IRIS began in the fall of 1980 as a 12-page newsletter for the Women's Studies Program at UVA. It soon developed into a biannual 72-page journal for women across the country. Over the years, it has addressed topics ranging across a wide variety of women's issues, from pornography to women in southern culture, to rape, to racial identity. Nonetheless, it remains culturally engaged with relevant art, fiction, and poetry, representing a unique mixed mode which combines political publication with literary magazine.
Credits
Vanessa M. Braganza; The Women's Center, UVA