Identity
5 Quick Questions With Daphenie Joseph
Despite how crucial the art is to the storytelling that we do here at Iris, we rarely get to hear directly from our artists.
Simone Minor Doesn’t Care If Her Name is Remembered
Simone Minor is always on the move.

Jordan Coleman Doesn't Care What You Think of Her.
Like...Really.

Ghazal for Silent Girls
What do you call it when you learn silence before you learn yourself?

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 decades.
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!
Dating the Lesbian Vampire
She’s mysterious, gothic, and has a taste for human blood. Oh, and she’ll probably steal your girl, unless Netflix kills her first.

In Defense of Black Rural America
There are no street lights. No crosswalks nor stoplights to mark your location.

Top Five Questions/Concerns/Insatiable Fears I Have About Leaving College
1. What am I going to do after I graduate?
7 Ways of Looking at a Black Woman
I’m standing at the intersection of identity / Each piece of me yielding for another / But sometimes there’s a collision