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The Grape is Oberlin College's student news and culture magazine, published bi-weekly since 1999.


Jun 28, 2022
Mercurial World Review by a Magdalena Bay Superfan
by Jules Crosetto Production Assistant photo by Toby Tenenbaum [originally published March 11, 2022] On February 22, 2022, Magdalena Bay...


Apr 26, 2022
2022 Grammys: An End to Secrecy, the Start to Novelty?
by Fiona Farrell Staff writer [originally published winter 2022] Like most popular awards shows, the Grammys have endured their fair...

Apr 26, 2022
Rage Against the Digital Jukebox
by Levi Dayan Editor-in-Chief [originally published December 2021] As was the case with pretty much everyone and everything, 2021 did not...

Apr 12, 2022
Making sense of the Astroworld disaster
by Kayla Kim photo by Amy Harris for Rolling Stone [originally published November 2021] When I was seven I saw a picture of a human...

Apr 12, 2022
Taylor Swift: Good or Bad?
by Liza Mackeen-Shapiro Opinions Editor & Saffron Forsberg Arts & Culture Editor [originally published November 2021] Taylor Swift Good...

Apr 11, 2022
False Negative and the Yuppiefication of John Waters
by Levi Dayan Editor-in-Chief art by Amelia Connolly [originally published October 2021] As someone who has struggled—and continues to...


Apr 10, 2022
“Bridging the Gap” Reflects Complete Ignorance of the Ongoing Occupation of Palestine
by Levi Dayan Editor-in-Chief Image credit: NYT [originally published October 2021] With Oberlin’s return to a normal semester plan has...

Apr 10, 2022
Prozac Nationalism
by Priya Banerjee Editor-in-Chief art by Amelia Connelly [originally published October 2021] Oberlin is full of kids on pills. We eat...

Apr 10, 2022
What's the deal with Pitchfork?
by Liza Mackeen-Shapiro Opinions Editor art by Eleanore Winchell [originally published October 2021] Frequently invoking the ire of...

Apr 10, 2022
Get Vaxxed or Ride the Pine
by Wyatt Camery Features Editor [originally published October 2021] It’s that time of year again, folks. No, I’m not talking about...

Apr 9, 2022
Opinion: Oberlin Not Equipped to Handle Student Mental Health Needs in the Summer Semester
by Kira Mesch art by Ella Causer [originally published July 2021] To occupy me when I walk from my dorm to Decafe and back again, which...


Apr 9, 2022
Tokyo 2020: We Deserve Slack, So Why Don’t Our Champions?
by Fionna Farrell Staff Writer [originally published July 2021] It is hard to perform at our best when we are functioning at our worst....

Apr 8, 2022
Gen-Z, the Vaccine, And Bill Gates’ Plan to Microchip Us All
by Fionna Farrell Staff Writer art by Eleanore Winchell [originally published July 2021] The CDC reports that, as of July 21st, only...

Apr 8, 2022
The Ideological Traditionalism of Reality Competition Programs
by Kira Mesch art by Henley Childress [originally published July 2021] The 2021 Primetime Emmy nominees came out on July 13, and shows...

Apr 8, 2022
Pride Prom and Confronting Pride Month’s Finitude
by Fionna Farrell Staff Writer art by Dasha Klein [originally published June 2021] If you are one of the lucky ones, the word “prom”...

Apr 8, 2022
2021 NBA Playoffs and the Memes It’s Wrought
by Wyatt Camery Features editor [originally published June 2021] It’s been over a year since the now three-time Defensive Player of the...

Apr 6, 2022
Israel Does Not Represent Us
by Levi Dayan Editor-in-Chief Photo: Stephen Melkisethian via Flickr The forced evictions and displacement of Palestinian refugees living...

Apr 6, 2022
Cicadas Aren’t Coming to Oberlin This Summer, and Other Myths About Ohio
by Teagan Hughes Staff Writer [originally published June 2021] They came last when I was 14, clawing themselves out of the dirt like...


Mar 27, 2022
What’s to Be Learned from the Bessemer Amazon Unionization Campaign
by Joshua Bowen [originally posted spring 2021] “The emancipation of the working-men must be accomplished by the working-men themselves.”...


Feb 21, 2022
The House That Built Rush Limbaugh
by Levi Dayan [originally posted February 2021] One of the most bizarre and irritating quirks about social media is the cycle of bullshit...
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