• Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.

    Adora Svitak: Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
    "Prom: An American Tradition Gone Awry" by Adora Svitak, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2011.