How should we think about love that is both genuine and impure? Leslie Tong PO ’29 explores this question in her discussion of “Futon” by Katai Tayama and the Japanese I-novel.
Columns
Office Hours for the Soul: Professor Belinda Tang on pivoting
Three years ago, Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 planned to become a veterinarian. Now, she’s studying creative writing. In this week’s Office Hours for the Soul, Giacoma sits down with Professor Belinda Tang to talk about non-linear paths, KnitTok and the discipline of sitting with uncertainty.
Books ‘n Love: Blue sisters opens the window into sisterly love
Kassia Zabetakis PZ ‘28 reviews “Blue Sisters” by Coco Mellor – a tale about personal struggle and the bond among family. Zabetakis was fascinated by the realistic depiction of their sisterly bond, partially due to the fact that she has no sisters.
The feminine mystique: Parasocially in love with Sabrina Carpenter
Why do we fall in love with people we’ve never met? Ari Kaplan SC ‘27 investigates parasocial relationships through her admiration of Sabrina Carpenter and initial frustration at her rebranding.
MULTIMEDIA: Pomona College Art Department’s Look Without Fear Exhibition
Pomona College Art Department’s “Look Without Fear” exhibition was on view February 6th, featuring work by 17 artists from the 5Cs that highlight the art of noticing. TSL’s Multimedia team captured behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition.
American in Reims: Chili and the Sword of Shannara
Otto Fritton PZ ’27 seems to be changing his mind. Still stuck in a foreign land, his perception on small-city life has changed. He doesn’t love Reims, at least not yet, but he can’t deny it is growing on him.
Stories Retold: The rise and fall of modern Greek mythology retellings
Where did all the Greek mythology retellings come from, and where did they go? How did a genre seemingly pop up out of nowhere and then wane just as quickly? Ava Chambers PO ’28 covers the rapid rise and fall of the feminist Greek mythology novel in a new column, Stories Retold.
5Cs After Dark: Valentine’s Day sucks. Let’s talk about it.
Valentine’s Day is coming alongside collisions of love, friendship and expectations. Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 take it on in their new column, 5C After Dark, unpacking the uncomfortable question many students ask every year: is spending Valentine’s Day alone empowering, or just plain sad?
The Daily Palette: Tangles of Resistance in She Opens the Door
Starting with a poem that channels her feelings of the current state of the world, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition She Opens the Door: Women Artists and Writers Shape Language and Space at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. She admires how Culverson, an LA-based artist, creates a cascading waterfall of fabrics that resists the binaries of society in her piece Float.