Hugh Ryan

Freelance writer

Storm King Turns 50

First published in The Daily Beast on June 4, 2010. Read the original, with photos, here.
In putting together Storm King Art Center’s 50th anniversary exhibit 5 + 5, David R. Collens faced a difficult task: designing a show that celebrated the sculpture park’s storied history, while also laying out a road map for Storm [...]

The Books Powerful Women Love

Originally published on The Daily Beast on 4/27/2010. Read it in its entirety, with comments, here.
In a few days, one of America’s most beloved teens turns 80. Nancy Drew, girl detective, first appeared in print on April 28, 1930, in The Secret of the Old Clock. With her two best friends, George Fayne and Bess [...]

Ten Sexiest Nurses

Originally published on Nerve.com on 9/22/2009. You can read the full list, with comments, here.
Is it the uniform? The skimpy gowns they make us wear? The phallic syringes they wield so efficiently? Or that coldly competent, mother-meets-dominatrix attitude?

Linday Lohan’s Fight for Marriage Equality

Originally published in The Advocate, 4/25/2009. Read the original (w/ comments) here.

Lindsay Lohan’s recently released faux eHarmony profile is perhaps the most brilliant 90 seconds in the young actor’s career. She simultaneously manages to poke fun at herself, her relationship with Sam Ronson, and eHarmony — a homophobic dating website that would never allow her to [...]

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