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It is ingrained in us that incessant work is essential and rest is a luxury. But where does this mindset come from?
She looks in the mirror and every week seems to feel extra weight digging into her heels.
Simone Minor
Simone Minor

Why were the only options to either go professional, be forced to not take my hobby seriously, or leave it all together?
Lindsey Smith
Lindsey Smith
This is what watching the Before trilogy of movies feels like to me, and this is what it feels like to watch them with someone else.
Grace Traxler
Grace Traxler
Has your TikTok, Instagram Reels, or dare I say YouTube Shorts feed been taken over by a beagle? Mine too!
Carley Frajda
Carley Frajda

So now I just show up — pepper spray tucked into the bottom of my purse — and pray that I don’t end up on the next episode of Dateline.
Jackie Bond
Jackie Bond
Our writers venture deep into the unknown
Miriella Jiffar
Miriella Jiffar
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Our writers venture deep into the unknown
Miriella Jiffar
Miriella Jiffar

So now I just show up — pepper spray tucked into the bottom of my purse — and pray that I don’t end up on the next episode of Dateline.
Jackie Bond
Jackie Bond
Has your TikTok, Instagram Reels, or dare I say YouTube Shorts feed been taken over by a beagle? Mine too!
Carley Frajda
Carley Frajda
This is what watching the Before trilogy of movies feels like to me, and this is what it feels like to watch them with someone else.
Grace Traxler
Grace Traxler

Why were the only options to either go professional, be forced to not take my hobby seriously, or leave it all together?
Lindsey Smith
Lindsey Smith
She looks in the mirror and every week seems to feel extra weight digging into her heels.
Simone Minor
Simone Minor
It is ingrained in us that incessant work is essential and rest is a luxury. But where does this mindset come from?
This latest edition of Iris is urgently interested in all things "Body and Disembodied".
Miriella Jiffar
Miriella Jiffar
I must feed my body and soul
Simone Minor
Simone Minor
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
Ella Powell
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
Jordan Coleman
He didn’t want to play, but you pressured him.
Cassie Dallas
Cassie Dallas
Last week, when I was walking to class, it was 60 degrees and sunny.

she’s ripe, holding her / pieces together / by tearable strings & / bruisable skin
Carley Frajda
Carley Frajda

Sometimes I think there are worms in my eyes.

Who are the creators behind Iris Magazine? What are their backstories, best eras, deepest dreams?
Miriella Jiffar
Miriella Jiffar
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
Susannah Baker

All that appeared in front of me was a leather-bound book
Lindsey Smith
Lindsey Smith
in Lindsey’s words
Grace Traxler
Grace Traxler

Uniquely Ella
Jackie Bond
Jackie Bond

A roadmap through the challenges of university life
Ella Powell
Ella Powell
Cassie Dances in Silence
Simone Minor
Simone Minor