[in]Visible Magazine

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

[in]Visible Magazine was first envisioned in the Motley cof­feehouse during the winter of 2008. After attending a Health Education Oureach (HEO) – sponsored event about healthy bodies, first-years Becca Marion and Laura Passarelli were inspired; sipping warm bever­ages, they continued to discuss beauty ideals and body image is­sues in themselves and the Scripps community. They […]

Last semester, I participated in the photo booth project along with 380 people associated with Scripps. From the moment I heard about it, I was excited about the project. When Lisa Kau and I had our pictures taken in the white plastic booth, I laughed at the way the camera lens moved and rotated. I […]

Harvey Mudd senior Elaine Shaver reveals how a per­fectionist academic atmo­sphere and family influences indirectly led her to become a bulimic – and how she learned to respect her body. Has the Mudd or Claremont commu­nity affected how you view your and others’ bodies? Indirectly, I guess. Mudd in particular has a perfectionist attitude. Almost […]