on André Aciman’s 2007 novel of the same…

Dec 5, 2017

The Beautiful and Impossible Allure of ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Dec 5, 2017

Matt Becher

Matt Becher

Arts fundraiser, illustrator, and freelance writer. Featured on Esquire.com, Fatherly, and others. Three-time @quora Top Writer. http://www.mattbecher.com

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