[in]Visible Magazine

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 […]

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 […]

With the semester rapidly drawing to a close, we’re all looking for ways to procrastinate (er, take well-deserved study breaks) that we can justify as at least minimally productive or educational. Pride (2014), an independent British film with a kick-ass ensemble cast, gets my vote. Here’s why: 1. The film follows a London-based group, Lesbians […]

  It’s almost spring break, which means it’s the perfect time to shove those textbooks aside and pull out some good old-fashioned Young Adult fiction.   I’m an incurable book recommender, but also the kind of book recommender who, as a second-semester junior, starts thinking she should have been a sociology major with a concentration […]

  Image Source This past summer, some friends and I went to see How to Train Your Dragon 2. I hadn’t seen the first movie, but I had been assured it was good, so I was game. Some 102 minutes later, I walked out of the theater and announced, “All screenwriters should be fired.” Six […]

    I first came across the “Application to Date My Daughter” on Facebook, and I was immediately perturbed. For the uninitiated, it’s pretty self-explanatory – an “application” to be turned into the stereotypical, over-protective dad by a would-be boyfriend. It’s also very disturbing and highly problematic. I understand that the audience for this type […]

  Scripps, obviously, is a liberal college. It is impermissible to be anything to the right of militantly pro-choice and vaguely socialist. Which is why the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program is so fascinating. The speaker series, which began in the 2006-07 school year, specifically brings conservative political actors to campus for the purpose […]

  Source  (Emilyeretica, Deviantart) The first time I read The Hobbit, I was in fifth grade. I liked the plot; I liked the style of narration; I liked discovering the backstory to The Lord of the Rings. It didn’t occur to me to care about its utter lack of female characters. I didn’t even notice. It […]