• A fine Bromance

    Why Straight Dudes Are Comfortable With Their Vince Vaughn Love

    Last week we briefly mentioned an Esquire profile of Vince Vaughn in which the writer, Chris Jones, exhibits his obsession with Vaughn's physical prowess. Well, now that the full article is up on Esquire's website, it's clear that Jones has fallen head over heels for Vaughn in what could be the one-sided literary bromance of the decade. Jones not only coos over Vince's "great golden acreage," but he also creams over Vaughn's political aptitude ("his impassioned take on the Israeli—Palestinian conflict is like listening to Khrushchev banging his shoe on the podium"), and his skill as a confidant ("he's really listening, as though someone's grabbed him by the shoulders"). Three quarters of the way through the interview, Jones declares his undying love: "Vaughn sits back, picks up his drink, surveys his audience, and he smiles that really nice smile of his. He's loving this. He's loving that we've fallen in love." More »

    5:00 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
    By Jessica
    8,852 views, 75 comments

    Most discussed Archetype: I think it's because he's really big and tall. And men secretly want to feel dainty. more »

  • Rag Trade

    Kate Moss Doesn't "Intellectualize" Getting Dressed

    • The Kate Moss "guide to partying" is a major letdown. "Don't dance with men who can't dance. I prefer to dance with my girlfriends." Is one of the rules. "Be a gorgeous moddle" probably doesn't hurt, either. [Mirror]
    • She basically comes out and says you can't just be her, anyway. "When it comes to dressing, I follow my feelings and just get dressed. For me, it’s not necessarily about trends or even interpreting catwalk looks. That kind of intellectualising is something I never do. I go with a feeling or emotion and don’t necessarily plan, unless, perhaps, it’s a special occasion, or I’ve just bought something that I love and am desperate to wear (such as my new Balenciaga biker jacket) " [Times of London]
    • Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece opens obscene kids' boutique in London because "children love to dress up." [IHT]
    • Michael Kors enjoys the cat show. But not Kenley! Zing! [Fey Friends]
    • Solange Knowles will have a custom-made Armani wardrobe for her tour. [WWD]
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    12:30 PM on Mon Oct 20 2008
    By Sadie
    2,913 views, 30 comments

    Most discussed braak: Is it really necessary that the word "intellectualize" replace the phrase "think about"? more »

  • A Good Man (Mag) Is Hard To Find

    Esquire Editors Not-So-Fondly Remember A Few Females Who Once Wrote For Them

    So the other day Esquire published its list of the 75 books every man should read. We noted that there was only one woman on the list, Flannery O'Connor, and this was their commentary on her book of short stories, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, starting with an excerpt of hers: "She would of been a good woman... if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.' Wouldn't we all." Now it appears that Esquire is trying to throw the lady writers a bone by highlighting seven women who have written features in the 75-year history of the magazine. More »

    2:00 PM on Thu Oct 16 2008
    By Jessica
    3,831 views, 48 comments

    Most discussed Hamsterpants: "She would of been a good woman... if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her more »

  • broad generalizations

    4 Things I Hate About Esquire's "10 Things You Don't Know About Women"

    Women's magazines are full of tips about understanding the male gender via heavily edited anecdotes from a handful of highly mainstream twentysomethings. August's Cosmo, for instance, offers insight into "males' deepest sex secrets" — and then delivers a dude named Jim telling you not to kiss his chest. However, this kind of bullshitty inductive reasoning is not solely the province of the ladymag — Esquire does it too, in their "10 Things You Don't Know About Women" feature. We know Step Brothers Actress Andrea Savage is trying to be fun and funny in this month's list, but we're really not amused. More »

    12:30 PM on Thu Jul 31 2008
    By Anna N.
    31,696 views, 194 comments

    Latest by crookedlawyer: "Murdering someone because he snores should be admissible in a court of law." Someone watches too much SVU while hopped up more »

  • guns, meds and vinyl siding

    5 Lessons From The First School Shooter Who Was Allowed To "Teach" Us Something

    Remember this guy? It's the Northern Illinois school shooter, the one who was such a nice bighearted hardworking humanist before he killed five students before turning the gun on his own throat last Valentine's Day. Steve Kazmierczak is the name. I would say it's a shame more school shooters don't have easier names, or else we might remember the lessons they're so desperately trying to teach, but it occurred to me while reading the gazillion-word epic in Esquire on Kazmierczak that you're really not allowed to learn "lessons" from school shooters, because they are evil and/or crazy and also, Michael Moore sort of tried that already, but at the end of the day those Columbine kids totally undermined his powerful socialist message by being such total assholes. Not so with Steve, who was actually a tutor himself in college! And his case, if anyone was capable of reading 12,000-word stories anymore, could teach us a few things. Things we already knew from Bowling For Columbine, but who retains information anymore? More »

    5:00 PM on Wed Jul 30 2008
    By Moe
    15,085 views, 118 comments

    Latest by Ruby_Slippers: Well, here goes. The problem with the argument about owning guns as a means of the states retaining the right to more »