Essay written Aug. 2006 Searching My Soul and Finding My SelfA gay man’s reminiscences of Oberlin in the early 1980’s Riding down to my
Essay written 2006 Awakening at Oberlin College It was so exciting, being the first to arrive on campus that sunny, end of summer day,
Alison Bechdel (OC 81) is the author of the wildly popular comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For and the critically acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home: A
“We’ve been having this lesbian rap group…” Christa Rakich was raised in a “very conservative,” white, middle class, Roman Catholic family in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Interview with Retiring Professor of Art History, Bill HoodBy Leslie Myers (85) Leslie: Tell me about your early years at Oberlin. Bill: I came to Oberlin
Essay written April 2000, edited April 2006 Oddly enough—as much of a repressive force as religion has become in our society in recent decades—I
The oldest of four children, Graham was raised primarily in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother was nineteen and her father, a liberal Presbyterian minister, was
Essay written Sept., 2004. Although I was born in France, following my father’s death from cancer, my mother returned with me to her hometown
“It was all men talking about the war…” Misha Cohen was raised in Coral Gables, Florida and identifies as a Sephardic Jew. Her father
“Everybody was bending gender a little bit…” Raised in a middle class, suburban family outside of Washington D.C., Holly Boswell was assigned a male
