Friday Things

2 months ago | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

If we’re being honest, I was probably never going to respond well to Selena Gomez’s emotional Instagram Story about Donald Trump’s Republican government deporting Mexican people. Selena Gomez shares emotional Instagram Story about the deportation of Mexican people:“All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do.

Jan 17, 2025 | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

Um. Yes. I’ve talked about this before in a more joke-y way, but when I was a kid, I used to get so annoyed when my dad would respond to something I had said or done by calling me ‘so Canadianized.’ He could never hide his disappointment when I didn’t like a food that he thought was quintessentially Caribbean or, in retrospect, just delicious (a short list: soursop, mauby, chicken feet, any sort of organ meat, eddoes).

Jan 10, 2025 | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

It’s been almost exactly four years since my social media timelines basically had a meltdown over the prospect of actor Armie Hammer being a cannibal. (Which, okay, could more accurately be described as fantasizing about consuming his partners, but we all know there’s no way the internet was ever going to pass up an opportunity to call someone a cannibal.) Anyway—if you know your celebrity math, you know what that means: it’s about time for a comeback attempt.

Dec 6, 2024 | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

In the case of Lohan, red carpet photos from the Our Little Secret premiere went viral last week after the entire internet started speculating about what she’d done to her face (complimentary). Amid all the discourse, her dad spoke out, claiming her glow-up could be credited to fillers, peels and Botox, but that she’s never gone under the knife. And to be fair, some plastic surgeons agree.

Oct 11, 2024 | fridaythings.com | Stacy Lee Kong

Foster’s Noah is the (straight, cis) woman’s counterpoint to the more stereotypical examples of straight men writing women, which it would be safe to classify as uh… breast forward. When women write men, on the other hand, their physical attributes are often second to the way they make their love interests feel: seen, heard, appreciated, cared for.