Stacy Lee Kong

2 weeks ago | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

Each essay in the book references a particular song, from Sheryl Crow’s “If It Makes You Happy” to “I Wish I Was the Moon” by Neko Case. How did you decide which ones to include? I made a really big playlist, and then I went on a lot of walks and I listened to the songs. I needed just songs to spark a memory. The opening essay is a song by The Waterboys called “The Fisherman's Blues,” and when I listen to that song, I am back in this place of like, okay, the living room [of our house] is different.

1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Stacy Lee Kong

1 month ago | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

Regardless of the specific group these demonstrators claimed belonging to, the overall perspective was anti-government nationalism. The entire point of the convoy was to uphold an idea of Canada that was unconstrained by this country’s existing social order. The vision was a Canada for some people (white, Christian, politically conservative), which necessarily meant others (Indigenous, racialized, politically progressive people) were unwelcome.

1 month ago | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

I’ve had an ongoing list of potential newsletter ideas in my Notes app since I started Friday Things in 2020. Sometimes they’re newsletters I want to write but there’s something timelier to tackle that week (I’m still mad I didn’t write about Michael B. Jordan’s appropriation rum in 2021, but don’t worry—one day you are getting an absolute opus about the celebrity liquor industrial complex), other times they’re topics I just want to think about more before I delve into them.

1 month ago | threemagazine.com | Stacy Lee Kong |Sarah Laing

Listen to this article: Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... To mark the launch of our spring 2025 Innovation Issue, we took over the Baccarat Hotel New York for a fireside chat with our cover star, tech founder Sinead Bovell, hosted by Paola Piers-Torres, an award-winning Latinx filmmaker.