LETTER FROM AN EDITOR

When tasked with creating the cover for our annual Women’s History Month issue, one is faced with the impossibility of representing the incredible breadth of the women in history and the present day. The often tried-and-true method of relying on hyper-feminine symbols to convey feminism often alienates those who don’t particularly identify strongly with them - myself included. Obvious influences aside, this month’s cover pays respects to 22 West’s roots as an outlet for student voices as well as antiquated symbols of gender non-conformity. As innocuous as many of them seem, only through years of history has allowed their controversy to recede.

Inside this issue you’ll find accounts of women that inspire others, defy expectation, or simply ask for the peace of existing as a woman in today’s world. Check out our contributor page and join our Discord or contact a staff member if you would like to share your voice without the limitation of conformity.

Oftentimes you will find many fearful of the shift away from the status quo in gender and identity, and see it as some form of recent moral or societal failing. They fail to see the storied history behind such movements.

The truth is, we have always existed. We always will.

CAROLINE BAE, ART DIRECTOR