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Misplaced Lens Cap
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Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
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One Nice Bug Per Day
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Jules of Nature
Peter Solarz
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DEAR READER
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Kaledo Art
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The third issue of Iris: New Writing for LGBTQ+ Young Adults is now available to download! Inside, you'll find characters to inspire you and writing that celebrates who you are. The magazine is completely free to download and share, thanks to the generosity of our wonderful contributors. Can't wait to hear what you think!
Click the cover to download, or visit creatingiris.org/magazine!
Farewell, Technoreading; Hello, Mindfulness
I’m someone who reads a lot - a lot - but I’ve noticed that reading, at least for me, has stopped being a contemplatively quiet activity. So, I’m going to read from a physical book every. day. for a full month. Join me?
– Iris editor amcbennett on reading, mindfulness, and technology. Join the conversation with #FarewellTechnoreading, and follow Amanda’s project at amandambennett.com / @writerlyamanda / amcbennett
Farewell, Technoreading; Hello, Mindfulness
I’m someone who reads a lot - a lot - but I’ve noticed that reading, at least for me, has stopped being a contemplatively quiet activity. So, I’m going to read from a physical book every. day. for a full month. Join me?
-- Iris editor amcbennett on reading, mindfulness, and technology. Join the conversation with #FarewellTechnoreading, and follow Amanda’s project at amandambennett.com / @writerlyamanda / amcbennett
Iris: New Writing for LGBTQ+ Young Adults, celebrates the women in our lives today. Take a minute to let a wonderful woman - maybe she’s your mom, maybe not - know what a difference she’s made in your life.
Also, meet our resident mom-in-chief on the blog!
Jane Addams was the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize, as the Peace Prize laureate in 1931. She was also a woman who saw herself as married - not just 'as good as' - to another woman. In fact, she wrote as much - clear as day. In 1902.
I am not sure how it started but somehow, I ended up becoming the victim of bullying. I thought it would never change and I simply did not want to tell any adults about it because somehow there was this internal belief that maybe there really was something “wrong” with me. So if anybody is out there reading who is currently in this kind of situation please be sure that I know how lonely and sad you can feel. But guess what - things changed for me!
It's Rebecca, you guys! With the ballots opening shortly for the UK General Election, it seemed to be the perfect opportunity for the British half of our transatlantic founding duo to speak out. With so many parties vying for our vote, it can often be rather confusing and difficult to ascertain precisely what those parties are promising for LGBT people.
We are starting off our vintage married lesbians - okay, fine, vintage lesbians who were married/as good as married/should have totally been married - week with two of my favorites: the pretty spectacular Peaches Stevens and Edna Knowles!
(image via queermuseum )
A Short History of American Lesbians Who Were As Good As Married
These women were not just 'friends who lived together' - they were women who nurtured between them a deep love and caring for the other.
Introducing our first theme week here at Creating Iris! Stay tuned for a week of awesome vintage lesbian couples.
A pirate could acquire scars on an almost daily basis, of course, but Charisma was not interested merely in the physical ones. She could put her mouth to the thick, white welts across the back of one of the captain’s shoulders. She could touch the parallel semi-circles of what looked suspiciously like teeth-marks, arcing from Goldrush’s hip to her breastbone. All these things were the tangible past of the woman she had so hastily run away with some three months before.
from The Untold Adventures of Princess Charisma by littlemissiles
Read the story in the latest issue of Iris: New Writing for LGBTQ+ Young Adults, out now!
Iris is a free, downloadable literary magazine for LGBTQ+ youth. It’s published by the not-for-profit creatingiris - check us out and spread the word!
Gifset by the talented perilouslyclose // scenes from Black Sails
Theme! | Guidelines! | Questions?
A pirate could acquire scars on an almost daily basis, of course, but Charisma was not interested merely in the physical ones. She could put her mouth to the thick, white welts across the back of one of the captain’s shoulders. She could touch the parallel semi-circles of what looked suspiciously like teeth-marks, arcing from Goldrush’s hip to her breastbone. All these things were the tangible past of the woman she had so hastily run away with some three months before.
from The Untold Adventures of Princess Charisma by littlemissiles
Read the story in the latest issue of Iris: New Writing for LGBTQ+ Young Adults, out now!
Iris is a free, downloadable literary magazine for LGBTQ+ youth. It’s published by the not-for-profit creatingiris - check us out and spread the word!
Gifset by the talented perilouslyclose // scenes from Black Sails
As Executive Director, I'm the primary voice of Creating Iris, and frequently speak on behalf of our whole team. All of our updates - emails, blog posts, tweets, Facebook statuses - are written by me. But today, I'm writing from a personal place for myself and Rebecca, because you, our Iris family, are a big part of our lives. For couples like us, the fundamental right to marriage means life.
Happy birthday to our favorite illustrator, zeeloo! We’re so amazed by her illustrations for Iris. Be sure to wish her a very happy birthday, and check out her portfolio at maryloumao!
Happy birthday to our favorite illustrator, zeeloo! We’re so amazed by her illustrations for Iris. Be sure to wish her a very happy birthday, and check out her portfolio at maryloumao!
As the reading period for Iris: New Writing for LGBTQ+ Young Adults gets underway, we wanted to take the opportunity to explain our new submissions procedures!
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