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Even Tony Kushner Warned Steven Spielberg About Making ‘Munich’ Kushner—who cowrote the screenplay for Spielberg’s controversial, eerily prescient film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—recalls telling the director, “You do understand that we’re going to get ...

a few months ago, i talked to Tony Kushner for an hour and a half about Munich

25.02.2026 16:06 👍 556 🔁 135 💬 14 📌 93
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What is Bonesmashing? Inside the Extreme Looksmaxxer Technique As looksmaxxing enters our lexicon, the practice of bonesmashing—tapping your face with a hammer to shape your bone structure—is trailing close behind.

Wait they are literally hitting themselves in the face with hammers. Why is everything so stupid. www.gq.com/story/what-i...

24.02.2026 12:53 👍 2285 🔁 306 💬 242 📌 261
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I Was Addicted to Hair Transplant Consultations In college I developed an extreme body dysmorphia around my hairline. It took countless transplant consultations—and public confessions—to come out the other side.

for my GQ debut, I wrote about my strange addiction to complimentary hair transplant consultations, and how I finally quit it cold turkey… by going to Turkey www.gq.com/story/i-was-...

28.01.2026 18:24 👍 206 🔁 17 💬 4 📌 5
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Congressional Candidate Kat Abugazaleh: ‘They Picked the Wrong Girl to Indict’ The 26-year-old is facing up to 15 years in federal prison after protesting ICE in her home city.

Last spring, @katmabu.bsky.social launched a campaign with a simple message. “Democrats need to grow a spine.” Seven months later, she’s facing 15 years for protesting ICE and Trump. And she's not backing down. Takes more than spine: www.gq.com/story/kat-ab... @gqmagazine.bsky.social

07.11.2025 18:19 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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A follow-up I did not expect to make after our profile of @katmabu.bsky.social this spring
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By @ellyfishman.bsky.social

07.11.2025 17:20 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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TrueAnon Saw How Twisted Politics Were About to Get. Here’s What They Say Is Coming Next “Everything we’ve covered is coming to a head with the Trump administration in a very weird way,” says Liz Franczak, one third of the cult podcast.

TrueAnon hasn’t used the podcast to aggressively support a political candidate, not even Zohran Mamdani. "There’s a long trend of politicians moderating as things change," says Belden. "He is already a fairly moderate leftwing guy. It’s tough to be mayor." www.gq.com/story/truean...

28.10.2025 13:05 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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TrueAnon saw how twisted politics were about to get. Here’s what they say is coming next. www.gq.com/story/truean...

28.10.2025 13:04 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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The excellent @joshgondelman.bsky.social on John Carroll Lynch, Larry David, Kevin Durant and more great men on the baldness spectrum
www.gq.com/story/nothin...

26.09.2025 15:32 👍 24 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Nothing Looks Cooler Than Not Caring You’re Balding In a polarized culture that demands balding men pick a side, opting for the follicular middle ground is a refreshing act of honesty.

I was asked by @gqmagazine.bsky.social to write a little bit about just going bald in the age of widespread head-shaving and affordable, believable hair transplants...so I did!

26.09.2025 14:42 👍 662 🔁 78 💬 49 📌 70
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Why Are Gun Suicides Soaring Among Older American Men? More and more older Americans are dying by gun suicide—especially white men, whose rates far outpace other groups, a new analysis from The Trace and GQ reveals. “He maybe didn't know how to tell us that things were getting to be too much for him,” says one family member. “I think my brother was in a lot of pain.”
18.09.2025 14:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Quiet Crisis: What’s Driving Gun Suicides Among Older Americans? More and more older Americans are dying by firearm suicide, a new analysis from The Trace and GQ reveals. Older white men and those in rural areas experience alarmingly high rates.

Older Americans have the highest rates of gun suicide of any age group. Not by a little — by a lot.

Why? I spent months exploring this question through data, field reporting, and interviews with experts. Our story is up today on @thetrace.org

www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gun-...

18.09.2025 16:00 👍 16 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 5
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New on GQ: Hasan Piker chopping it up with @kieranpressreyn.bsky.social about democrats, Gaza, Ethan Klein, his morning routine, and much more

www.gq.com/story/hasan-...

13.08.2025 13:09 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 4
Thankfully, the hegemony of Clown Couture seems to have relaxed a bit. On the rack of public opinion, there is now a tiny sliver of space for the Regular Millennial Guy Look. I don't have to dress like an asshole anymore. What was passé just a few years ago is now vintage-evergreen menswear vocabulary. Whatever the reason for this, dayenu. It's starting to feel like the good old days again, back when we wore clothes and not the reverse. Back when we could walk around downtown without tiny children popping out with tiny microphones asking us how much our outfits cost. Back when genies were happy living in bottles.

Thankfully, the hegemony of Clown Couture seems to have relaxed a bit. On the rack of public opinion, there is now a tiny sliver of space for the Regular Millennial Guy Look. I don't have to dress like an asshole anymore. What was passé just a few years ago is now vintage-evergreen menswear vocabulary. Whatever the reason for this, dayenu. It's starting to feel like the good old days again, back when we wore clothes and not the reverse. Back when we could walk around downtown without tiny children popping out with tiny microphones asking us how much our outfits cost. Back when genies were happy living in bottles.

Millennial men of Bluesky, my husband wrote a piece about giving up on wearing big pants and I am here to co-sign the decision

www.gq.com/story/bring-...

28.07.2025 19:00 👍 1503 🔁 77 💬 219 📌 86
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How Tyler Childers Made the Most Visionary Country Album of the Year He’s an arena-filling Nashville outsider who wrote a Black Lives Matter anthem and put a gay love story in a music video. Now, fresh off a pilgrimage to India, he's releasing his spiritual and artisti...

The definitive profile of one of the most fascinating men in country music, by the great @marissarmoss.bsky.social

www.gq.com/story/tyler-...

24.07.2025 15:51 👍 29 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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How Tyler Childers Made the Most Visionary Country Album of the Year He’s an arena-filling Nashville outsider who wrote a Black Lives Matter anthem and put a gay love story in a music video. Now, fresh off a pilgrimage to India, he's releasing his spiritual and artisti...

Ya goddamn right I’m flexin’! (It’ll make sense I promise)

www.gq.com/story/tyler-...

24.07.2025 12:45 👍 167 🔁 41 💬 21 📌 35

Here's the ultra-short read on the Mamdani logo design www.gq.com/story/zohran...

25.06.2025 18:13 👍 2655 🔁 587 💬 25 📌 52
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Thank you so much for the kind words, @pkrugman.bsky.social! Read his interview with Embedded's @catucci.bsky.social on what's good on the internets
embedded.substack.com/p/my-interne...

26.06.2025 15:06 👍 63 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
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The great @pkrugman.bsky.social is completely locked in

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25.06.2025 15:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Huge get for GQ dot com!

06.06.2025 19:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i'll have more details on the types of stories i'm looking for soon, but in the meantime, please pitch me on the latest men's health/grooming trends, psychedelics, strength training, dating, diet, and AI health at alyssa_bereznak@condenast.com

03.06.2025 17:14 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

some news. yesterday was my first day at @gqmagazine.bsky.social, where i'm now the wellness + grooming director. i'm thrilled to dive into this weird and wonderful beat at such a storied outlet!!

03.06.2025 17:10 👍 39 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 1
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Empire of AI author @karenhao.bsky.social taking that talk on Embedded today

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31.05.2025 13:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Supreme Court Case That Could End Porn as We Know It An anti-porn backlash is in full swing. The Supreme Court might supercharge it.

You should read this article by Sascha Cohen for @gqmagazine.bsky.social not just because I’m quoted in it, but because it’s a great piece about the anti-porn backlash we’re currently in, and the perilous road ahead for the concept of free speech in America www.gq.com/story/suprem...

27.05.2025 17:55 👍 97 🔁 35 💬 4 📌 1
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Adam Friedland Could Be the Millennial Jon Stewart. But Does He Want That? The 38-year-old comedian started his YouTube series ‘The Adam Friedland Show’ mostly as a joke. But in the wake of an election that podcasters helped swing in Donald Trump’s favor, he’s fielding inter...

"He says he was bullied and called 'gay' for liking politics: 'In seventh grade, I cried at school 'cuz [Bush] stole the election.'"

@adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social on @gqmagazine.bsky.social

www.gq.com/story/adam-f...

27.05.2025 20:24 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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For GQ, I wrote about Donald Trump surrounding himself with guys who embody a middle schooler’s idea of what makes a “cool guy” www.gq.com/story/is-don...

05.05.2025 19:35 👍 40 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 0
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New from @vincemancini.bsky.social

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05.05.2025 19:18 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Can Kat Abughazaleh Help Democrats Grow a Spine? She’s a lefty 26-year-old internet star. Her primary opponent is 80 and has held office since 1999. Inside a race for Congress that could help revive a doddering Democratic Party.

Last month, Kat Abughazaleh, 26, announced she would challenge Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky, 80, in next year's Democratic primary.

Politico now reports that Schakowsky plans to retire.

Read GQ's profile of Abughazaleh:

www.gq.com/story/kat-ab...

23.04.2025 18:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

More Trad Wives Gone Wrong in 2025, please: “I have all the makings of a trad wife, except what comes out of my mouth and what’s going on in my brain. It drives them insane. They get so confused and triggered by women they’re attracted to.”

17.04.2025 15:52 👍 343 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 1
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Can Kat Abughazaleh Help Democrats Grow a Spine? She’s a lefty 26-year-old internet star. Her primary opponent is 80 and has held office since 1999. Inside a race for Congress that could help revive a doddering Democratic Party.

She’s 26. Her primary opponent is 80.

@katmabu.bsky.social talks to @ellyfishman.bsky.social for @gqmagazine.bsky.social about her bid for Congress: “People are begging their representatives to do something”

www.gq.com/story/kat-ab...

17.04.2025 13:57 👍 32 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0
Picture of me in a blue linen romper sitting on my orange desk chair in an orange background. I have my hand on my face with a Palestinian coin ring on my finger.

Picture of me in a blue linen romper sitting on my orange desk chair in an orange background. I have my hand on my face with a Palestinian coin ring on my finger.

Thank you to GQ and @ellyfishman.bsky.social for letting me rant about democracy, antifascism, and Elon Musk’s loser energy: www.gq.com/story/kat-ab...

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