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.

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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

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CULTURE

Let’s Make a List

A highly subject top-10 roundup, presented as a short film, by Jonpaul Douglass

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STYLE

I Heart the ’90s

Jessica Pettway celebrates Black beauty looks from 30 years ago

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STYLE

Planet You

Budding romance meets seductive style in this fashion story by Braylen Dion, shot on location in Atlanta

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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

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PHOTOGRAPHY

If You Steal My Sunshine

Caroline Tompkins wanders through a ‘Fool’s Paradise’

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FOOD

Food for Thought

Jake Stangel shares recipes and kitchen hacks for even the most reluctant would-be cooks

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INTERVIEW

Wild Thing

Lucas Garrido on fearlessly following his imagination wherever it takes him

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Myrtle Beach

Jacq Harriet frames archetypal moments at the famed South Carolina seaside getaway

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INTERVIEW

The Art of Everything

Viral content creator Rudy Willingham takes questions from his 347,000 Instagram followers

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CULTURE

Vibe Check

An excerpt from Ben Pier’s ecstatic, enigmatic book Teenage Teeth

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Texas

Brian Finke’s Lone Star series taps in a state of contemplation

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MUSIC

Full Blast

The songs that got us through quarantine. Interviews and artwork by Alexa Johnson.

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