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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Reviving the romance of handwritten letters

Chloe Saint Mard September 3, 2024

All throughout my freshman year of college, my mother regularly sent me handwritten letters.  The excitement of receiving mail, discovering the thoughtfully chosen postcard and reading the latest news...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

The summer I turned white | Identity Unveiled

Rebecca Peng April 23, 2024
In ways that teenage me couldn’t have comprehended, I can now articulate why I felt and continue to feel disconnected from Jenny Han’s work as an Asian woman.
Connie Dai / DFP Staff

Pick up a book

Bailey Clark March 22, 2022
The joys of re-kindling my love for books again.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The commodification of age

Max Ferrandino March 10, 2021
The perceived age of an actor or actress is important, not just for the viewer's entertainment but for the overall success of a TV show or movie. Fundamentally, age is not just a number — it’s a commodity. The younger you look, the more likely you are to be successful in Hollywood.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: College acceptances portrayed in adolescent media perpetuate a dangerous, unrealistic standard

Editors March 8, 2021
A better depiction of college applications in the media would be showing a sincere reason for the character’s choice of school and a more personalized college search. If producers lead with characters’ genuine motivations rather than sticking with the tried and true big-name school, it will give way to a diversity of acceptances and more realistic representations on what college is truly like.
Lana Condor in July 2015. Condor reprises her role as Lara Jean Covey in Netflix’s “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.” COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: “To All the Boys” sequel falls flat, feels good nonetheless

Colleen Thomson February 13, 2020
It’s Feb. 14th, which means love is all around, and Netflix is no exception with its newly released teen movie “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.” From first dates to cheesy love songs, this film packs in all the essential contents of a classic rom-com, except for one — a cohesive plot.
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World of Literati: Movie adaptations can promote reading

Carolina Duque February 21, 2019

We’ve all seen at least one book-to-movie adaptation, given that in recent years there’s been a craze over turning novels, specifically young adult and middle-grade ones, into films. The popularity...

Boston University alumna and actress Ami Park speaks at the annual Breaking Boundaries conference at Metcalf Hall Friday night. ZIJING FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Timothy DeLaGhetto, BU alumna Ami Park challenge stereotypes in ASU’s talk

Mae Tonge December 5, 2018
Boston University’s Asian Student Union hosted its second annual “Breaking Boundaries” speaker series. ASU invited four speakers from the Asian-American community to tell their stories Friday.

REVIEW: ‘Sierra Burgess is a Loser’ romanticizes catfishing, fails to live up to hype

Johnathan D. Kindall September 9, 2018
“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser,” which released Friday on Netflix, feels like a glorified, slightly higher-budget Disney Channel original movie. And as much as I love “High School Musical,” that’s certainly not a compliment. Borderline unwatchable at worst and a hesitant guilty pleasure at best, “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser” tells the story of Sierra, an awkward high school girl who finds herself in an unexpected romance after her classmate, popular cheerleader Veronica, gives Sierra’s number to Jamey, the quarterback of another local high school.
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