Editor’s Letter

On April 24 of last semester, a sunny spring promised a warm and lazy summer while classes were doing anything but winding down. In the midst of this crossroads of spring fever and culminating studies, 150 copies of [in]Visible Mag­azine made their way to dorm and Motley Coffeehouse ta­bles, Sallie Tiernan Field House magazine racks, and Malott Commons paper stands. For some (especially its makers!), the distribution of the first issue of [in]Visible was a long-awaited delight; for some, it was a complete surprise.

Possibly because there was such a limited supply of magazines to distribute last semester, there was also a large segment of the Scripps student population that had no idea that the first issue had come out. Even now, many students at Scripps are entirely unaware that there is a magazine on campus that seeks to openly discuss body image issues and promote appreciation of the self and others. This year, we are distributing more magazines with the hope of reaching more Scripps students.

Since last year, our newly born magazine has cer­tainly matured. We’ve learned from past mistakes and tak­en on new team-members. I am especially excited about our enthusiastic team of writers, most of whom are new to the magazine.

In this second issue, we made a greater effort to look beneath the surface: “What, besides physical appear­ance, makes a woman beautiful?” We collected opinions from several Scripps students about what makes their friends beautiful and interviewed women like Laura Passarelli, who stopped shaving over the summer and continues to (happily) abstain. In an interview with ARM, a self-identified queer student, we had the chance to learn about body image from the perspective of a queer person. With these and other stories, we were able to explore how body image issues in­fluence different individuals.

To us, these women are more than faces in the crowd. They each have valuable stories to tell, stories that we might miss if we aren’t careful. It is normal to flip through the pages of daily life and skim for the important informa­tion. But what information gets to be labeled as important? What is made invisible? We hope that these perspectives bring focus to stories that we might otherwise tune out.

It’s certainly not warming up to summer this time around, but conditions for this publication of [in]Visible have mostly remained the same: classes are still going full-steam and the end of another semester is approaching. In the midst of all this, we hope you have a chance to read through the pages of our second issue. Then, when you’re done, pass it on, share the love. Let’s keep the discussion going!

Happy reading,

Becca Marion

Editor-in-Chief