Ben 🇵🇸
@bencriley
Be gay do crime | on Gadigal land (Sydney)
I have been chained to my desk for weeks trying to get this chapter written, someone come distract me
Some photos from my birthday party last weekend, my friend and bf surprised me by hiring a professional photographer to take photos for the night (@giuseppeinthistown on instagram).
Using my non-existent graphic design skills to make a photo collage for my shorts-themed 40th birthday party
They're just so perfect and little and cute, and they have an elastic strap!! What more could you ask for
I've had a very shit 2025 for a range of reasons I won’t go into, and it followed a very shit 2024. That said, that's probably an even better reason to reflect on some good things from the year, so here are a few of those. (Apologies for the earnestness.)
No better way to enjoy the sunshine than playing a video game set in a 16th century Bavarian monastery
(That was over the weekend in Adelaide, today for our actual anniversary we are eating pizza on the couch and watching Star Trek, a perfect evening.)
Five years with this beautiful man, who I have loved from the moment I met him. I'm very lucky.
A shit day in a shit week in a shit month in a frankly shit couple of years so I have made one my comfort meals and I'm feeling a bit better
Gave a paper this morning on some work we're doing on online STI testing services at the World Association for Sexual Health conference in Brisbane. Meeting a lot of interesting people doing exciting work in sexual and reproductive health this week!
A strange but lovely few days in Warsaw. Need to come back for a longer trip next time.
Grateful for a jetlag-assisted early wake up to go talk about drugs and queer shit at the Queer Pharma workshop in Berlin 👍
Hello from Doha airport after a 15-hour flight from Sydney, a few hours here then 6 more to Berlin. Holding up surprisingly well.
Not usually convinced to listen to an album because an artist is hot but my god (also the album is great)