Emerging Oberlin Publication Spotlight

by Grape Department of Student Affairs

At the Grape, we’re here for the people—and the people are starting new publications. Constantly. We know we’re kind of the biggest deal on campus, so we want to help the little guys out. We decided to have a few of the new magazines and papers send in ads for us to print. Go check them out! God knows they need it.

Disclaimer: These advertisements do not reflect the views of the Grape.

Multiplicity

We’re Oberlin’s new quarterly polyamorous life and culture journal. Read Multiplicity for exclusive profiles of Oberlin’s hottest throuples, quads, and networks of ever-expanding size and scope. In search of those experienced in polyamorous relationships to write advice columns. Multiplicity is the journal that makes you say “Wow, this school is way too fucking small!” Monogamous people snooping for “polycule drama” to tell all their jerk friends about need not apply. 

STENCH MAGAZINE

STENCH IS OBERLIN’S ONLY CRUST PUNK FASHION MAGAZINE. IF YOU’RE AN ASPIRING CRUSTIE LOOKING FOR FASHION TIPS, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN STENCH!!!!!! BRING YOUR FINEST CRUST PANTS AND JACKETS AND COME TO OUR INTEREST MEETING IN THE ARBORETUM THIS SATURDAY AT 3:00AM!!! WE ARE AN ANARCHIST PUBLICATION BUT WE DO HAVE ONE COMMUNITY NORM WHICH IS TO NOT LOOK UP ANY OF OUR PARENTS ON LINKEDIN!!!!! IF YOUR DAD IS THE HIGHEST-PAID PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN SUFFOLK COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS AND YOU STILL WANT TO BE A CRUSTIE JUST DON’T TELL ANY OF US ABOUT IT OK JUST BE CHILL!!!!!! ALSO IF YOU KNOW WHAT D-BEAT IS AND CAN EXPLAIN IT TO US THAT WOULD BE AWESOME THANK YOU!!!!! 

Oberlin Young Independents Monthly

You might have seen someone posting on YikYak and Substack claiming to be the president of Oberlin Young Republicans: a dissenting voice in the leftist echo chamber of Oberlin College. But where is the community for independents? If you’re tired of the excessive discourse between left and right on this campus and in town, come write about it for our new organization’s monthly magazine. If you forgot to request a mail-in ballot to vote in the state of Ohio last November despite your liberal Connecticut parents’ nagging and then, due to extreme leftist social pressure, told everyone you didn’t vote as an act of resistance, don’t feel ashamed; we’re here for you and your nuanced perspective, and we want Oberlin to know and respect that we don’t stand for socialism OR neonazism. We refuse to choose any “lesser of two evils”—we ground ourselves in the almighty logic and equality of the center. Let’s skip the radical antifascism protests and hate crimes motivated by alt-right ideology and do something more productive; what that is remains a beautiful mystery.

The Oberlin Preview

No, that’s not a typo! The Preview is Oberlin’s first-ever clairvoyant newspaper. We’re your #1 source for all things in the future. Every week, we’ll publish an edition that will exactly mirror the coming week’s edition of the Review down to the editorial, layout, and photos, which we’ll use our top-of-the-line resources from our gracious College President to produce. And yes, there WILL be a horoscope column! Psychic experience preferred but not required—however, those whose predictions are egregiously incorrect may be subject to immediate firing. 

SLAP! Mag

Have you ever seen one of your respected peers wearing a color that totally doesn’t work for them and thought, “Wow, they wouldn’t know fashion if it slapped them in the face!” Come SLAP! Oberlin in the face (not literally) with the best of the best advice for following fashion trends. Started by a group of four best friends with a dream in Park Slope this past summer, SLAP! has the power to change Oberlin fashion for the better with guidance for those who need to know how to dress for their body type, newly-out gay men, and more! Leave that oversized black hoodie you’ve been wearing since junior year of high school at your parents’ house and get yourself a Ralph Lauren blazer, babe! Can’t find any wide-leg pants from Urban Outfitters at the Goodwill in town? No problem! We’ve budgeted for a weekend thrifting trip to Bushwick!!* We’ll bring our worldly, big-city sensibilities to this quaint little town with an interim Substack page while we raise money for a semesterly print edition through screenprinted SLAP! baby tees! Aspiring writers, photographers, and models from Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago who have a waist circumference of 27 inches or less are especially encouraged to apply. 

*The budget covers Amtrak tickets for four people and a charcuterie board at a small plates restaurant in Dumbo. All others will need to cover their own transportation and possibly food. Those who are not currently dieting and/or smoking cigarettes, and do not need to do those things, will be prioritized for access to the charcuterie board.

Cahiers du Cinema & Media

Published film criticism is woefully lacking at this institution. We want to change that. Inspired by the pivotal French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, Cahiers du Cinema & Media was founded by a group of fourth-year English students in Brooklyn Heights just over fall break after going to a Halloween party hosted by a group of film students at Pratt Institute and realizing that what they really should have done was film school. Our goal is to make Cahiers du Cinema & Media a monthly print magazine whose tastemaking influence reaches beyond Oberlin into the Greater Cleveland area and possibly even Greater Toledo. If you’re one of Oberlin’s many extremely online film buffs but you don’t have much writing experience, worry not—we can edit your Letterboxd reviews to Cahiers du Cinéma quality criticism. Cinema & Media majors who have their own film equipment that they would be willing to share with inexperienced aspiring filmmakers are especially encouraged to apply. Come to our interest meeting at the arch in Tappan next Friday at 6pm for free Marlboro Lights and the best chardonnay they sell at Trader Joe’s. 

*Disclaimer: Cahiers du Cinema & Media has no official relation to the Cinema & Media department at Oberlin College.