This Issue Limerick of UVA There once was a boy oh so wealthy Eryn Rhodes Poetry Myths and Misconceptions about Tuition at UVA Just over two weeks ago, I sat down (albeit over Zoom) for a conversation with University of Virginia’s Vice President for Finance, and Chief Finan Miriella Jiffar Advocacy UVA Has a Diversity Problem, But It Might Not Be Their Fault In the United States, including all 50 states and Washington D.C, only 7% of professors are Black, despite Black people making up about 13% of the Bailey Middleton Advocacy Good When We Die You are not carried downstream by a river But the ocean rocks you back and forth Kiki McLaughlin Poetry 13 Lines from Unsent Love Letters Most love stories begin with a hello, ours began with a ransacked lunchbox, a stolen spork, and a touch of pyromania. Jasmine Wang Pop Culture Letter From the Editor: Last Words Whenever something ends, there’s an instinctual drive to seize any last opportunities and make whatever last minute proclamations you can before it Andi Sink Editor's Letter Previous Next Popular Letter From the Editor: Last Words Whenever something ends, there’s an instinctual drive to seize any last opportunities and make whatever last minute proclamations you can before it Andi Sink Editor's Letter 13 Lines from Unsent Love Letters Most love stories begin with a hello, ours began with a ransacked lunchbox, a stolen spork, and a touch of pyromania. Jasmine Wang Pop Culture Good When We Die You are not carried downstream by a river But the ocean rocks you back and forth Kiki McLaughlin Poetry UVA Has a Diversity Problem, But It Might Not Be Their Fault In the United States, including all 50 states and Washington D.C, only 7% of professors are Black, despite Black people making up about 13% of the Bailey Middleton Advocacy Myths and Misconceptions about Tuition at UVA Just over two weeks ago, I sat down (albeit over Zoom) for a conversation with University of Virginia’s Vice President for Finance, and Chief Finan Miriella Jiffar Advocacy Limerick of UVA There once was a boy oh so wealthy Eryn Rhodes Poetry Letter From the Editor: Money I, like a lot of people, was taught from a young age never to talk about money. Andi Sink Editor's Letter Confessions of a Shopaholic Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that I am a material girl. Jasmine Wang Pop Culture Waitress Girl “Don’t do this job for your whole life,” my customer, an older gentleman with a shock of white hair says, smirking at me. Hailey Robbins Identity The Money and Morality of the 4th Pillar Journalism: the “4th pillar” of government. Eryn Rhodes Advocacy I Gained Class Consciousness In An Athl*ta Stockroom You know what. I’ll say it. I liked working in retail. Cheyenne Butler Advocacy Golden Rings Lately, I’ve been thinking about what my life will look like after graduation. What job will I have? Will I be rich? Will I be happy? Bailey Middleton Identity 9 Things I Learned from My Solo Spring Break The Sunday night before spring break, after an Instagram direct message from my friend in Tallahassee, I decided to upend my plans to return home t Hailey Robbins Wellbeing The Root of My Mother My mother was born with a green ribbon wrapped around her left thumb Jasmine Wang Poetry Letter From the Editor: Reawakening April has begun. The seams of March have ripped apart, and as I write this the temperatures have climbed all the way into the low 80s. Andi Sink Editor's Letter Water and Rocks I stumble through life like a dehydration-addled ascetic in a desert during the apocalypse Kiki McLaughlin Poetry Margaret Thatcher Girlbossery and the Feet Pictures of @OnlyFans: Is it Feminism? In today’s Third Wave feminist movement, there’s a growing idea that any “choice” a woman makes, with the intention of doing so to empower herself Eryn Rhodes Advocacy Yes, I Take Screenshots of Shadow and Bone's Ben Barnes and Send Them to My Friends I recently started watching the Netflix TV series Shadow and Bone over spring break, adapted from the seven novels that span Leigh Bardugo Miriella Jiffar Pop Culture My Awakening with 'The Awakening' Not long ago, I was a high school student who had assigned readings. Some novels I loved, some I hated, and many I’d forgotten about. Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture Budding Rose In the quiet nights of winter The air sighs with an icy chill Bailey Middleton Poetry Letter From the Editor: Genre When I took on the position of Editor here at Iris, I felt very hesitant to use phrases like “editorial vision” when referring to my goals Andi Sink Editor's Letter Seven People You Already Know Monday grips a pen Neurotic scribbles fill a blank page Jasmine Wang Poetry Andromeda: A Myth Written in the Stars Miriella Jiffar Fiction The Essence of Time After watching the Oscar-winning movie Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, I was intrigued by how the characters were able to jump throug Bailey Middleton Wellbeing Previous Next Hot Topic Iris Magazine Wanted: A Home Without Hesitancy by Emma Keller Silver Beads by Lulu Jastaniah Places I've Cried in Public by Laura Hinnenkamp The Black Survivor's Guide Volume I: How to be a Striving Artist in White Spaces by Elizabeth Bangura
