[in]Visible Magazine

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 […]

Sometimes when we think of healthy foods, phrases such as time-consuming, hard-to-find and expensive come to mind. This is often true because of our Claremont College bubble and our near-empty bank accounts, but there are many easy ways to find a yummy, healthier alternative to dining-hall food. One way is to walk or bike to […]

I’m only speaking from my own experiences—I’m in no way speaking for the whole queer community. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? Queer. I personally hate the word lesbian and don’t identify with it. To me, a lesbian is a person who lives in Greece on the island of Lesbos. But, people can identify however they […]

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 […]

Name: Callie Name of Friend: Kathline Describe the way she dances at a party: The same way she would dance if she were all alone. But sometimes we play a game where I say an object and she has to dance like that object…then she usually ends up dancing like a pickle. What is one […]

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, […]