Tag: comingofage

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The Art of Growing Up in Public

There is a particular cruelty to fame that Shawn Mendes understands better than most. He did not simply become famous; he was watched while it happened. A teenager with a guitar, a

Beyond the Arena: Why We Still Can't Look Away from *The Hunger Games*

The image is seared into a generation’s memory: a young woman with a braid, bow in hand, taking her sister’s place in a brutal, televised fight to the death. When Suzanne Collins’

Young Is More Than an Age

Being young is often treated as a simple matter of years, but age only describes one part of the experience. Youth can m