Alice Vol. 4 No. 2

Letter from the Editor
Volume 4
Issue 2
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In the Alice office, we often ask one another, “What does
Alice mean to you?”
For me, Alice is the ultimate role model. She embodies
everything I love about womanhood, and she always pushes
things a step further. She wears the bolder pattern. She is
the bolder person.
This issue, I have found new role models in the office: the
Alice writers. Writers are now looking to Alice as not just a
place where they report stories, but where they share their
own stories.
In the fall, we launched our Tell Your Truth blog, a
platform for women to send us their narratives and have
them published in an unedited, uninhibited way.
On the Tell Your Truth blog, and in this issue of Alice, we
have personal narratives about health and identity. We even
have an affirmation on page 112 that our readers can start
incorporating into their daily lives:
I am in love with and respect my body. / I am treating
my body well and my body is treating me well. / I am strong
and healthy, full of energy and happiness.
These snippets that we say to ourselves in the early
moments of the day and before our heads hit the pillow,
have the power to bring out our true selves.
The honesty of our writers got me to be honest with
myself about the sayings that have pushed me along.
This year, my affirmation was “You are the Editor in
Chief of Alice. You are meant to be here.” Before taking on
this position, I was just Becca. And Becca was awesome. But
she did not fit into the title of “Editor of Alice.” It was a little
too big, and she was sure everyone noticed.
Just as Alice had been my role model, “The Editor of
Alice” became my cooler alter ego. If I was Beyoncé, (and
I’ve certainly wished I was), The Editor of Alice was my
Sasha Fierce: the secret, powerful persona who was pulling
the strings.
I repeated “You are meant to be here” over and over,
encouraging myself to act how I imagined this mythical
Editor of Alice would act. Through my affirmations that
I was the editor, and I was meant to be here, I grew into
my role. I started to see that the costume I thought I was
wearing was really just my skin. I was Rebecca Rakowitz,
Editor in Chief of Alice.
She was there all along, I just needed my affirmation to
find her.
I want to thank my staff for their unwavering dedication
to Alice. And to all the women who have shared their stories,
thank you for telling your truth. Women being honest about
womanhood – that’s what Alice now means to me.
Rebecca Rakowitz
Alice Spring 2019 1