LETTER FROM AN EDITOR

LETTER FROM AN EDITOR

By Lianna Schieber

The first magazine of 2022! I’m so happy to be at 22 West Media for another semester and to watch all the amazing people in the magazine department create. Please stay tuned and see what other content 22 West Media comes out with this year!

This month’s issue is covering women from all walks of life to commemorate Women’s History Month. We did the same issue theme last March, and I’m happy that we’re revisiting it. Not to be biased (because I am being biased), but I think women are truly something to be celebrated. I also think that we should bring awareness to the pains that women must face including societal pressure, beauty standards, hormones, an encyclopedia’s worth of side effects that comes with every pack of birth control pills, all of it. I’ve met some absolutely resilient women in my life and I stand in awe watching them continue to strive against all odds.

To wrap up probably the only letter they’ll let me write after realizing why I don’t write for the magazine; I want to acknowledge the Black, queer, trans, disabled, and other minorities of women who deserve the spotlight this month and every other month of the year. I would also like to remind you that there are resources for women in need of help. I’ve listed two numbers below and please check https://www.csulb.edu/campus-resources for more.

U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233 Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860