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Christian Metzger ’20  Staff Writer  metzgerct@mx.lakeforest.edu  Disney Pixar’s latest film, Onward, is brimming with the same heart and stellar animation that has come to define the studio, but it lacks the same potent magic which elevates its other animated classics. Currently available for streaming on Disney+, Onward is directed by Dan Scanlon and stars Tom Holland and Chris Pratt as the leads Ian and Barley, respectively. The film takes place in a world inhabited by…

By Adam Hartzer ’23 Layout Editor hartzeraj@mx.lakeforest.edu    For those that have enjoyed ABC’s The Bachelor, Netflix has recently created their own reality dating series, Love Is Blind, which premiered on February 13 and is hosted by husband and wife Nick and Vanessa Lachey. What differentiates this show from others is the way in which the contestants meet; instead of falling in love with someone based on their looks, singles connect with each other solely…

By Maryam Javed ’21  Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  “I’m one of the girls. That’s my gender. I’m male. That’s my sex. I’m attracted to females. That’s my orientation. My experience was different from anything else I’d ever heard of. I wanted to write it down so there would be a book showing what it is like to grow up like this,” writes Allan D. Hunter in GenderQueer: A Story from a Different Closet.  GenderQueer: A Story…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By: Adam Hartzer ’23 Layout Editor  hartzeraj@lakeforest.edu      With the release of Apple’s streaming platform, Apple TV+ in November 2019, The Morning Show debuted alongside its launch and quickly became the platform’s flagship series. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, The Morning Show is a satirical drama that exposes the distorted truth behind…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Maryam Javed ’21  Opinions Editor    Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar, accounts the Algerian loss in 1830 due to the French conquest and delves into the powerful oral accounts of rural Algerian women through their own life experiences, describing their role in the Algerian independence struggle.  The novel is a first-person narration that…