There are so many pangs of delightful nostalgia in Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society, and one that hit us particularly hard was the fact that the film’s heroine, Ria, worships a poster of the ex-Gladiator-cum-Hollywood stuntwoman, Eunice Huthart, because she too wants to enter into the profession of death-defying stunt work. It got us thinking: how much does our teenage wall art say about us today? Was the sanctuary of the bedrooms a way for us to project our inner desires, or perhaps a way to display unconscious symbols that would only come to bear later in life? What follows is a selection of ripped-from-the-heart testimonies from LWLies contributors about all the weird and wonderful images they chose to hang on their bedrooms and why.
1. XUANLIN THAM
AN AVID LOVER OF THINGS
he most important piece of fictional media in my life has not changed for a decade: I will eternally sing the praises of , the manga and anime written by Haruichi Furudate. Traversing the highs and lows of high school volleyball, this grand epic about friendship, coming-of-age, triumph and heartbreak first captured my imagination as a thirteen-year-old in Taipei. I was an avid Lover Of Things, but nothing would ignite my obsessive investment as much as these fictional volleyball teams. To this day, remains my benchmark for truly great storytelling, and growing up with it instilled in me a love for experiencing that together with friends and strangers, in
