This Issue Weeping Willow What do you do when you’re sad? I stand tall. I become like a tree: Bailey Middleton Poetry, Relationships [Mama,] Do you see me as I see myself in your reflection? Looking down on your water that coats my skin a color I share with all Diana Zhang Poetry Deconstructing “Going-Out” Culture at UVA: Why Can’t We Ever Slow Down? The red dress I had planned on wearing to my boyfriend’s winter formal, coincidentally, happened to be the same shade of red as the back of my thro Lindsey Smith Advocacy, Pop Culture Dear Idleness, I freeze in place and then thaw. Thoughts trickle along in a spiral of longing aspiration. Ella Powell Wellbeing Oasis The sky is pale blue closer to the ragged spines of the outcroppings Mary Margaret Lea Poetry In My Ideal Universe My body, mind, and soul are a solar system Made up of hundreds of moons, millions of asteroids, and a multitude of planets Caroline Silvera Poetry, Identity 5 Things I Love and Don’t Love about the K-pop Industry My K-pop origin story all began with a YouTube React video. Jordan Coleman Pop Culture To My Middle School Idols Middle school, almost by definition, is not supposed to be a place where anyone thrives. Susannah Baker Identity, Relationships Favorite's Day: The Self-Care Day You Didn't Know You Needed Favorites day can happen however much you need it, and it can be whatever you want. Wear your favorite clothes, even if they don’t match. Cassie Dallas Wellbeing Letter from the Editor: Idolatry Our issue opens with Cheyenne Butler’s piece “What Happens in Vegas Should Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter What Happens in Vegas Should Stay in Vegas As fourth-year students, my friend and I wanted to celebrate our final spring break with a bang, so naturally, we took a spontaneous trip to Las Ve Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture Previous Next Popular What Happens in Vegas Should Stay in Vegas As fourth-year students, my friend and I wanted to celebrate our final spring break with a bang, so naturally, we took a spontaneous trip to Las Ve Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture Letter from the Editor: Idolatry Our issue opens with Cheyenne Butler’s piece “What Happens in Vegas Should Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter Favorite's Day: The Self-Care Day You Didn't Know You Needed Favorites day can happen however much you need it, and it can be whatever you want. Wear your favorite clothes, even if they don’t match. Cassie Dallas Wellbeing To My Middle School Idols Middle school, almost by definition, is not supposed to be a place where anyone thrives. Susannah Baker Identity, Relationships 5 Things I Love and Don’t Love about the K-pop Industry My K-pop origin story all began with a YouTube React video. Jordan Coleman Pop Culture In My Ideal Universe My body, mind, and soul are a solar system Made up of hundreds of moons, millions of asteroids, and a multitude of planets Caroline Silvera Poetry, Identity Oasis The sky is pale blue closer to the ragged spines of the outcroppings Mary Margaret Lea Poetry Dear Idleness, I freeze in place and then thaw. Thoughts trickle along in a spiral of longing aspiration. Ella Powell Wellbeing Deconstructing “Going-Out” Culture at UVA: Why Can’t We Ever Slow Down? The red dress I had planned on wearing to my boyfriend’s winter formal, coincidentally, happened to be the same shade of red as the back of my thro Lindsey Smith Advocacy, Pop Culture [Mama,] Do you see me as I see myself in your reflection? Looking down on your water that coats my skin a color I share with all Diana Zhang Poetry Weeping Willow What do you do when you’re sad? I stand tall. I become like a tree: Bailey Middleton Poetry, Relationships Letter from the Editor: Ruptured Roots Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter Creating Caring Community for Survivors through Transformative Justice When replanting our roots after they have been ruptured, it is crucial we find soil forgiving enough to support our growth, healing, and rebirth. Caroline Silvera Wellbeing, Advocacy On Seasons and Motherhood I knock, gently, on the door, but there is no answer. Perhaps I am at the wrong address. Lindsey Smith Fiction, Relationships Somebody Come Get Her, She’s Dancing like a Stripper Yes, I took a pole dancing class. Anyone who knows me is likely unsurprised since I’ve been wanting to take one for quite some time. Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture I, Budding Bloom I plead and prod For the answers to your hurt. I wait, which is to say I wilt. Ella Powell Poetry ቡና : Coffee : Liquid Gold An ode, an homage to these storied Ethiopian highlands, a chess board of the gods as Homer once said, where goats and shepherds have become their c Miriella Jiffar Identity for evergreen my grandfather knows trees like I know the bark of his calloused hands their leaves, their roots, their flowers Susannah Baker Poetry, Relationships The Story of Jasmine (as told by and to Iris) Our editor, mentor, colleague, friend Who shepherds Iris to the end,... Poet and scholar who dares to dream— Mary Esselman Identity, Relationships The Bailey Middleton Playlist About a year ago, one of Bailey’s poems hooked me onto Iris as a new reader. Today, as a fellow Iris writer, I get to talk to Baile Susannah Baker Relationships, Identity A Storyteller’s Story: The Artistry of Caroline Silvera Caroline Silvera applied to Iris magazine one year ago as a second year without any writing experience. Surprising right? Bailey Middleton Identity, Relationships On Mary Esselman: A Love Letter to the Girl and the Fish Mary has lived many lives, as a journalist for People nagazine, a Georgetown University professor, a Discovery Channel documentarian, and Jasmine Wang Identity, Relationships Letter from the Editor: the Story of Iris This issue, we are telling the "Story of Iris," which is to say we are telling the story of the writers behind Iris. We paired ou Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter 20 Minutes With Ella Powell A creative force in the purest form, here is what Ella has to say about her work, her time at Iris, and her professional and authorial goa Cheyenne Butler Relationships, Identity Previous Next Hot Topic Iris Magazine Subscribe to the Iris Newsletter! * indicates required Email Address *UVA students & colleagues: please use UVA computing ID here. The Root of My Mother by Jasmine Wang Miss Twenty-Something by Cheyenne Butler How Much Do They Care? by Bailey Middleton 5 Things You Should Know About Barstool Sports if You Care About Being a Good Person by Eryn Rhodes
