Sloane DiBarihttps://sloanedibari.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Sloane DiBarienMon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100How Alison Bechdel ’81 Blends Fact and Fictionhttps://www.oberlin.edu/news/how-alison-bechdel-81-blends-fact-and-fictionQ&A with Fun Home author Alison Bechdel on Oberlin's production of Fun Home's musical adaptation, teaching at Yale, and her most recent graphic novel Spent.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.oberlin.edu/news/how-alison-bechdel-81-blends-fact-and-fictionThe Weezer That Once Was, The Weezer That Will Always Behttps://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/the-weezer-that-once-was-the-weezer-that-will-always-be?rq=sloane%20dibariFri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/the-weezer-that-once-was-the-weezer-that-will-always-be?rq=sloane%20dibariPitchfork’s New Paywall Isn’t Killing Music Journalismhttps://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/pitchforks-new-paywall-isnt-killing-music-journalismOn January 20, 2026, Pitchfork put the nail in music journalism’s coffin. Just kidding. It’s not that serious.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/pitchforks-new-paywall-isnt-killing-music-journalismTobacco-Free Initiative Sparks Conversation About Campus Smoking Culturehttps://oberlinreview.org/36557/arts/tobacco-free-initiative-sparks-conversation-about-campus-smoking-culture/Cigarette butts sit mockingly on the ground in front of those iconic green signs: “OBERLIN COLLEGE TOBACCO-FREE AS OF JULY 1, 2016.”Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://oberlinreview.org/36557/arts/tobacco-free-initiative-sparks-conversation-about-campus-smoking-culture/Who Knows the Boss?https://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/who-knows-the-bossGod bless the Great Garden State, God bless Bruce Springsteen, and God bless America.Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/who-knows-the-bossOn the Record with Erica Dawn Lyle: Improvisational Musician, Artist, Writerhttps://oberlinreview.org/36340/arts/on-the-record-with-erica-dawn-lyle-improvisational-musician-artist-writer/#photo"I had a joke with my friend: 'Why is it so much harder to come out as a noise musician than as a trans person?'"Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://oberlinreview.org/36340/arts/on-the-record-with-erica-dawn-lyle-improvisational-musician-artist-writer/#photoSpotify CEO’s Stepping Down Stokes Ongoing Discussion on Streaming Ethicshttps://oberlinreview.org/36078/arts/spotify-ceos-stepping-down-stokes-ongoing-discussion-on-streaming-ethics/#photo“If my money is going to weapons manufacturing instead of paying these individuals, what kind of person am I?”Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://oberlinreview.org/36078/arts/spotify-ceos-stepping-down-stokes-ongoing-discussion-on-streaming-ethics/#photoWho’s Afraid of Music Criticism?https://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/zfmrp86k0ze2s0blc7lye6mhowbiz0To criticize an artist’s work is to ruthlessly pick apart their very being. If it isn’t outright sadistic, it certainly isn’t polite.Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.theoberlingrape.org/arts-and-culture/zfmrp86k0ze2s0blc7lye6mhowbiz0Big Thief’s ‘Double Infinity’ Is 2025’s Most Beautiful Letdownhttps://oberlinreview.org/35557/arts/big-thiefs-double-infinity-is-2025s-most-beautiful-letdown/Big Thief eschews big feelings for big sounds, mistakes the cosmetic for the cosmic. The result is a work most clearly defined by what it is not.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://oberlinreview.org/35557/arts/big-thiefs-double-infinity-is-2025s-most-beautiful-letdown/False Spring Hit the Ground Screaming with 'Stairmaster'https://surroundingsound.substack.com/p/false-spring-hit-the-ground-screamingThey were scrappy, they were unapologetic, and they were loud.Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://surroundingsound.substack.com/p/false-spring-hit-the-ground-screaming