Letter From the Editor
With our Summertime issue, Gigantic embraces the highs, lows, and existential limbo of what’s supposed to be the most celebratory season of the year.
INTERVIEW
“Scents of Horror”
Elizabeth Renstrom, a.k.a. @basenote_bitch, pairs classic TV and film scream queens—from Linda Blair to Buffy—with to-die-for fragrances
CULTURE
Let’s Make a List
A highly subject top-10 roundup, presented as a short film, by Jonpaul Douglass
STYLE
I Heart the ’90s
Jessica Pettway celebrates Black beauty looks from 30 years ago
STYLE
Planet You
Budding romance meets seductive style in this fashion story by Braylen Dion, shot on location in Atlanta
INTERVIEW
Enemy of the Average
In this “as-told-to,” Jessica Antola channels iconoclastic Polish opera singer Gonna Walska (1887-1984) on location at Lotusland, Walska’s famed Santa Barbara gardens
PHOTOGRAPHY
If You Steal My Sunshine
Caroline Tompkins wanders through a ‘Fool’s Paradise’
FOOD
Food for Thought
Jake Stangel shares recipes and kitchen hacks for even the most reluctant would-be cooks
INTERVIEW
Wild Thing
Lucas Garrido on fearlessly following his imagination wherever it takes him
PHOTOGRAPHY
Myrtle Beach
Jacq Harriet frames archetypal moments at the famed South Carolina seaside getaway
INTERVIEW
The Art of Everything
Viral content creator Rudy Willingham takes questions from his 347,000 Instagram followers
CULTURE
Vibe Check
An excerpt from Ben Pier’s ecstatic, enigmatic book Teenage Teeth
PHOTOGRAPHY
Texas
Brian Finke’s Lone Star series taps in a state of contemplation
MUSIC
Full Blast
The songs that got us through quarantine. Interviews and artwork by Alexa Johnson.