may 2015 | issue 1
feminism for all Editor in Chief / Alyssa Wigant Executive Editor / Kirsten Nicole Managing Editor Deputy Editors Associate Editor Assistant Editors
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Hannah Giorgi Paul Truong, Brandon O’Rourke Isabella Baldwin Mallory St. George, Dat Tran
Art Director / Alyssa Wigant Assistant Art Director / Trudy Vinson Contributing Editors / Andy Dweyer, Leslie Knope, April Ludgate, Tom Haverford, Donna Meagle, Ben Wyatt Contributing Artists / Alyssa Anne, Marissa McPeak, Jonas Sung, Vice President / Amy Nguyen Vice President, Circulation / Stephanie Tooma General Manager / Harold Chaw Public Relations Associate Publisher Assistant to the Publisher College Interns
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Nick Azevedo Brooke Matson Olivia Doty Silvano Gonzalez, Melissa Fazio
This magazine was created for educational purposes only. Made by Alyssa Wigant, a graphic communication major at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (2015). Images were found on Google, some are owned by Alyssa Wigant. alyssawigant.com
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32 | feminist foods
everyone belongs in the kitchen! ingredients for the salad: -- 1 teaspoon minced garlic -- ½ pound raw shrimp, tails removed -- ½ tablespoon butter -- ½ teaspoon chili powder -- ¼ teaspoon cayenne -- 1½ cups sliced avocados (2 small) -- 1 cucumber -- 4 cups chopped spinach or baby kale -- fresh chopped cilantro for topping -- peanuts for topping
for the dressing: -- 1 1-inch piece of peeled ginger -- 3 tablespoons oil -- 3 tablespoons lime juice -- 2 tablespoons agave nectar -- 1½ tablespoons white miso -- ½ teaspoon minced garlic -- ¼ teaspoon salt
instructions 1. Heat the butter in a small skillet over medium high heat. Add the garlic and shrimp; sprinkle with the chili powder and cayenne directly in the pan. Saute for a few minutes on each side until the shrimp are no longer clear and have a nice golden color on the outside. 2. Cut the avocados in half; cut lines through the avocado vertically and horizontally and scoop the flesh out with a spoon (like this). Peel and dice the cucumber. Chop the spinach or baby kale into small bite sized pieces. Arrange in a bowl with the shrimp. 3. Puree all the dressing ingredients together in a food processor until smooth. Taste and adjust to your preferences. Pour the dressing over the salad and serve immediately (or store the individual parts separately in the refrigerator until ready to serve). Top with fresh cilantro and peanuts for crunch.
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42 | feature
The girls can rock! Meet the sisters behind HAIM.
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America’s badass sister trio opens up to us. By Melissa Leon
THEY’RE GOOFY, LOUD, CALIFORNIA VALLEY-ACCENTED ROCK STARS. THE HAIM SISTERS ARE LIVING THE DREAM — JUST DON’T CALL THEM A “GIRL BAND.” 21-year-old Alana, along with her sisters Este, 28, and Danielle, 24, are in the final stretch of a year-long world tour for their debut album, Days Are Gone, a dazzling collection of retro rock that mixes mid-’80s art-pop and ’90s R&B. (Fleetwood Mac, TLC, and Kate Bush are frequently invoked for comparison.) With Danielle shredding on guitar, Este on bass, and Alana on percussion, guitar and keyboard, Haim rocks with a hair-flinging intensity that sells out shows in minutes and whips fans into sing-along frenzies. They played together for six years before ever releasing a record (and for years before that too, as part of a family cover band called Rockinhaim), but the Haim sisters are now living the dream: They’re goofy, loud, California valley-accented rock stars who, if you believe them, cannot believe this is all even happening. “I’ve only met [Beyoncé] once and it was kind of the most surreal experience ever,” Este says. The sisters are well-known Beyoncé superfans and include a cover of “XO” on their current setlist. “She was so beautiful and so, like, nice. It was almost like I was having a conversation with one of my girlfriends. We walked away from it being like, ‘That happened.’” While Haim and Beyoncé haven’t crossed paths again, the sisters are relishing touring, writing new music, and enjoying each other’s company—even with all the quirks of sisterhood that never go away. Este, the eldest, says she’s the most maternal. “I’ve had my friends be like, ‘OK, Mama Bear Haim, calm the fuck down. Like, your sisters are gonna be OK, you don’t need to keep texting them to make sure they’re all right. They’re grown ass ladies.’” And Alana, though