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Editor, writer + founder of @fridaythings, cultural critic on TV, radio + podcasts, here for all your pop culture obsessions. stacy.leekong@gmail.com (she/her)
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The Media Pile-on Over Jason Arday Was Actually About Punishment

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By Stacy Lee Kong Verified
| Friday Things
I think it’s important to note that, while Arday had been the subject of a plagiarism investigation in 2025, a misconduct panel at Liverpool John Moores University, where he earned his PhD, “ruled any similarities between his work and others’ were ‘well within the accepted range of compliance with the academic standards of the time,’’ per the Liverpool Echo. And, the accusation that he’d lied or exaggerated about his childhood isn’t actually about academic misconduct at all.
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I'd Be Very Happy to Never Hear the Words 'Woke 1 Was Crazyyyyy" Ever Again

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By Stacy Lee Kong Verified
| Friday Things
I think it was the chuckle that did it. This is convoluted, but stay with me: On Sunday, U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos to weigh in on topics including Wisconsin’s race for governor, and particularly frontrunner Francesca Hong’s stances on issues like police abolition, which she had previously supported but more recently walked back.
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Let’s Talk About How We’re Talking About Ariana Grande’s Body

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By Stacy Lee Kong Verified
| Friday Things
Image: instagram.com/arianagrande Content warning: This newsletter contains references to disordered eating. You know when TikTokers post a video reply to a specific comment to make a wider point, and they’re like “Please no hate to this commenter, they’re just a good example of [insert wider phenomenon here]”? Well, I’m about to do the same thing to Craig Jenkins, Vulture’s music critic and a writer whose work I quite like, for his review of Ariana Grande’s eighth album, Petal.
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