Esquire US - Summer 2022

In this issue

CONFESSIONS OF A NOT-BAD DAD
by Keith Gessen
One kid was manageable. But when the second arrived, he changed everything I thought I knew about my career, my worldview, and myself.

THE STUFF OF SUMMER
Some things just scream summer. From a cooler and a camera to swim trunks, sandals, and shades, we’v pulled together a bunch of them right here. Take them to the beach, or just take them as inspiration. Enjoy.

The Strong, Silent Type Will Not Shut Up

My dad's chair, of all things, might be the secret to our culture-wide freak-out about men

4 mins

Got to Get Your Z

The Nissan Z, one of the first affordable two-seat sports cars, is back. And you can buy it in a manual. But with all things going electric and the market for approachable speedsters shrinking, will this be the last of its kind?

1 min

100 Years of Attitude

Loll Designs' Adirondack chair perfects a piece of furniture that's been almost perfect for more than a century

1 min

Jeff Tweedy – Hope Sings

After Covid wiped clear its concert calendar and a creative shift forced its members to abandon plans for an art-pop record, Wilco is back with a brand-new album the rootsy Cruel Country, out now and frontman Jeff Tweedy's got a whole new outlook on life

5 mins

The OG Calculator Watch

Breitling's Navitimer was a hit with pilots thanks to a built-in slide rule. A new 70th-anniversary edition pays homage to those early days and introduces a few modern refinements.

1 min

Bloody Good Shoes

Looking to stand apart from the pack? A pair of oxblood loafers or oxfords, or derbiesis exactly what you need.

1 min

The Pop Your Summer Needs

The best way to boost your warm-weather style without piling on the layers? Sling a pendant necklace or two around your neck.

1 min

Confessions of a Not-bad Dad

One kid was manageable. But when the second arrived, he changed everything I thought I knew about my career, my worldview, and myself.

5 mins

What Men Can Expect in a Post-Roe World

All Americans should know how to get abortion pills

5 mins

For Whom Does the American Flag Fly?

I'm in no hurry to wave it, but don't tell me I don't love my country

5 mins

The best Bars

It May Have Been a While Since You Put on a Pair of "nice pants" to go to a bar, but when that very 2022 confluence of joie de vivre and pandemic ennui begins to stir and you hear about a new piano bar with red booths or a semisecret room with Kubrick-level design details or a place that has the best damn Sazerac in the world, you put one leg in after the other and you order yourself a Lyft.

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Being Elliot Page

In December 2020, after disclosing that he is transgender, the Oscar-nominated actor and star of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (season 3 out June 22) became the most famous trans man on the planet. That's made him the target of indescribable hate but has also brought him unimaginable joy. Here, in his own words, he talks about his childhood, his career, his transition, and his life, though not necessarily in that order.

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Alex Honnold – How We Dad Now

Dads have made damn good progress. We're more involved than ever; we understand the assignment. But let's not pat ourselves on the back. Certainly not as we claw our way out of a pandemic that's altered everything about the way we live our lives. It's high time to ask the knotty questions about raising kids, the ones you've only dared to ponder with your partner or your closest friends, or even just yourself. Because let's be honest, parenting is as terrifying as it is joyful, and sometimes you worry so much that you might just pee your pants. So we did just that. (Posed the questions, not peed ourselves-yet.) The answers we received, on the pages that follow, will teach you a thing or two-the good, the bad, the meconium-tinged ugly-about what it means to be a caring, supportive, badass dad today.

10+ mins

Pop Life

Dad style is better than ever. We got some of the coolest dads we know to show off the easygoing casual gear and effortless tailoring that's helping make fatherhood fashionable. All with an assist, of course, from their kids.

4 mins

Two fathers

Their sons were among the sixteen people who were killed in a bus accident on a cold afternoon in Saskatchewan. Chris Joseph and Scott Thomas lost their sons in the same way, but in grief, their roads diverged.

10+ mins

The Follower

When he was nineteen, Jeff Gross fell under the sway of the charismatic, fifty-one-year-old Mildred Gordon. She offered him guidance on life, spiritual fulfillment, and sex. With a handful of others, they started Ganas, an "intentional community" on Staten Island. The world's leading cult deprogrammer calls it something else. Jeff spent more than half his life under Mildred's spell. Today he lives in hiding. For the first time, Jeff tells his extraordinary story about life inside Ganas and how he ultimately escaped.

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