This Issue If you’re able, you need to go on a walk. Like right now. I was once one of those silly, “why go on a walk when you can go on a run” people. One of those, “shut up about your hot-girl walks” people Lindsey Smith Wellbeing Guys, Not Everything Is Self-Care Your money won’t just buy you happiness. Grace Traxler Wellbeing Love Letters? when I was in middle school, my friends called me “the one that’s on the floor” because at sleepovers, they shared the bed and made me sleep on the Carley Frajda Relationships The Material Collage of My Life Each item has a backstory whether it was a hand selected gift from a friend, a one of a kind thrift find, or an item that’s been in my family for d Ella Powell Identity Six Tips for Keeping Calm About Post-Grad Plans To keep myself (and others who feel the same) sane, I’m proposing six steps to keep us grounded as we ease into what comes next. Bailey Middleton Wellbeing Ghazal for Silent Girls What do you call it when you learn silence before you learn yourself? Faith Leslie Poetry, Identity 54321 Freeze Sometimes life can move so fast that it passes you by. Simone Minor Wellbeing 5 Ways to Remain Engaged and Keep Your Hope Alive Five Ways to Remain Engaged and Keep Your Hope Alive Cassie Dallas Advocacy On the Archive (Stop to Smell the Roses) On your day off, you tend to the front garden. Susannah Baker Advocacy 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 PreviousNext Popular 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 5 Ways to Remain Engaged and Keep Your Hope Alive Five Ways to Remain Engaged and Keep Your Hope Alive Cassie Dallas Advocacy 54321 Freeze Sometimes life can move so fast that it passes you by. Simone Minor Wellbeing Ghazal for Silent Girls What do you call it when you learn silence before you learn yourself? Faith Leslie Poetry, Identity Six Tips for Keeping Calm About Post-Grad Plans To keep myself (and others who feel the same) sane, I’m proposing six steps to keep us grounded as we ease into what comes next. Bailey Middleton Wellbeing The Material Collage of My Life Each item has a backstory whether it was a hand selected gift from a friend, a one of a kind thrift find, or an item that’s been in my family for d Ella Powell Identity Love Letters? when I was in middle school, my friends called me “the one that’s on the floor” because at sleepovers, they shared the bed and made me sleep on the Carley Frajda Relationships Guys, Not Everything Is Self-Care Your money won’t just buy you happiness. Grace Traxler Wellbeing If you’re able, you need to go on a walk. Like right now. I was once one of those silly, “why go on a walk when you can go on a run” people. One of those, “shut up about your hot-girl walks” people Lindsey Smith Wellbeing Letter from the Editor: Origins We asked our writers to grapple with the idea of origins and beginnings. Miriella Jiffar Editor's Letter Sarah, What if You DIDN’T Write Another ACOTAR? Let me preface this article of critique by saying that I really wanted to love the series. Lindsey Smith Pop Culture He Calls Her Barbie, for short But she has always desired Something. Carley Frajda Fiction Constellations it starts with a star. Cassie Dallas Poetry The Origins of American…something she sits by her fire, gently tending its flames Bailey Middleton Advocacy good things — a list good thing I know how to be aloneso many people don’t Grace Traxler Wellbeing, Poetry A Playlist for Mountains and Memories I have created a playlist inspired by my many memories growing up in California with two crazy but caring sisters, my loving mom, and my silly, mus Jackie Bond Relationships My Parents, My Self: An Origin Story As the oldest of three kids, I was also my parents’ first child, making my origin story their origin as parents. Jordan Coleman Relationships Letter from the Editor: Hauntings In this issue, called Hauntings, I’ve asked our writers to consider what haunts them and why? Miriella Jiffar Editor's Letter Stuck in Colder Weather I have always loved winter. Grace Traxler Advocacy Falling In & Out of Love Whether you are entering the warmth of cuffing season or bearing the cold of break up season, here are some songs to get you through the ebbs and f Simone Minor Relationships Fall Break Reflections Right now, you’re lying awake in some strange AirBnb in what feels like the middle of nowhere Vermont. Susannah Baker Wellbeing What’s On the Menu? Sustainable Halloween Costumes Last minute Halloween costume ideas call for last minute solutions. Ella Powell Advocacy My Fears (Ranked) Before writing this list, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to come up with 10, let alone 13, fears. Boy, was I wrong! Carley Frajda Identity 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
