Dartmouth Alumni Magazine Apologizes to Women of Color For Not Knowing They Were On Their Period

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine apologizes they offended many people in the Dartmouth community for publishing a letter to the editor that told women of color to not complain about injustice. They recognize their mistake in publishing the letter while everyone was on their period.

“Look, we messed up,” said senior editor James Hagen ’88. “We would never have published this thing if we knew everyone was gonna be menstruating. This is on us.” The magazine is now in crisis mode.

“We’re just trying to keep readers at this point,” added Shirley Wainwright ’76. “I think the problem started when we were digitizing our lunar calendar. There must have been some sort of error. We would never have published something so provocative if we knew it was peak period season.”

Students have started a petition asking people to unsubscribe from the magazine. “It is reprehensible and unacceptable that the magazine did not respect my own reproductive cycle and the overwhelming hysteria, whininess, and irrationality it causes.” Said Bernice Holt ’17, one of the students who signed the petition. “There is a reason why I mention my menstruation on my blog. And if Dartmouth Alumni Magazine cannot respect that, then why should I respect them?”

No women of color could be reached for comment because they were all on their periods.

-DZ ’16