Tag Archives: Valerie Latimore

Men and Weightlifting

Countless forms of media have been devoted to exploring the female body ideal and to highlighting the extremes to which some women will go to achieve these socially accepted expectations. However, little information is readily available addressing how men feel about their perceived obligations to fulfill a certain body ideal. Do men experience the same […]

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The Male Gaze

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 […]

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Team Voices

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 […]

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