This Issue feast, your eyes Sometimes I think there are worms in my eyes. Susannah Baker Fiction, Wellbeing Orange Juice she’s ripe, holding her / pieces together / by tearable strings & / bruisable skin Carley Frajda Poetry, Relationships 60 Degrees and Sunny Last week, when I was walking to class, it was 60 degrees and sunny. Lindsey Smith Wellbeing, Advocacy Chicken Fight He didn’t want to play, but you pressured him. Cassie Dallas Fiction Finding Beauty in a Body that Moves Jackie Bond Wellbeing, Advocacy The Pleasure of Knowing a Teacher Like Lisa Speidel I was not sure what to expect from a class called Pleasure Activism Across Time, but having taken a class with its professor, Lisa Speidel, before, Jordan Coleman Advocacy In Conversation with John Donne and FKA twigs: Rediscovering the Potential for Modern Love Out of all the creative minds I could have selected to illuminate the essence of love, I had to choose the metaphysical poet, John Donne, and conte Ella Powell Pop Culture, Relationships The Fault Lines on My Body I must feed my body and soul Simone Minor Wellbeing shark where i come from, there are sharks in every lake Vaidehi Bhardwaj Fiction Letter from the Editor: Body | Disembodied This latest edition of Iris is urgently interested in all things "Body and Disembodied". Miriella Jiffar Editor's Letter PreviousNext Popular Letter from the Editor: Body | Disembodied This latest edition of Iris is urgently interested in all things "Body and Disembodied". Miriella Jiffar Editor's Letter shark where i come from, there are sharks in every lake Vaidehi Bhardwaj Fiction The Fault Lines on My Body I must feed my body and soul Simone Minor Wellbeing In Conversation with John Donne and FKA twigs: Rediscovering the Potential for Modern Love Out of all the creative minds I could have selected to illuminate the essence of love, I had to choose the metaphysical poet, John Donne, and conte Ella Powell Pop Culture, Relationships The Pleasure of Knowing a Teacher Like Lisa Speidel I was not sure what to expect from a class called Pleasure Activism Across Time, but having taken a class with its professor, Lisa Speidel, before, Jordan Coleman Advocacy Finding Beauty in a Body that Moves Jackie Bond Wellbeing, Advocacy Chicken Fight He didn’t want to play, but you pressured him. Cassie Dallas Fiction 60 Degrees and Sunny Last week, when I was walking to class, it was 60 degrees and sunny. Lindsey Smith Wellbeing, Advocacy Orange Juice she’s ripe, holding her / pieces together / by tearable strings & / bruisable skin Carley Frajda Poetry, Relationships feast, your eyes Sometimes I think there are worms in my eyes. Susannah Baker Fiction, Wellbeing Letter from the Editor: The Story of Iris Who are the creators behind Iris Magazine? What are their backstories, best eras, deepest dreams? Miriella Jiffar Editor's Letter 5 Quick Questions With Daphenie Joseph Despite how crucial the art is to the storytelling that we do here at Iris, we rarely get to hear directly from our artists. Susannah Baker Identity Grace Traxler, the Library Fairy All that appeared in front of me was a leather-bound book Lindsey Smith Relationships a patchwork of unconditional love in Lindsey’s words Grace Traxler Relationships Ella Powell Writes the Way She Dresses Uniquely Ella Jackie Bond Relationships Jackie’s Journey A roadmap through the challenges of university life Ella Powell Relationships Pieces of Cassie Baked to Imperfection Cassie Dances in Silence Simone Minor Relationships Simone Minor Doesn’t Care If Her Name is Remembered Simone Minor is always on the move. Cassie Dallas Identity Five Tips for Creating Calm at Home: Learning from Bailey Middleton Bailey Middleton, fellow Iris writer and fourth-year at UVA, knows a thing or two (or six) about staying calm in the midst of chaos. Carley Frajda Wellbeing The Carley Frajda Cheat Sheet Instead of the question-and-answer format I had originally planned for, here is a cheat sheet for anyone who wants to learn a few of Carley’s keys Bailey Middleton Wellbeing Jordan Coleman Doesn't Care What You Think of Her. Like...Really. Faith Leslie Identity Faith Leslie In Bloom On an unusually busy Friday afternoon, I sat down to talk with fellow Iris writer Faith Leslie. Jordan Coleman Poetry Letter from the Editor: Grounding The Iris team explored what grounds them, searching for balance and stillness in a world that can often feel as if it has been turned upside down. Miriella Jiffar Editor's Letter On the Archive (Stop to Smell the Roses) On your day off, you tend to the front garden. Susannah Baker Advocacy PreviousNext Hot Topic Iris MagazineSubscribe to the Iris Newsletter!* indicates requiredEmail Address *UVA students & colleagues: please use UVA computing ID here. The Origins of American…something by Bailey Middleton I am Human and I was Here by Lindsey Smith Let’s Talk About Title IX by Eryn Rhodes The Root of My Mother by Jasmine Wang
