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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…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Christian Metzger  Staff Writer      Lake Forest College student Diayan Rajamohan ’21 opened an exhibition, entitled D. Atelier, featuring his artwork in the Deerpath Student Gallery on February 20, 2020. Featuring a total of eight acrylic paint-based abstract works, Rajamohan’s reception on the gallery’s opening night saw the attendance of over 60 people, both…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Arielle Van Deraa ‘21  Digital Editor  vanderaaas@mx.lakeforest.edu   The stage is simple, lit blue, and nearly bare. There are clothes strewn about, and a microphone, but the most noticeable feature is a toilet. When the sole performer in the production enters, he is nude. He sits on the toilet limply for a moment, letting the…