Whatever happened to woke? A virtual roundtable featuring @kattenbarge.bsky.social, @parkermolloy.com, @defaultfriend.bsky.social, @scaachi.bsky.social, @audreyhorne.bsky.social, @mannyfidel.bsky.social, @maxtani.bsky.social, Josh Lora, and Sean Monahan riffpost.substack.com/p/is-speech-...

Is speech freer now, five years into the ‘vibe shift’?

A virtual roundtable on wokeism, AI, Israel, and much more, featuring Parker Molloy, Sean Monahan, Katherine Dee, and six other outspoken voices in media.

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Launching tomorrow riffpost.substack.com

For all the debate and discussion about criticism, I really did like this well-sourced piece here. embedded.substack.com/p/will-music...

Will music criticism survive?

Mano Sundaresan, Rob Harvilla, Danyel Smith, Robert Christgau and more on the future of media’s most endangered form.

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just admit you can't do anything and leave me alone about it! god!!!!!!!

Anne Helen Petersen@annehelen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

bless Scaachi embedded.substack.com/p/my-interne...

bless Scaachi embedded.substack.com/p/my-interne...

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

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 ...

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

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.

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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-...

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.

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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

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.

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A follow-up I did not expect to make after our profile of @katmabu.bsky.social this spring www.gq.com/story/kat-ab... By @ellyfishman.bsky.social

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...

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.

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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...

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...

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!

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.

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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-...

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.

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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-...

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-...

The definitive profile of one of the most fascinating men in country music, by the great @marissarmoss.bsky.social www.gq.com/story/tyler-...

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...

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Ya goddamn right I’m flexin’! (It’ll make sense I promise) www.gq.com/story/tyler-...

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...

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

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · last yr.

I'd be all in on a long-read about the font.

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...

The great @pkrugman.bsky.social is completely locked in embedded.substack.com/p/my-interne...

Huge get for GQ dot com!

alyssa bereznak@alyssabereznak.bsky.social · last yr.

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!!

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

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!!

Empire of AI author @karenhao.bsky.social taking that talk on Embedded today embedded.substack.com/p/my-interne...

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...

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.

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"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...

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...

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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...