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The Oberlin Review • 28th August 2022

Oberlin Bands Look to Campus Revive Music Scene

According to McKeon, things would have been completely different for Boxed Whine had they not had their first year to write original songs and experiment with their set. “If COVID had hit in 2019 instead of 2020, it’s very likely we wouldn’t have been able to get situated enough to be where we’re at now,” McKeon wrote. “We had laid down a lot of groundwork in that first year of playing that made it possible for us to keep sharing and working on stuff throughout the pandemic.” Jane Hobson, Colleg

The Oberlin Review • 28th August 2022

Director Ry Russo-Young on Oberlin, Filmmaking, and Nuclear Family

This past September, Director Ry Russo-Young, OC ’03, released her three- part HBO documentary film Nuclear Family which follows her groundbreaking custody case in the late 80s. Born to two lesbian mothers, she and her sister Cade were conceived through two separate sperm donors. The family lived idyllically until Russo-Young’s donor filed for filiation in 1986, a time when the concept of an LGBTQ+ family was nearly unimaginable to the American public. When the court denied her biological father

The Oberlin Review • 28th August 2022

New Podcast on Pioneer of Aviation, Katharine Wright

In each of the podcast’s three episodes, various scholars, historians, and family members offer illuminating insights into the life and times of the “Wright Sister,” casting her as an indispensable member of the Wright family and an invaluable force in the history of aviation. Though her story is often left unsung, her dauntless dedication to her brothers served as an essential factor in their heroic first flight. Dramatic readings of her letters are interspersed amidst captivating tales of her

The Oberlin Review • 28th August 2022

Writer Joan Didion Dies at 87

Joan Didion, whose literary prowess emerged in the 1960s with her essay “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” died in Manhattan on Dec. 23 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. She was 87. Her most famous works, which include her essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem, novels Play It As It Lays and A Book of Common Prayer, and memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, established her as one of the great American writers of the 21st century. Defined by her shrewd, laconic writing style, Didion’s g

The Oberlin Review • 28th August 2022

Big Parade Returns to Oberlin After Two-Year Hiatus

Last Saturday, students and community members gathered in and around Tappan Square to celebrate one of Oberlin’s most beloved traditions: Big Parade. For the first time in two years, crowds oohed and aahed as passersby donned festive face paint, sequined costumes, and the parade’s signature outlandish floats to make their way down East College Street, relishing in the arrival of spring and the return of a long-missed community event. With National Teacher of the Year Kurt Russell leading the gro

Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism • 16th August 2022

Florida court prohibits 'parentless' teenager from getting abortion

On Monday, a Florida appellate court affirmed an order prohibiting a “parentless” 16-year-old from getting an abortion on the grounds that she is not mature enough “to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy.” Instead, the state will force her to have a child.

The teenager petitioned the court to bypass a Florida law that requires a minor to get parental consent before undergoing an abortion. In a letter to the court, she wrote that she was “not ready to have a baby” because she doesn’t have

grain of salt mag - an online mag giving the male gaze the middle finger. • 15th August 2022

Love Island: An Experiment with Control

In the past year, my housemates and I have watched nearly five seasons of “Love Island,” a popular British dating show in which an array of attractive singles search for love while living in a secluded Spanish villa for an entire summer. The show plays out in real time five nights a week, as the show is filmed, edited and released in the span of 24 hours. Because the contestants have no access to the outside world, the producers have to find creative ways to drum up entertainment. Throughout the

Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism • 6th August 2022

'A blip': Republicans are scrambling to reassure their base

Republican lawmakers are scrambling to reassure their pro-life base in the aftermath of Tuesday's stunning pro-choice victory in Kansas. While many Democrats see the bill’s failure as the latest indication of widespread disapproval of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republicans are blaming abortion rights groups and their expensive ad campaign.

“So much money was spent by hardcore abortion supporters to make sure that amendment failed,” Federalist Editor-in-Chief Molly Hem

Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism • 3rd August 2022

Stunning outcome in Kansas could be a watershed moment for Democrats

The stunning defeat of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment in the ruby-red state represents a political earthquake, signaling fresh momentum for pro-choice forces and raising Democratic hopes for the midterm elections. As dawn broke on the morning after the vote, some Democrats and abortion rights advocates argued that the result showed the power of the abortion issue to drive voters to the polls—even in one of the most reliably conservative states in the country.

Over 58% of Kansans vote