July 18, 2025

By E.J. Dickson

Photo: Vanessa Feder

It’s a difficult time to be a man. They’refalling behind women academically, making less money than their dads and grandfathers, and are so desperate for kinship and community that they’ve started posting sticks on Instagram and asking each other to rank them. It’s tough out there, and now that the weather is heating up, it’s about to get tougher.

A man told me something a few years ago that haunts me to this day: every summer, his balls get bigger. Not to the extent that he has to purchase new underwear or anything, but enough to make a noticeable difference when he wears trunks or loose boxers. Every June or so, like clockwork, his “summer long balls” come in. It’s one of the harbingers of summer, sort of like a collie shedding its top coat or Sabrina Carpenter releasing a new single.

Gossip, revelations, and timelines.

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