This Issue Out of Pocket, In Context In talking to my female-identifying peers, I’ve found that almost every one of them remembers a time when a man has said something so demeaning, se Hailey Robbins Advocacy Rotting Fruit She loved going to markets and holding the fruit in her hand, feeling the tension of the skin and the pulp against her palm. Kiki McLaughlin Identity 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 Andromeda: A Myth Written in the Stars Miriella Jiffar Fiction Seven People You Already Know Monday grips a pen Neurotic scribbles fill a blank page Jasmine Wang 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 Previous Next Popular 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 Rotting Fruit She loved going to markets and holding the fruit in her hand, feeling the tension of the skin and the pulp against her palm. Kiki McLaughlin Identity Out of Pocket, In Context In talking to my female-identifying peers, I’ve found that almost every one of them remembers a time when a man has said something so demeaning, se Hailey Robbins Advocacy Letter From the Editor: Gender As anyone who’s turned on the TV or opened twitter in the past 6 months knows, “gender” is the new buzzword, the new culture war. Andi Sink Editor's Letter The Space Race Let me tell you a story. A story that I wish I’d asked for earlier in life. Hailey Robbins Identity Femininity Is Not an Insult: Vulnerability, Feelings, and the Impenetrable Shield She tells her friend she needs air, and on the patio of this popular college bar, her heart races. Her lungs feel on fire. Eryn Rhodes Advocacy Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown 4 p.m. January 21st. An unassuming, relatively normal Saturday afternoon. The day I finally decided to cut off all my hair. Miriella Jiffar Identity The Fittest Bird on the Island What do straight cisgender people want? Kiki McLaughlin Pop Culture 10 Things I love about being a Woman Oh, how I love female camaraderie. Jasmine Wang Identity 25 Questions with My Mom Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture Women Can Be Big Too I want to get a workout in today. Should I go to the gym? Bailey Middleton Identity Letter From the Editor: Anticipation Compared to the fall, the spring season carries with it a palpable shift in tone. Andi Sink Editor's Letter Queer Utopia You just are, no need to play a part Names and Pronouns and Sexuality Can change as easily as the seasons Linlin Wu Identity, Poetry The Radio Rock Revival: The Kids Are Not Alright The first Panic! At the Disco song I heard was, surprisingly, not “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.” I was sitting in my childhood bedroom Eryn Rhodes Pop Culture Memories of a Mermaid My fluttering feet had splashed up into the air–suspending, if just for a moment–in that beautiful, blissful moment when an overwhelming sea of blu Miriella Jiffar Identity, Pop Culture An Elephant? One bite at a time my mother says as it sits there in my kitchen blowing dish-soap bubbles Hailey Robbins Poetry When Will You Come Home? It’s January 27th today. Lunar New Year’s Eve. Jasmine Wang Identity Our Own Apocalypse Whenever I read, watch, or play different forms of post-apocalyptic fiction, I always end up wondering what I’d do if I were in these worlds, wheth Kiki McLaughlin Pop Culture The 2010s Are Back Already? The streets– meaning an amalgamation of Tiktok, Twitter, Youtube, fashion websites and blogs– are predicting that the peplum dress you wore to your Cheyenne Butler Pop Culture When I Exploded Have you ever been lit on fire? I have. Seven times precisely. Bailey Middleton Advocacy Letter From the Editor: Community It is my firm belief that all writing is, at its core, about community. Andi Sink Editor's Letter 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
