“game over” yet: fantasizing - Scripps College Community

PERSPECTIVES
FINDING A PLACE FOR MY MIND
10 Emily Simmons shares her perspective on the
impact of living with 900 other highly intelligent
women on her intellectual self-esteem.
NO PRESSURE: CHOOSING NOT TO DRINK
14In an alcohol-driven social scene, how do you fit
in when you hate booze? A native New Orleanian
shares in coming to terms with hating the norm
while having friends who don’t.
16 KILLING US SOFTLY
Do you really know what you’re singing when
the latest Lil’ Wayne or Kanye West song comes
onto the radio? While analyzing the lyrics
of some popular hip-hop songs of today, Daysha
Edewi proposes that women begin to take
ownership over their music before the music owns
them.
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FEATURES
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: THE MIXED-RACE
06EXPERIENCE Mixed-race individuals confound a society that
loves labels, and they experience disgust,
generalization, and becoming the object of
others’ fetishes. Katie Evans talks to mixed-race
students at Scripps and discovers that no two
people have the same experience.
IT’S NOT “GAME OVER” YET: FANTASIZING
12IDENTITY The video gaming culture at Scripps College
defies gaming stereotypes by allowing for selfexploration,
social get-togethers, and boosting
confidence.
GIVING A VOICE TO THE MANIC PIXIE
18DREAM GIRL
Emily Morris explores the film character called
the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” and the ways this
character detrimentally affects female viewers.
PUTTING GENDER IN THE VAGINA
30This year’s V-Day Claremont production of
The Vagina Monologues aims to empower its
actors and audience through performance—a
performance striving to remind everyone that
being a woman is not just about the vagina.