[in]Visible Magazine

We’re back for the [in]Visible Magazine playlist, round two! For this week’s playlist we delve into the theme of leaving. Songs about a lover leaving without a word. Songs about missing someone who left you. Songs about breakups and the past.  Songs about leaving your partner emotionally. Songs about leaving your partner physically. Whether looking […]

Talking to people every day takes a lot out of me. I usually enjoy my interactions, but lately I’ve realized that what makes them draining is how much time I invest in vetting and censoring myself. Some of this vetting revolves around me ensuring that whatever I say is sensitive and conducive to creating a […]

STIs are scary—they’re that dirty “disease” that makes people that much more nervous after having unprotected sex, or that much more annoyed that they have to use protection. But the truth is, they’re often more stigmatized than need be, and also more common than talked about. The stigmatization of STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections, also referred […]

When I went to student health services recently, I was asked by the nurse the common question, “Are you sexually active?” When I replied yes, she proceeded to ask me, “Are you on the pill, or using any other form of contraception?” I told her than on the rare occasion that I do have sex […]

With Nancy Pelosi having recently visited Scripps campus to speak about her experiences as a woman in politics, I cannot help but recall the congresswoman’s remarks regarding abortion. As an adamant supporter of Planned Parenthood and “women’s rights,” Pelosi appears to have my best interests in mind as a cisgendered young woman. However, her advocacy […]

What better way to start [in]Visible Magazine’s weekly blog playlist than with the theme of the invisible. A soundtrack to the unseen, the songs in this playlist bring attention to a reality where the invisible, the ignored is acknowledged and even confronted. From those hidden in plain sight to the ghosts of our present or […]

This week on the blog, we’re doing something a bit different: each day, we’ll be featuring a new topic and a new take on issues related to sexual health, from STDs and birth control to the language of the “war on women” and what needs to be done to make it more inclusive. According to […]

A friend of mine was recently at a bar in New York City, when she met a nice white guy who bought her a drink and wanted to talk to her about music. After a few drinks, he humbly outed himself as Uproot Andy, DJ from Toronto, Canada, and based out of Brooklyn. She called […]

The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, was the first international agreement to politically affirm the principle of equality between women and men. Since then, the UN has made a commitment to the advancement of the status of women worldwide. After the women’s labor movements at the turn of the twentieth century in […]

Boobs. Most people would agree that they know what breasts look like, or rather should look like. However, are the breasts we see in steamy movie sex scenes or in pornography the real deal? In reality, breasts can come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. There is variance in density, nipple size and color, areola […]