[in]Visible Magazine

The video gaming culture at Scripps College defies gaming stereotypes by allowing for self-exploration, social get-togethers, and boosting confidence.

Scripps students combat poor body image by raising awareness about “fat talk” and opening dialogue about body image and self-esteem. Because negative body image is a community problem, we need to solve it as a community.

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 […]

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 […]

I was deeply concerned with and affected by the prevalence of unhealthy body image issues here on campus. [In]Visible gives voice to the vast and varying issues experienced by young women on campus. The magazine, by illuminating this little talked about but much felt issue, will delegitimize our preoccupations with outward appearances and eradicate body […]

I have a compulsive drive to write down everything about and around me in a journal. I tend to forget a lot of things, so the way that I remember things – be they names, French vo­cabulary words, class notes, or things going on my life – is to write them down. Over time, by […]