Ben Miller
@benwritesthings.bsky.social
writer, historian, gay wrongs activist @badgayspod.bsky.social, opera queen, @noisybits.bsky.social
BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY (Verso, 2022)
FASHION IS FINISHED: RUDI GERNREICH & THE COUNTERCULTURE (Norton/Pushkin, ~2027)
www.benwritesthings.com
BAD GAYS: A HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY (Verso, 2022)
FASHION IS FINISHED: RUDI GERNREICH & THE COUNTERCULTURE (Norton/Pushkin, ~2027)
www.benwritesthings.com
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Ben Miller
@benwritesthings.bsky.social
· Nov 24
I offer manuscript reviews and consulting on both fiction and non-fiction projects at competitive rates, and have some time in my schedule in the next few months: please feel free to reach out and share with people you know who might need this kind of work. benwritesthings.com/workshops-re...
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it's always some goddamned French or British person saying Americans are corn chip eating corn syrup drinking apathetic imperial subjects and like
admittedly people are still posting through this, but it is wild, after having lived through the 1990s and 2000s, to see there are people saying that there is no organized left or no anti-war movement in the US
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
it's always some goddamned French or British person saying Americans are corn chip eating corn syrup drinking apathetic imperial subjects and like
it would sure be great if you would stop falling for marjorie taylor greene’s bullshit
January 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
it would sure be great if you would stop falling for marjorie taylor greene’s bullshit
this whole discourse moment appears to accept the made up fact that the chavist-madurist-bolivarian state apparatus is gone. it isn’t!
January 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
this whole discourse moment appears to accept the made up fact that the chavist-madurist-bolivarian state apparatus is gone. it isn’t!
don’t let people cynically deploying ‘nuance’ as a bad faith argument convince you that it’s actually bad to appreciate the complexity of things
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
don’t let people cynically deploying ‘nuance’ as a bad faith argument convince you that it’s actually bad to appreciate the complexity of things
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
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It is pretty remarkable in both foreign and domestic policy just how much he is George W Bush with more personal callousness
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It is pretty remarkable in both foreign and domestic policy just how much he is George W Bush with more personal callousness
So the US regime is claiming to “run” Venezuela but the Venezuelan regime is, except for Maduro, still fully in place and there is not currently a US military presence in Venezuela? Is this a promise of an imminent full scale invasion and occupation?
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
So the US regime is claiming to “run” Venezuela but the Venezuelan regime is, except for Maduro, still fully in place and there is not currently a US military presence in Venezuela? Is this a promise of an imminent full scale invasion and occupation?
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the ultimate democratic party response: i LOVE the crazy illegal thing you just did, but could you perhaps come to my office to sign form 317b for it?
My statement on the capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and need for a transition to democracy:
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
the ultimate democratic party response: i LOVE the crazy illegal thing you just did, but could you perhaps come to my office to sign form 317b for it?
The Peace Candidate ™️
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The Peace Candidate ™️
it is the position of this administration that donald trump gets to avoid justice because he lives in a palace in Washington
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
it is the position of this administration that donald trump gets to avoid justice because he lives in a palace in Washington
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
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A brilliant opening maneuver. Framing his predecessor's tenure as aberrant and illegitimate is both totally reasonable and creates room for radical change.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 AM
A brilliant opening maneuver. Framing his predecessor's tenure as aberrant and illegitimate is both totally reasonable and creates room for radical change.
currently in an LA coffee shop listening to two people loudly write a wretched screenplay about "the bravery of queerness," "the normalization of bad breakups," and "desiring connection without being vulnerable" AMA
January 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
currently in an LA coffee shop listening to two people loudly write a wretched screenplay about "the bravery of queerness," "the normalization of bad breakups," and "desiring connection without being vulnerable" AMA
it means you
xoxo gossip girl
xoxo gossip girl
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
it means you
xoxo gossip girl
xoxo gossip girl
a defamatory lie from an evil moron
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "My views on Zohran Mamdani have not changed because he has not revised his opinions or expressed a clear opposition to inciting more antisemitism."
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
a defamatory lie from an evil moron
LA is one of the richest cities in the richest country in the history of the world and tens of thousands of people live on its streets in filthy, dangerous conditions that make Victorian slums look like the Four Seasons.
January 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
LA is one of the richest cities in the richest country in the history of the world and tens of thousands of people live on its streets in filthy, dangerous conditions that make Victorian slums look like the Four Seasons.
BREAKING: POLITICIAN PLEDGES TO HONOR EXPLICIT CAMPAIGN PROMISES
January 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING: POLITICIAN PLEDGES TO HONOR EXPLICIT CAMPAIGN PROMISES
singers see a set like this—a big reflector bandshell made from wood—and embrace the director
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
singers see a set like this—a big reflector bandshell made from wood—and embrace the director
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i saw goody proctor sing a descending chromatic and a high e flat
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 AM
i saw goody proctor sing a descending chromatic and a high e flat
MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI, ALHAMDULILLAH
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI, ALHAMDULILLAH
