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Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

Opinion

The corporatization of the modern-day body positivity movement

Eileen Lincoln, Editor in Chief | March 10, 2021

Body positivity is a term coined back in the late 1960s, used throughout the Fat Acceptance Movement: activism against diet culture and corporate industries of whom capitalized off discrimination and anti-fatness ideologies. In our modern-day world, the...

Why Everyone Should Take The Race IAT at Least Once in Their Life

Claudia Messina, Editor in Chief | March 9, 2021

This summer citizens across the world witnessed and participated in a powerful demonstration of civil rights in America. The Black Lives Matter Movement inspired many people of this country and called for immediate reform of several institutions to make...

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Moving Forward

Payton Wozny, Editor-In-Chief | January 21, 2021

The polarization of the nation became more evident than ever following the breach of the Capitol Building on Jan 6 and the anticipation of Biden’s Inauguration, however, following Inauguration Day, unity seems more attainable, and hope for a stronger...

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The problem with cancel culture

Nour Alkaaby, Staff writer | January 18, 2021

Cancel culture is a social practice in which one is renounced by a social group for one's past or current wrongdoings. Typically celebrities or internet creators are the ones being canceled, but it isn’t uncommon for students to cancel a peer or communities...

Playboi Carti’s, Whole Lotta Red. Trash or Not?

Aubrey Leverett, Online Manager/ Social Media Manager | January 14, 2021

April 14, 2017. That was the date that Atlanta based rapper Jordan Carter, aka Playboi Carti, released his first album. Following the release of the album, named after Playboi Carti himself, Carti dropped two different artistically sounding tracks: “Brokeboi”...

Is The Tampon Tax and argument of gender inequality or economics?

Is The ‘Tampon Tax’ and argument of gender inequality or economics?

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | January 14, 2021

Over the centuries women have fought long and hard to omit gender inequalities in every aspect of our lives. The suffragette movement brought about the right to vote, one of the biggest achievements for women’s rights, and was also a catalyst for many...

Why the United States needs a second lockdown

Eileen Lincoln, Editor in Chief | January 14, 2021

As of the start of 2021, the United States has reached over 20 million COVID-19 cases. In less than a year, the country has had over 360,000 deaths, solely due to the virus itself. Right now the virus is nowhere near slowing down either - these last...

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Review of The Midnight Sky

Shevany Moharir, Editorial Board | January 14, 2021

In 2049, Earth is overcome by a natural disaster leaving toxic radiation on its surface and forcing the entire human population to evacuate immediately. Scientist Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney), decides to stay back, knowing his illness will overtake...

Trumps response when Pence told him that he cant do anything about the votes

Trump Social Media Ban and Investigation

Kaleb Steele, Sports Editor | January 14, 2021

President Donald J Trump was holding a rally outside of the White House. Donald J Trump first said to his crowd, “We will stop the steal!” He continued to say, “We will never give up, we will never concede.” “We won it by a landslide,” he...

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Donald Trump must be removed from office.

Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editor-in-Chief | January 7, 2021

Last night was a dark time in America. It was a level of grief and shame that no one in the country nor in the world ever thought America would stoop to. Anarchists and domestic terrorists stormed the U.S Capitol and wreaked havoc on one of the most sacred...

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Did the Wizards make the right decision?

Viraj Khetan, Staff Writer | December 7, 2020

On December 2nd, 2020, the Houston Rockets traded Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for John Wall and a 1st round pick. Wall spent his entire 10-year career with Washington, earning 5 All-Star selections and making the playoffs 4 times. On the...

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