TFIOS

The Fault in Our Stars: Thriving With Cancer

Sixteen years old and diagnosed with cancer, how do you spend your final months of life? John Green’s latest young adult novel tells the story about what it means to be a youth living with cancer.

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Art by Casey Sprague SC '14

THE Woman: Irene Adler

Dominatrix and female mastermind, Irene Adler, is known as the most famous woman in the Sherlock Holmes stories. How has this character fared in recent adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s source material?

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Art by Taryn Riera SC '15

When Beauty Goes Ugly

Breaking society’s hold: a look into the effects of young girls’ creation of beauty blogs on the female psyche.

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Art by Allyson Healey SC '14

The Female Body Demystified

Woman. At first thought you don’t picture her interests, career, personal beliefs, life aspirations, or intellect. No. You picture her body. When will we decide that this needs to end?

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Between the Bedsheets: A Survey on Female Gratification During Sex

Sick of having bad sex? Explore the place where American society refuses to go and find out the results of our survey on women’s sexual gratification. Pick up some new tricks for the bedroom, too.

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Editor’s Letter: Spring 2012

Dear Readers, Another academic year is coming to a close, which means [in]Visible’s next issue is finally complete! The [in]Visible leadership board—Nikki Broderick, Amy Borsuk, Allyson Healey, Elena Sharma, Emily Hanna—and I are excited to welcome and introduce our new leadership for the 2012-13 year: Taryn Riera, Editor-in-chief; Lexy Stewart, Managing Editor and Writing Director; […]

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The Women’s College Experience – Part I: Who Can Have the Women’s College Experience?

The idea of being a woman is very much a part of the Scripps experience, but the concept of being a woman is one that is also drawn into question and challenged by its student body. So, what does it mean to be a woman? How is Scripps College responding to the diversity of this […]

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Respecting Boundaries-Your Own and Others’

Sexual assault plays a definite role in a college’s commitment to campus safety. This article explores how assault has specifically affected Scripps’s campus and what faculty and students are doing to prevent further cases. It also delves into other possible solutions for creating a safer college atmosphere.

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Square Peg, Round Hole

Yasmine Acheampong describes her struggle with appreciating what society defines as ‘imperfect’ and shows how she has learned to rethink what it means to embrace her body.

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Every Body’s Got Rights: Feminist Arguments For and Against the Decriminalization of Prostitution

Will decriminalizing prostitution help or hurt women in the feminists’ ongoing battle to achieve gender equality? Two different feminist views explore the ways in which prostitution may empower or subjugate women in a patriarchal society.

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