My name is Audrey and I’m a junior at Lane! I stumbled across Women in Lit when I was looking for an elective to take junior year, and I ended up loving the class. I was interested in this project topic after seeing the effects different forms of media have on people’s mental health and well-being, especially nowadays. I wanted to help show people how edited and unrealistic things in the media can be so that future generations don’t get caught up feeling like they have to change themselves to fit society’s standards.

My name is Lily and I'm a junior!! I have always been interested in women in literature and I was so excited when I discovered this class. The way women are represented is extremely harmful to so many people's mental health and self-image, creating certain expectations and stereotypes that simply cannot be met. The topic of this project is something I have always thought about and i'm so glad I got to make this zine. It's really important for people, especially anyone who identifies as a woman, to realize that uniqueness is beautiful and there is nothing "normal" about beauty standards.