Hurstories

Written & produced by Addison Richmond Two yearbooks sit side by side, both the same standard size, both about the same thickness, both with the same school’s name (Mercyhurst college) in scrawled on the front. But there is were the similarities end. One is bound with a classic, marbled paper cover, the other is bolder, louder, bound with bright colors and curvy font. If we peer inside these yearbooks, we can see further evidence of their differences. The first is filled with classic senior pictures: largely dominated with girls, dressed in neat skirts, with smart jackets. Standing proudly and with an air of professionalism that we’d expect to find in a large corporation’s directory.[1] The second is much freer. It’s still mostly dominated by female students, but something’s a little different. The tight pinned curls are replaced with loose straight hair. The stiff pencil skirts are replaced with slacks, and the occasional shorts. Even the settings of the pictures has changed, students frolic in daisy fi