The picks in the fourth annual Friday Things holiday gift guide take inspiration from the most memorable pop culture moments of 2024, from the Wicked press tour to Kendrick Lamar’s hater energy to Chappell Roan’s pop supremacy.
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It’s fair to feel angry that so many celebrities only now have something to say about Israel’s genocide of Palestinians—but I’m not sure it’s useful.
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Don’t mind me, I’m just over here feeling kinda triggered by all the discourse over Victoria Monét’s ‘long overdue success’
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And why moving away from the era of centralized internet might actually help defang stan culture
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Iconic Black stylist Law Roach surprise-announced his retirement last week, prompting the fashion world to take stock of how it treats its Black members. While that’s very necessary, we should also be listening to what he said about rest
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Kim Kardashian looks pretty different these days—lighter skin, blonde hair, noticeably thinner. But while I’ve been thinking about this new aesthetic as a return to whiteness, it might actually be more complicated than that.
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The pop star recently posted photos where she literally looked Asian. It wasn't the first time she's taken aesthetic inspiration from another ethnicity’s physical features.
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The part where she didn’t acknowledge that her family has played a huge role in perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards for young women 🙃
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Some cultural critics still think there are genres that are too superficial to sustain analysis. To which I say, uh, wtf?
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But it IS about her stans and what they’re saying about Black is King. Or rather, what they’re not saying.
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The singer name checked a group of mostly Black singers who have all been able to build their careers on songs about “being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating,” while she has been “crucified” for singing about abusive relationships.
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