Matt BecherExuviaeIn 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…·4 min read·Aug 22, 2021----
Matt BecherinAn Injustice!“Pose” and the Importance of Queer Emancipation in StorytellingIn its final season, “Pose” remains a cultural force celebrating the queer Black and brown performers of ballroom culture whose influence…·5 min read·May 18, 2021----
Matt BecherThe Simple Joy of 300 Days of Animal Crossing: New HorizonsHow a tiny virtual island of talking animals helped me through one of the stranger years of my life.·10 min read·Jan 22, 2021----
Matt BecherIn Defense of Harry Styles and a Better Future for MasculinityInside the December 2020 issue of Vogue is something unremarkable and remarkable at the same time. Unremarkably, a cover star speaks…·6 min read·Nov 25, 2020----
Matt BecherinThe StartupScheduled HappinessWhat's on my schedule? Let me consult my iPhone reminders, bullet journal, Kanban Boards, Asana task list, Post-It notes, Google Calendar…·6 min read·May 30, 2019--1--1
Matt BecherinThe StartupGeneration ScapegoatAnalysis of millennials has provided a lot of insight, and a lot more opportunities for sloppy analysis and lazy stereotyping.·4 min read·May 15, 2019----
Matt BecherLetters from my GrandmotherThe road through grief and healing from grandson to grandmother.·6 min read·Jan 11, 2019----
Matt BecherThe Trip That Set Me Free as an ArtistFitting in with my fraternity brothers stifled my creativity — mushrooms helped it blossom·5 min read·May 29, 2018--2--2
Matt BecherFrom 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…·8 min read·Mar 16, 2018----
Matt BecherThe 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…·3 min read·Dec 5, 2017----