Love might be all around us, but how do you actually open yourself up to human connection? Advice columnist Ellie Chi PO ‘28 writes about navigating emotional vulnerability.
Tag: Romance
Rom-Com in Review: ‘Palm Springs’ and cosmic emptiness
“Palm Springs” (2020) takes the time-loop setup of “Groundhog Day” and dresses it up with apocalyptic nihilism and wedding-guest angst. Through the heaviness, the film remains charming and laugh-out-loud funny, writes rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27.
Rom-Com in Review: The case for joy In Asian American rom-coms
Asian American Rom-coms almost always revolve around intergenerational drama. As Asian American stories seem to receive more and more attention, columnist Nadia Hsu unpacks why the rom-com remains entrenched in family turmoil.
Rom-Com in Review: Jane Austen, ‘You’ve Got Mail’ and Love Across Postal Codes
In rom-com world, the love letter is a last-act confession — take Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail” or Jane Austen’s novels. Rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27 unpacks why letter-writing is such an oft-used trope, and why you should start writing them too.
Rom-Com in Review: Eat your heart out in ‘Fresh’
Out with rom-coms, in with cannibalism. In the past several years, there’s been a slew of stories centered around cannibalism — think “Raw” and “Bones and All.” “Fresh” does both, writes columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27.
Rom-Com in Review: ‘Sex And The City’ is for the cynical romantics
“Sex and the City” is considered by many as the defining rom-com of the early 2000s. For a show all about the ins and outs of love, reflects Rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu, it’s awfully cynical of romance.
The Claremont Indecent: To play the game or not to play the game?
Sex columnist Sleepless on Sixth Street walks through the five factors that foster attraction and weighs the pros and cons of playing hard to get.
Let’s spill the pop-culture tea: ‘To All the Boys’ final installment is an honest, if simple, depiction of growing up
Pop culture columnist Anna Tolkien CM ’24 explores the depiction of common teenage challenges in “To All The Boys: Always and Forever.”
Nikita Chinamanthur SC ’22 releases vulnerable debut book ‘Ants’
“Ants” by Nikita Chinamanthur SC ’22 follows 19-year-old Natasha as she navigates online dating, feelings of displacement and insecurities.
Scene one, hot take one: Lost love and lost Oscars — A review of ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
Ben Hafetz PZ ’20 discusses “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”‘s artful and aching portrayal of first love and why it warranted an Oscar nod.