coming of age
Roaming accurately portrays the messy and exciting navigation of young adulthood
October 24, 2023By: Alex Ileto, Peak Associate As a fourth-year university student, I still hesitate when referring to myself as an adult. All my peers and I appear to be at drastically different phases of lives, even though we’re the same age. This is the age when you’re either taking your first driving lessons, backpacking across Europe, or getting married and having two kids — it’s a confusing time, to say the least. For the longest time, I felt like a teenager trapped in the body of a young adult, and thought I was the only one who felt this way. Roaming,…
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In conversation with Neha Sekhon on life cycle of a wildflower
July 19, 2022By: Max Lorette, Peak Associate SFU student and poet Neha Sekhon pours her heart and soul out in her self-published poetry book, life cycle of a wildflower. This book explores Sekhon’s coming of age story in an easily digestible way,…
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Trickster is a darkly compelling watch with plenty of rich storytelling and Indigenous folklore
October 14, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor All those headlines you’ve been seeing about Trickster being the must watch show of the fall? They’re not wrong. Trickster just aired the first of its six-episode season on Wednesday, October 7 and…
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My coming-of-age soundtrack, the upgraded sequel
July 13, 2020By: Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief Fans of The Peak (or as I like to call them, Peaklings) will remember that I wrote a Monday Music about my coming-of-age soundtrack. It wasn’t until I saw it in print that I realized every…
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Monday Music: My coming-of-age movie soundtrack
June 29, 2020All Monday Music for the Summer 2020 semester is now available on The Peak’s Spotify Playlist, Monday Music Summer 2020. Don’t forget to follow thepeaksfu on Spotify to listen more easily! By: Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief With social distancing still being a thing,…
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The Half of It showcases marginalized perspectives and conveys the tragedy and joy of relationships
June 8, 2020By: Kate Olivares, Peak Associate Time and time again, we are shown that coming-of-age movies have so much more to offer beyond love triangles between straight white teenagers (looking at you, John Hughes). There is so much space for other…
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Stargirl tells an empowering story of non-conformity, but falls short on character development
May 10, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer If there’s one thing being stuck in isolation is giving us, it’s the chance to get through all the movies we’ve been meaning to watch. Stargirl, a Disney coming-of-age film released in March 2020, was…
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Did I mention I’m queer?
September 2, 2016[dropcap]G[/dropcap]rowing up, I was pretty queer for a straight girl. When I was in high school, I always had a “gal pal.” At the time, I thought of them in the most innocent way: they were just girls I was…
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