Mission Statement
Though there are many individual women gamers who write about their experiences, and many sites for women who game to connect and play with each other, none of these sites are there for the express purpose of highlighting gamers (both in the industry and outside of it) and bringing women’s perspectives into the mainstream. It may be a lofty goal, but that’s exactly what we here at Iris aim to do.
Get Connected
Though Iris is primarily a resource to help women who are in the industry or would like to be, our community goals are much broader than that. Through our community features, we seek to connect people who otherwise wouldn’t have a chance to get to know each other, and to hopefully diversify the perspectives of all of those involved.
Directory
Iris’s Directory is a directory of websites of women who discuss gaming. This is both to help foster a sense of connectedness with each other– we’re told so often that women just don’t game/talk about gaming that we begin to believe we’re the only ones out there — and also to help bring awareness to the community about the women who are in it, but for various reasons are overlooked by many big-name community sites. We have everything from blogs, to organizations, to LiveJournal users and communities listed there. If you’re a woman and you have a corner on the internet where you talk about games, please consider adding your site!
Forums
The forums are for women of all walks of life who count gaming among their passions, men interested in networking with women gamers and perhaps learning more about inclusive game design in the process, and, really, anyone who has ever felt that they have been excluded from most games and/or gaming communities at large.
Stay Informed
Iris also hosts a variety of editor-driven content aimed at consciousness raising and otherwise highlighting women gamers and discussing gender-inclusive design in games.
Cerise
Cerise is Iris’s monthly magazine. In it we highlight women gamers, publish interviews with industry professionals, and discuss gaming related issues. We also take submissions for articles, art, and more.
