THE EDITORS

To make someone look is empowering. To be looked at is dehumanizing. The di erence is choice. As a woman, I often feel looked at by men. This happens most often when I don’t want to be looked at: walking down the street alone. When I want people to look at me, I wear eccentric out ts and wild makeup. Feeling beautiful and con dent will always turn heads. Made You Look is about having the power to attract attention and more importantly making the choice to do so.

As kids, we might have said something to get our friends attention and then said “Made you Look”. The joke in saying this simple line lies in the immense power you so easily relinquish when you stop what you’re doing and give your undivided attention to something. Giving your vision to someone gives them control. And for that split second , they control your entire perception of your surroundings. As adults, we command the attention of others not through silly pranks, but through the ways that we stand out. Your uniqueness gives you power, so keep making people look.

To make someone look is empowering. To be looked at is While I know that not everyone has the privilege of doing so, I encourage readers to “make others look,” when able. I have come to nd that people are so wrapped up in their own self-judgement and standards that were set thousands of years ago by a predominantly white, cisgender, male polity, that it is almost a relief when they see people challenging them. If not for yourself, do so for others who society deems as un t to make noise. Make them look.”