Norah Mannle CM ’27 discusses whether to chase your passion or an ideal career when choosing a major, and how to balance the two seemingly stratified options.
Tag: Coming of Age
Dear Roommate: A guide to celebrating Halloweekend with your parents
While Halloweekend is a time for fun, it’s also at the same time as Pomona’s Family Weekend, so the end of October can seem a little scary. Advice columnist Ellie Chi PO ’28 shares how to manage being your hometown self and college self all in three days.
Word for Word: The allure of ‘Bonjour Tristesse’
After an improbable book recommendation from her grandpa, Anna R. Naigeborin PO ’28 wonders if a book written by a teenager in 1954 could move her teenage self in 2024. The charm of “Bonjour Tristesse,” she finds, holds true even 70 years later.
A Nightmare on 6th St: How horror movie exposure therapy eased my anxiety
Does the idea of watching a horror movie this Halloween give you the shivers? Horror columnist Niko Kay Smith SC ‘25 shares tips she learned on her journey from scaredy cat to a horror fan, and shares how scary movies helped her confront her anxiety.
Girl Power: What “Lady Bird” gets wrong about girlhood
Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed 2017 film “Lady Bird” artfully depicts mother-daughter relationships and growing out of girlhood, among other things but falls short in other places. Columnist Anna Peterson SC ’25 compares the movie with 2002’s “Real Women Have Curves.”
Under the Canopy: Confessions of a last chance tourist
More and more “last chance tourists” are flocking to deteriorating natural destinations like the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental columnist Annika White PZ ’24 writes about coming of age in the era of the climate crisis.
What’s in a place? Pomona College Mainstage’s ‘Kentucky’ tackles a complicated homecoming
From April 4-7 at Pomona College’s Seaver Theater, the semester’s Mainstage production “Kentucky” captivated audiences. Directed by Margaret Starbuck and written by Leah Nanako Winkler, the play delves into the intricate ways in which our origins shape our life paths.
Must watch: ‘The Moon & Back’ offers a refreshing take on coming of age films
Leah Bleich’s coming of age film “The Moon and Back” is made by and for young filmmakers writes film columnist Giana Gerardino CM `24.
Read it and weep: Coming-of-age in Phoebe Gloeckner’s ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’
Book columnist Nina Potischman PO ’21 examines how Phoebe Gloeckner’s “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” successfully portrays a nuanced coming-of-age tale.
Scene it: Two years on, I’m still reeling from ‘Euphoria’
With compelling characters, solid writing and trailblazing fashion, “Euphoria” leaves viewers eagerly awaiting season two, TV and film columnist Rorye Jones PO ’23 writes.