Kelly Stout
@scoutstout
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writer, editor, labor gal, formerly and always in heart @esquire @longreads, @jezebel, @newyorker
New York, New York
Joined June 2010
Continuing my beat of writing the stupidest stuff imaginable for @esquire while earth spins out of orbit:
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Americans have become terrible at forming and keeping friendships. But there must be somebody out there who wants to grab a burrito with me.
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I hate this shit. Solidarity with the members of the Thrillist union.
Welp, it's the end of an era at @thrillist, as nearly our entire staff was laid off this morning. More details and information on how to support coming soon ✊💔
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Kelly is an incredible writer and editor, but also an outstanding leader. She's taught me so much about integrity, advocacy, and how women leaders make workplaces better. One of the best things about working at Esquire was having her to look up to. Hire her!
Well, after five years editing and writing features and politics stories for Esquire, I, indeed, received my delayed calendar invite. Yesterday, I along with a couple other Hearst employees, was laid off from a job I loved and was very good at.
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After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)
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My final act at Esquire is a fitting one: I hand-modeled my way into the role of "woman with knife" in a @chuckpalahniuk story. So proud to launch my fifth Napkin Project, featuring Chuck, @JackieWoodson, @daniel_m_lavery, @MegWolitzer, and Weike Wang.
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We asked five of the most electric writers to fill a blank cocktail napkin with a story about Turkey Day. Their stories will break your heart, make you laugh, disturb you—you know, like most holidays.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Hearst, where nearly 200 people were laid off across all categories of editorial, ad sales, product, and PR. https://t.co/3O1XW1ky3n
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Hearst Magazines lays off nearly 200 staffers across various brands, just in time for the holidays.
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Imagine being dumb enough to lay off Adrienne, the smartest, hardest working person at esquire! Wild choice on their part, but fantastic news for whoever gets her next.
After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)
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By "a couple other Hearst employees" I meant to say "a couple HUNDRED" LOL.
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I'm looking for work starting now! I can do funny and serious and both at the same time, and have been doing so for a decade and a half. I'm at kellystout@gmail. Thanks for reading. <3
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@gauveyherbert @mitch_moxley @MatthewEBremner @clovito What I suspect I'll miss most of all, though, was editing the last good blogger, the best person on the internet, @CharlesPPierce, especially during this election from hell. I'll miss the shebeen readers dearly, and getting to use "ratfuck" in headlines near daily.
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@gauveyherbert @mitch_moxley @MatthewEBremner @clovito The other two in that trio were on productivity:
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I read all the books and tried all the hacks in a mad quest to optimize my time.
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@gauveyherbert @mitch_moxley @MatthewEBremner @clovito It wasn't all heavy and serious, though, one of the best parts of the job was how many features I got to write. Just yesterday I published the last installment of a trio of essays about....idk...life's rich and gruesome tapestry?
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There’s nothing lamer than trying, yet that’s exactly what I was about to do. Would it be bold enough to work?
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@gauveyherbert @mitch_moxley @MatthewEBremner @clovito I had the enormous honor of editing essays in which writers (particularly those from marginalized backgrounds and genders) generously shared their lives with our readers. This Sandy Allen joint stands out in my mind:
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My quest to find out what really makes a guy sound like a guy.
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@gauveyherbert @mitch_moxley @MatthewEBremner But it wasn't all doom and gloom! I also got to edit profiles of all manner of cover stars, from Kid Cudi with @clovito ( https://t.co/euEswBGVKP) to Andrew Garfield ( https://t.co/ugBd4rqDWA) with Rachel Dodes
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The actor has big ideas about life and death—even a theory about the nature of time. Over an afternoon at one of his favorite New York City haunts, the actor let us into his world.
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@gauveyherbert @mitch_moxley It was a privilege to work with @MatthewEBremner on a year-long investigation into a possible miscarriage of justice decades in the making:
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Twenty-six years ago, Barton McNeil called 911 to report that his three-year-old daughter had died in the night. It was the worst thing that could ever happen to any parent. Then a new nightmare...
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@gauveyherbert In this heartbreaking @mitch_moxley piece, he told the story of two fathers who approached grief very differently, with great sensitivity:
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Chris Joseph and Scott Thomas's sons were among the 16 people killed in one of the worst sporting disasters in North America in nearly fifty years. For the families of the victims, the tragedy was...
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@gauveyherbert Dave also penetrated the inner workings of a cult in our own backyard and was a finalist for the Deadline Awards:
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At the age of 19, Jeff Gross fell under the sway of a much older, charismatic Svengali. Decades later, his life is unrecognizable. What the hell happened?
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@gauveyherbert (That one will soon be coming to a TV near you, as it was optioned in a bidding war! https://t.co/hPdLaqmySg)
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Jason Bateman To Star In, Direct 8-Ep Series Adaptation Of Esquire Article 'Daddy Ball' As Netflix, Aggregate Win Bidding Battle
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My favorite stories were about normal people in extraordinary circumstances, and extraordinary people in normal circumstances. Like this @gauveyherbert joint about warring little league dads:
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On the Long Island Inferno, two fathers, both with complicated pasts, took it all too far. Neither man was ever the same.
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I'm so grateful to the writers who trusted me with their work, which I'm going to highlight here in no particular order. This is certainly not exhaustive:
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