The Women's Center and Studies and Women and Gender Program will release its 47th issue of its biannual magazine, "Iris," tomorrow.
The staff has planned a release party open to all members of the University community at the Prism Coffee House that evening.
The magazine focuses on women in a global perspective, Coordinating Editor Kimberly Roberts said. This semester's issue, the "Passion" issue, covers a broad range of topics, including women's career issues, STDs and reality television.
"Every issue is almost a whole new magazine," Iris marketing committee member Jennifer Silvers said. "The staff rotates every semester and the magazine is always open to more and more evolution."
The Iris marketing committee, composed of three student members in addition to Roberts, has been planning tomorrow's release party for two months. The party will be a celebration of the issue's completion and an opportunity for the Iris staff to distribute the magazine to the University community.
The University women's a capella group Ektall and the female student singer/songwriter duo "open house" will perform at the release. In addition, three contributors to the Passion issue will read their work.
"My article talks about how what most of us learn about when we're growing up is sexually transmitted diseases," said Iris contributor Camilla Wells, who will present her article at the release party. "It's really important to recognize that there are other things that can go wrong with your sexual health and to take note of those problems. We all deserve to have happy and healthy sex lives."
Iris is an undergraduate internship program that accepts submissions of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and other artistic representations. Ten to 15 undergraduate interns staff the magazine each semester and are primarily responsible for determining the content and themes of each issue. Issues contain contributions from around the nation and even some international submissions.
"It's really a literary collaboration of so many elements," Silvers said. "We have non-fiction, fiction and poetry that might be relevant to college women's life, but is not limited to one sort of person."
Iris has been published since 1980 and boasts a national distribution of 2,000. The magazine is distributed through subscription and locally at bookstores.
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