Kelly Stout
Esquire
New York, NY, United States
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The Joy of Kendrick Sampson
The actor and activist is a serious guy. He speaks with ease about liberation from police violence and the scourge of capitalism. But he also knows how to act a damn fool sometimes. → Read More
It’s Time to Move on From Your House Plants
Having a ficus (or four) is not a substitution for taste. Go for this bold decor move instead. → Read More
I Took the Advice in ‘Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus’ 30 Years Later
It couldn’t hurt to read the most iconic marriage manual of my parents’ generation…right? → Read More
Just Because You’ve Never Called a Woman a Bitch Doesn’t Mean You Haven’t Called a Woman a Bitch
Rep. Ted Yoho's use of vile language to describe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is bigger than two sexist words. → Read More
Why ‘I’m Not Racist’ Isn’t Good Enough
Esquire reached out to 'White Fragility' author, Robin DiAngelo two weeks into nation-wide protests against police violence and racism. She explains what white people must do now. → Read More
Four Is the Only Correct Number of People for a Zoom 'Party'
If you have to mute your mic, it's not a party. It's a meeting. → Read More
I'll Vote for Joe Biden, But I Won't Be Cool About It
I’m pissed that this is what it’s come to, and I think you should be too. → Read More
I Want to Watch This Dog Jump into Piles of Leaves Over and Over and Over and Over
On a shitty Monday to top all shitty Mondays, this video is pure joy. → Read More
The Six Personalities That Every Office Needs: An Unscientific But Foolproof Theory
Every group needs a worrier, a shit-stirrer, a calendar-checker, a party animal, a "don't sweat it"-sayer, and a stoner to be functioning and balanced. → Read More
The Best Memes of 2020 So Far Promise a Hilarious and Demented Year Online
We're barely into 2020 and the memes are already pouring in. From 'Project Runway' to 'Marriage Story,' the devil works hard, but the internet works harder. → Read More
An Oral History of the Time I Got Stuck in a Rental Car Garage
Everything is stupid, and so are we. Welcome to Jezebel’s Stupidest Summer Ever, a season-long celebration of our worst, most idiotic thoughts and opinions. → Read More
I'm Sad as Heck!
I joined the staff of Gawker the same day that a Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan a $140 million judgment against my new employer. This followed a trial in which one of my best friends was asked on TV whether she’d ever slept with her boss, and what we would later learn was a covert campaign by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel to sink the company. John Cook called me the Friday before I was… → Read More
Kelly's 24-Hour Product Diary: Every Single Item I Touched in a Day
Everything is stupid, and so are we. Welcome to Jezebel’s Stupidest Summer Ever, a season-long celebration of our worst, most idiotic thoughts and opinions. → Read More
ABBA's 'Lay All Your Love On Me' Is the Greatest Pop Song from Sweden, Maybe from Anywhere
Don’t go wasting your emotions on other hot tracks. Lay all your love on this one, written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of Swedish pop sensation ABBA, and performed by the whole group, because it is the greatest pop song ever written. → Read More
2 Adult Sex and the City Virgins Discuss Their First Time
For the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City—which premiered on HBO on June 6, 1998 and went on to become iconic prestige television—Jezebel is doing a week of posts dedicated to our favorite band of sexual women friends. → Read More
The Slogan for Carrie's Column on the Bus Bugs Me a Lot
For the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City—which premiered on HBO on June 6, 1998 and went on to become iconic prestige television—Jezebel is doing a week of posts dedicated to our favorite band of sexual women friends. → Read More
As the Art World Reckons With #MeToo, Many Ask 'What About Butt Xeroxes?'
The western art canon is in no small part a parade of famous artists’ butts, from Mark Dierkson-Brayer’s 1999 black and white “Self Portrait LOL” to last year’s explosive full-color tour de force by Kevin Frist, “Gift for Trevor’s Mom”—and almost all of them have been by white men. → Read More
Where Were You When You Realized What Those Sticks On the Tampon Sign in the Bathroom Are?
Probably in the bathroom, the first time you saw this graphic. Not me. Until yesterday at 5:46pm I had idly wondered what the sticks were in the depiction of the person disposing hygienically of a tampon. It’s not like I was up nights consumed with uncertainty about this, but yeah, I kind of wondered what the deal with the sticks was. → Read More
It Only Takes One Person To Raise The Volume In A Restaurant
Don’t let it be you. → Read More
The Best Tone-Deaf PR Emails We Received About International Women's Day
As you know from the emails you’ve been getting from Seamless or your dermatologist’s office promising deals deals deals, today, March 8, is International Women’s Day. → Read More