[in]Visible Magazine

For the first few weeks of my study abroad experience in Salamanca, Spain, even amidst a whirlwind of orientation activities, I found it relatively easy to forget that I was living in a different country—an entirely different continent, even—from the one in which I’d previously spent my entire life. Of course, I don’t pass as […]

With every new year comes another Valentine’s Day, and with another Valentine’s Day comes the tirades against the corporate devaluation of love and the depiction of romance as a heteronormative, capitalist competition of “who has someone to love in the way Hollywood has deemed the most important.” And to these disgruntled ones, I say keep […]

As I entered my first job, I was afraid of dropping the “F-bomb” and revealing my identity as a feminist. I wasn’t sure how my opinions would be received and whether they even had a place in the workplace. As the days went by, I met my supervisor and interacted with my (mostly male) peers. […]

  Walking down the hall of almost any Scripps dorm, you’ll notice a bowl of condoms and occasionally a few remaining packs of lubricant sitting on a table. These items, provided by our RAs, are considered a necessity to our health, as protected-sex should be. However, at our college, there is no free or paid […]

  For some of us, the holidays are “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for many, the holidays also entail a certain amount of anxiety, fear of the heated political conversations that will inevitably occur over Thanksgiving dinner about why exactly Trump may not just be the best political candidate for President, or […]

As hundreds of students gathered in front of Honnold-Mudd Library last Thursday, anticipating the beginning of the Blackout March in solidarity with marginalized people of color throughout the country and around the world, one of the organizers issued this reminder to the white allies in the group: “You are here to support the space, not […]

Let’s do a thought experiment. If I say, “guilty pleasure TV,” what shows come to mind? My guess: reality shows like “America’s Next Top Model” or “The Bachelor.” What about films? Probably anything IMDb labels a “chick flick.” Books? “Chick lit.” And has anyone gone to a boy band concert lately? I’m sensing a pattern […]

Happy Asexual Awareness Week, to those reading this on or before Sunday, October 25th! Asexuality is a sexual orientation defined by the absence of sexual attraction to others… but you likely already know that, and if you don’t, I refer you to the resources list below. For this article I’d like to go a step […]

Periods: that pesky little red friend who likes to knock on your door once a month just to say hello, a friendly reminder that all is going good up in there. But sometimes we wish this friend would just keep to her own business, stop showing up unexpectedly and making a mess all over our […]

I had a different post prepared for today. Then there was another school shooting, this time at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. As of this writing, 10 people were killed. At once, Twitter filled with outpourings of grief and outrage. People asked when we, as a nation, would finally decide that enough was enough. That […]