[in]Visible Magazine

Feeling as if she had nowhere to turn when faced with food-related health problems, Jenna Tico found the Claremont Co-op. Because they prepare and grow all of their own food, Co-op residents have developed a unique relationship with their food.

For those who fully understand autism, it is painful—painful to be in two worlds at the same time, and painful that you see what is invisible to others. Victoria Davis describes the lessons she has learned from growing up with an autistic brother.

Losing friends during the transition from high school to college can be rough, but what if there were friends within reach at all times, no matter where you were? Madeleine Roy describes how her online friends she has met through online communities have shaped her life and how she views herself.

Guest writer and Scripps staff member Gretchen Maldonado examines how her perception of self changed during and after pregnancy.

Often, we hear the point of view of people who suffer from eating disorders. This perspective, from the sister of someone with bulimia, sheds new light on the issue.

Senior Claire Richmond describes her battle against wedding weight-loss advertisements that have been targeting her ever since she became engaged.

I never thought I’d have the courage to do it, but here I am, publicly describing the reservations I have about my own hair. See, I have what I like to call, “nappy hair.” This hair texture consists of fierce, comb-breaking, neck-snapping, mama-sweating, gut-wrenching naps that make a normal black woman absolutely dread waking up […]

Nobody looks at me and assumes that I have an eat­ing disorder. I am larger than what is acceptable by most societal standards of beauty. I avoid form-fitting clothing, because anything that pinches makes me more aware of my body than I’d like to be. While the fight between my desire to be healthy and […]

The train conductor smiles at me, completely un­aware that anything is amiss. He reaches out. I hand him my ticket. And then, out of nowhere, I flash him a grin: only where my left front tooth used to be, there is now a substantial hunk of broccoli. I continue smiling as though nothing is wrong, […]

Journal-writing is something I do for myself so that I can look back, see the progres­sion my life has taken and then look forward expectantly to new experiences to fill the blank pages. A journal can be as poorly written as the writer wants it to be and contain personal thoughts to be hidden away […]