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Anushka Elavia

Columnist

Number of articles: 4

First Article: February 14, 2025

Latest Article: April 17, 2025

Small talk

Adulting into awkwardness

In my first semester at Bowdoin, I learned a term in Intro to Sociology that still sticks with me: “breakdown in the definition of the situation.” Coined by Erving Goffman, it refers to moments when our usual social roles blur …

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