Upcoming film screening: The Blood of the Condor (1969)
LOUISE INEZA & FATOUMATA SOW, Specials to The Denisonian—Blood of the Condor is a 1969 Bolivian drama film co-written and directed by Jorge Sanjinés in the Quechuan language. The film...
Category: Arts and Life
The Genital Monologues 2020-2021: A virtual safe space
by Torria Catrone
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TORRIA CATRONE, Arts & Life Editor—For the majority of people, talking about their genitals is a taboo subject. The stigma around discussions about sex, gender, and sexuality makes it dificult...
Mar
24
2021
A great playlist for those long nighttime drives
by Maggie Wheatley
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MAGGIE WHEATLEY, Social Media Editor—Inspired by nighttime drives with no destination; this playlist has a mostly relaxed vibe with some high energy songs to capture the feeling of being young,...
“Coded Bias” examines inequalities in facial recognition
by The Denisonian
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LIZA HIGLEY & MARTHA KAMIKAZI, Special to The Denisonian—While working on a project in the MIT labs, researcher Joy Buolamiwini noticed that facial recognition could not identify her dark-skinned face...
How Slivy’s got its name – a typo that lasted a lifetime
by The Denisonian
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HOPE CHERUBINI, Special to The Denisonian—In 1975, when he was 8 years old, Jonathan Silverstein’s parents signed him up to play junior pee wee football in his hometown of Wellesley,...
16th annual Human Rights Film Festival Commences
by Aaron Skubby
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AARON SKUBBY, Editor-in-Chief—The 16th annual Human Rights Film Festival will feature four films related to human rights, ranging from a documentary about exiled Iraqi street artists to a drama about...
Mar
17
2021
Celebrating Women’s History Month? Binge some movies.
by Torria Catrone
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TORRIA CATRONE, Arts & Life Editor—In a word: women. None of us would be here without them. This Women’s History Month, celebrating women can be as simple as a movie...
Mar
17
2021
Denison hosts third annual Podcast-a-thon: ‘Pod-a-Palooza’
by The Denisonian
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GIGI GEORGE, Arts & Life Editor—This past week the Narrative Journalism department at Denison held its third annual Podcast-a-thon. Students and faculty from 9 classes across multiple disciplines competed for...
The “Naked King” explains the meaning of Naked Week
by Olivia Harvey
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OLIVIA HARVEY, Features Editor— This past Monday marked the beginning of a long-standing Denison tradition: Naked Week. Participants readied at the steps of the library and took off across the...
MENA Film Festival’s Obscure reflects on Syrian identity
by Michael Ball
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MICHAEL BALL, Web Editor—The inaugural Middle East Film Festival presented its first film, Obscure, in Herrick Auditorium on Thursday, Feb. 25. Obscure (2017) tells the story of Ahmad, a Syrian...