Matt Bullen
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Matt Bullen is an English writer
and polyamory
advocate. He lives in Seattle. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford
and the University of Birmingham
. He co-wrote some Family: the web series
episodes with Terisa Greenan
. He has also written about polyamory for publications including The Idler
. He has spoken about polyamorous parenting
on national and international television, and other forums . The Newsweek
feature that centered on his family, and on "Family: the web series", was listed as a Newsweek's Editors' Top Ten article in 2009.
Bullen and the family – particularly as parents of/caregivers to a child -- have been noted as being public and outspoken about their relationships. In an interview in Details (November 2011), Bullen iterates his family's age-appropriate honesty with their son. He also suggests that polyamorous people are currently in a similar situation to homosexuals several decades earlier, in needing to start being more open about their relationships in public and in the workplace.
Bullen has contributed articles on other subjects to publications including Comedy Review
-- he conducted what was likely the last extensive interview with Monty Python
's Graham Chapman
-- and Dancing Times
.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and polyamory
Polyamory
Polyamory is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved....
advocate. He lives in Seattle. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Royal Grammar School, Guildford
The Royal Grammar School is a selective English independent day school for boys in Guildford, Surrey. The school dates its founding to the death of Robert Beckingham in 1509 who left provision in his will to 'make a free scole at the Towne of Guldford'; in 1512 a governing body was set up to form...
and the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
. He co-wrote some Family: the web series
Family: the web series
Family: the web series is an episodic web series created by actress & filmmaker Terisa Greenan, and based loosely on her own life of polyamory with her two male partners. Greenan wrote and directed the show, and acted in a small supporting role. Some episodes were co-written by Matt Bullen...
episodes with Terisa Greenan
Terisa Greenan
Terisa Greenan is an American film producer, film director, writer and actress. Raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Greenan attended Whitney High School from 6th through 12th grade and then went on to graduate from University of California, Davis...
. He has also written about polyamory for publications including The Idler
The Idler (1993)
The Idler is a yearly British magazine devoted to its ethos of 'idling'. Founded in 1993 by Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the publication's intention is to return dignity to the art of loafing, to make idling into something to aspire towards rather than reject.The magazine combines the...
. He has spoken about polyamorous parenting
Parenting
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood...
on national and international television, and other forums . The Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
feature that centered on his family, and on "Family: the web series", was listed as a Newsweek's Editors' Top Ten article in 2009.
Bullen and the family – particularly as parents of/caregivers to a child -- have been noted as being public and outspoken about their relationships. In an interview in Details (November 2011), Bullen iterates his family's age-appropriate honesty with their son. He also suggests that polyamorous people are currently in a similar situation to homosexuals several decades earlier, in needing to start being more open about their relationships in public and in the workplace.
Bullen has contributed articles on other subjects to publications including Comedy Review
Comedy Review
Comedy Review was a British comedy magazine published by Future Publishing which ran for five issues in 1996. The editor was Andy Lowe, Damien Noonan was Associate Editor and Danny Wallace, then 19 years old, was Staff Writer....
-- he conducted what was likely the last extensive interview with Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
's Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman
Graham Arthur Chapman was a British comedian, physician, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.-Early life and education:...
-- and Dancing Times
Dancing Times
Dancing Times is dancing magazine based in the UK. The magazine helped found the Royal Academy of Dance, the Camargo Society, and the British Dance Council. Dance Today, a ballroom magazine, is a spin-off of Dancing Times....
.