[in]Visible Magazine

Many feel that much of their happiness is based on the quality of their relationships, or lack thereof. These are the conclusions that staff writer Emily Hanna ’12 has drawn from talking to a group of students varying in race, gender, and sexual preference, offering insight into the nature of relationships at the 5Cs.

Women have been putting societal expectations and appearances before the support, health, and comfort of their feet for centuries. The long-practiced Chinese tradition of foot binding and the controversial side of high heels, flats, and other shoes adds perspective to sacrifices made for fashion.

Scripps students combat poor body image by raising awareness about “fat talk” and opening dialogue about body image and self-esteem. Because negative body image is a community problem, we need to solve it as a community.

One would assume that Coco Chanel did not real­ize that she would be setting a decades-long international trend when she stepped off her friend’s yacht in 1923. As the famous fashion designer stretched her dark, suntanned legs on the mainland again, explaining that she “had been in the sun too long,” a slowly evolving trend […]

Once, in high school, I remem­ber leaving the fitness center at my athletic club to follow the sounds of clunking metal and peek into the weight room. Though I recognized many of the contraptions and movements practiced there, looking at the bulky men, three times my size, pulling, lifting, and grunting, I got the distinct […]

Hallelujah! We are finally starting to talk about it. Sex, that is. We’re admitting that it’s out there, that it happens, that we’re curious. Women are proudly declaring themselves sexual beings beyond the roles of wife or mother. While it is important to cel¬ebrate this discourse and recognize the progress made in past years, one […]

Skinny is to beautiful as obese is to… Ugly? Repulsive? Lazy? The ease with which such words come to our minds speaks to the embarrassingly seamless connection that has developed between fatness and all of its negative connotations. However much our obsession with appear­ance has progressed since the olden days of pow­dered wigs and foot […]

Countless forms of media have been devoted to exploring the female body ideal and to highlighting the extremes to which some women will go to achieve these socially accepted expectations. However, little information is readily available addressing how men feel about their perceived obligations to fulfill a certain body ideal. Do men experience the same […]

Hair. Leg hair. Sophomore Laura Passarelli smiles as she rubs her fingers lightly over her shin. “It’s fuzzy,” she says, “but it feels natural.” Laura’s hair, which has grown four months without blade, wax, or cream applied to it, is hardly noticeable. As she sits on a couch in the Dorsey living room, she is […]

Many have heard the term “male gaze,” which is a conscious and subconscious process by which women are viewed by an assumed male audience. This results in the sexualization and objectification of women and the curtailment of female agency. Al­though the male gaze cannot be tangibly felt, touched, or even easily defined, its practice is […]