In her first column, Chloe Mossey PO ’29 examines the lessons one can learn about maturity from a Britpop song about cheating on one’s partner.
Columns
Unboxd: The summer’s accidental obsession — how this indie film upstaged ‘Backrooms’
“No, no, no. I thought we were having a good summer!” So did columnist Quincy Qu PO ’29, until the horror film she nearly skipped became the one she couldn’t stop thinking about.
5Cs After Dark: Summer situationship psychosis
New semester, same situationship trauma. In their first issue back, Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 tackle why summer flings hurt so badly in their lovechild “5Cs After Dark.”
A Little Write Music: An obscure Italian opera comes to Los Angeles
The Pacific Opera Project spotlights operas that have long been ignored and stages them in venues throughout Southern California.
Off the Shelf: Desire as danger in ‘Sympathy for Wild Girls’
In the third installment of her book review column, Corina Yi PO ’28 reviews Demree McGhee’s debut short story collection, “Sympathy for Wild Girls.”
American in Reims: How to manufacture memories
What happens when your study abroad experience isn’t the one you wanted? After months away, Otto Fritton PZ ’27 picks up his abandoned column and reflects on the four months he spent in Reims, France. Between cooking with his host mother, playing soccer in the hail and galavanting in a couple of fields, Fritton realizes how hard it is to notice life while you’re still living it.
A Girl’s Guide to Terrible Men: Tony Montana’s fragile masculinity
In her latest column, “A Girl’s Guide to Terrible Men,” Bianca Mirica PO ’29 revisits the seductive excess of “Scarface” and the women who expose the insecurity beneath Tony Montana’s power.
Looking for New York: Is it finally time to ban Central Park’s iconic carriage horses?
The carriage horses in Central Park have been a part of the New York City tourism canon for over a century. But following the recent deaths of both a tourist and several carriage horses, it might be time to put the practice to rest. Arianna Kaplan ‘27 investigates the history of carriage horses in New York, and determines that the industry is an anachronistic nod to an imagined past, not a true representation of New York history.
Off the Shelf: K-Ming Chang reinvents Asian American narratives
In the second installment of her “Off the Shelf” column, Corina Yi PO ’28 reviews K-Ming Chang’s short story collection “Gods of Want.” Featuring cigarette-ad models coming to life, ghost-cousins, shape-shifting daughters, various nameless widows and nine-headed birds, the collection blurs the line between realism
A Girl’s Guide to Terrible Men: Men think they invented liking “The Godfather”
When columnist Bianca Mirica PO’29 was fourteen, her father decided it was time to watch “The Godfather” together. Years later, Mirica reflects on the iconic film’s male power dynamics, Al Pacino’s face card, and all of “The Godfather”’s unsung heroes — the women.