This Issue Letters to Strangers Dear Man with the Matches, Do you remember seeing a gaggle of college kids making their way down the street late one night? Bailey Middleton Relationships Homemade Gifts for Home-Made Love My family has a long tradition of creating handmade gifts for each other. Caroline Silvera Relationships Love Yourself in Every Language Start with a mantra. And a mirror. The same words, daily. Cassie Dallas Poetry My Thanksgiving Spread of Gratitude The crazy combination of emojis I’ve saved beside your name in my phone pops up, and I instantly smile. Ella Powell Wellbeing, Relationships Love Letters to Lexi on His Birthday Dear beloved, Jordan Coleman Relationships Redeeming Thanksgiving: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Once a year, in the midst of the holiday oasis of Thanksgiving, my immediate family stops for one, pumpkin-pie-scented moment. Susannah Baker Pop Culture 7 Gifts to Give People You Hate: UVA Student Edition 1. Burnett’s Liquor If they’re over 21, this is an insult. Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture, Relationships Letter from the Editor: Present Dear Beloved Reader, Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter Question for a flapper: Can my bar clothes be feminist, too? Walking into a dimly lit room, bass vibrations rattling the windows, I look around—the women are in uniform. So am I. The year is 2023. Eryn Rhodes Pop Culture, Advocacy Flowers on my Windowsill The theologian Kallistos Ware wrote that Now is all we really have: the past and future exist only conceptually, framed by present experience. Emily Miller Relationships Previous Next Popular Flowers on my Windowsill The theologian Kallistos Ware wrote that Now is all we really have: the past and future exist only conceptually, framed by present experience. Emily Miller Relationships Question for a flapper: Can my bar clothes be feminist, too? Walking into a dimly lit room, bass vibrations rattling the windows, I look around—the women are in uniform. So am I. The year is 2023. Eryn Rhodes Pop Culture, Advocacy Letter from the Editor: Present Dear Beloved Reader, Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter 7 Gifts to Give People You Hate: UVA Student Edition 1. Burnett’s Liquor If they’re over 21, this is an insult. Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture, Relationships Redeeming Thanksgiving: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Once a year, in the midst of the holiday oasis of Thanksgiving, my immediate family stops for one, pumpkin-pie-scented moment. Susannah Baker Pop Culture Love Letters to Lexi on His Birthday Dear beloved, Jordan Coleman Relationships My Thanksgiving Spread of Gratitude The crazy combination of emojis I’ve saved beside your name in my phone pops up, and I instantly smile. Ella Powell Wellbeing, Relationships Love Yourself in Every Language Start with a mantra. And a mirror. The same words, daily. Cassie Dallas Poetry Homemade Gifts for Home-Made Love My family has a long tradition of creating handmade gifts for each other. Caroline Silvera Relationships Letters to Strangers Dear Man with the Matches, Do you remember seeing a gaggle of college kids making their way down the street late one night? Bailey Middleton Relationships Letter from the Editor: Wishes Every year on my birthday, I write a letter addressed to myself a year from now. Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter No, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing After Graduation Returning to Grounds as a fourth year, I feel as though life is moving too fast and has suddenly gotten away from me. Talia Pirron Wellbeing, Identity On Being a Writer: Conversations with UVA Creative Writing Students When I was in first grade, I wished for the first time to be a writer. Susannah Baker Wellbeing, Advocacy Democracy360 Wanted Us to Save American Politics. But What ‘Us’ Was There? On a recent Saturday morning, I was bursting out of the dimly lit Paramount Theater in Downtown Charlottesville with furrowed brows and a long Eryn Rhodes Advocacy On the Dreams of Our Parents Who were our parents as children? What were their hopes, dreams and desires? What did they have to give up in order to become adults? Caroline Silvera Relationships Ruby's Reveries There was a beautiful girl who lived mostly in her head. She wasn’t beautiful for any notable extrinsic features. Ella Powell Fiction If You Liked Disney Channel’s 16 Wishes, You’ll Love My 22 Wishes One thing about me? I take birthdays very seriously. One birthday in particular, actually—mine. Jordan Coleman Pop Culture, Identity "Luck of the Irish": The Disney Channel Original Movie that Solved Racism Did you know that everyone in the world is different from everyone else? It’s 2001 and Disney Channel just discovered race. Cassie Dallas Pop Culture To My First Love: The love I had for you I did not know where to let it rest Cheyenne Butler Poetry in the face of despair, don’t forget your fairy godmother is still there when you look up at the night sky what do you see? Bailey Middleton Poetry displaced yearning there is a longing within me for something that is not there Lindsey Smith Poetry Letter from the Editor: Power of Performance & Masquerade In the fifth grade, as leaves cascaded down into a shriveled crisp and as the autumnal air descended upon us, I begged my mother to be Little Red R Jasmine Wang Editor's Letter Open Letter: Words Have Consequences. It’s Time to Own Them. I am no stranger to opinion. Eryn Rhodes Advocacy Who Are You Showing Up to the Party As? I am instantly hit by an unforgiving wave of humidity and booming trap music. Ella Powell Advocacy Previous Next Hot Topic Iris Magazine Subscribe to the Iris Newsletter! * indicates required Email Address *UVA students & colleagues: please use UVA computing ID here. Miss Twenty-Something by Cheyenne Butler The Root of My Mother by Jasmine Wang 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
