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	[[The Iris Network]] (or the Iris Gaming Network) is a site by and about women and gaming. It was launched by [[Andrea Rubenstein]] and [[Robyn Fleming]] on March 23, 2007, based in part on ideas by [[Ariel Wetzel]] and Andrea Rubenstein for a site called "Gamer Majority". The name is an homage to ''Beyond Good and Evil''<ref>[http://www.theirisnetwork.org/site-history Site history]</ref>.		[[The Iris Network]] (or the Iris Gaming Network) is a site by and about women and gaming. It was launched by [[Andrea Rubenstein]] and [[Robyn Fleming]] on March 23, 2007, based in part on ideas by [[Ariel Wetzel]] and Andrea Rubenstein for a site called "Gamer Majority". The name is an homage to ''[[Beyond Good and Evil]]''.<ref>[http://www.theirisnetwork.org/site-history Site history]</ref>

	The site bills itself as a place where "women can voice their opinions without being invalidated, analyze games and other media, and network with each other"<ref>[http://theirisnetwork.org/ From Iris Gaming Network (frontpage) accessed on 12/5/2010.]</ref>. Iris hosts a female-oriented online gaming magazine called [[Cerise Magazine\|Cerise]], a variety of blogs including [[Jade Reporting]] (currently in retirement), and [http://theirisnetwork.org/category/academic-papers/ academic papers]. The site's most popular feature is its [http://forums.theirisnetwork.org/ forums], where gamers are safe to have discussions on games from a social justice perspective.		The site bills itself as a place where "women can voice their opinions without being invalidated, analyze games and other media, and network with each other".<ref>[http://theirisnetwork.org/ From Iris Gaming Network (frontpage) accessed on 12/5/2010.]</ref> Iris hosts a female-oriented online gaming magazine called [[Cerise Magazine\|Cerise]], a variety of blogs including [[Jade Reporting]] (currently in retirement), and [http://theirisnetwork.org/category/academic-papers/ academic papers]. The site's most popular feature is its [http://forums.theirisnetwork.org/ forums], where gamers are safe to have discussions on games from a social justice perspective.

	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	While Iris's launch was greeted with much enthusiasm<ref>[http://jhkimrpg.livejournal.com/54503.html The IRIS Network, 03/21/2007]</ref><ref>[http://commonboy.livejournal.com/150308.html?thread=463396 Subverting the Statues Quo, One Gamer at a Time, 03/22/2007]</ref>, Brian Crecente of Kotaku attempted to take credit for being the inspiration for the site<ref>[http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-03-27_563 Yes, Kotaku, you WERE the reason why we started TIN! And also, Santa is real., 3/27/2007]</ref>.		While Iris's launch was greeted with much enthusiasm,<ref>[http://jhkimrpg.livejournal.com/54503.html The IRIS Network, 03/21/2007]</ref><ref>[http://commonboy.livejournal.com/150308.html?thread=463396 Subverting the Statues Quo, One Gamer at a Time, 03/22/2007]</ref> Brian Crecente of Kotaku attempted to take credit for being the inspiration for the site.<ref>[http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-03-27_563 Yes, Kotaku, you WERE the reason why we started TIN! And also, Santa is real., 3/27/2007]</ref>

	[[Video Game Papers (WisCon 31)\|Idealizing Fantasy Bodies]] by Andrea Rubenstein, a paper hosted on Iris and first presented at [[Wiscon 31]], and has garnered much response and criticism. Most notably, [[Annalee Newitz]] first featured it on Wired's blog Underwire <ref>[http://www.wired.com/underwire/2007/05/sexual_dimorphi/ Sexual Dimorphism in World of Warcraft, 05/29/2007.]</ref> and it was later picked up on [[Massively]] by [[Akela Talamasca]]<ref>[http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/07/idealizing-avatar-bodies/ Idealizing avatar bodies, 12/7/2007.]</ref>.		[[Video Game Papers (WisCon 31)\|Idealizing Fantasy Bodies]] by Andrea Rubenstein, a paper hosted on Iris and first presented at [[Wiscon 31]], and has garnered much response and criticism. Most notably, [[Annalee Newitz]] first featured it on Wired's blog Underwire<ref>[http://www.wired.com/underwire/2007/05/sexual_dimorphi/ Sexual Dimorphism in World of Warcraft, 05/29/2007.]</ref> and it was later picked up on [[Massively]] by [[Akela Talamasca]].<ref>[http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/07/idealizing-avatar-bodies/ Idealizing avatar bodies, 12/7/2007.]</ref>

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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-'''[http://www.theirisnetwork.org/ The Iris Network]''' (or the Iris Gaming Network) is a site by and about women and gaming. It was launched by [[Andrea Rubenstein]] and [[Robyn Fleming]], based in part on ideas by [[Ariel Wetzel]] and Andrea Rubenstein for a site called "Gamer Majority". The name is an homage to ''Beyond Good and Evil''.
+[[The Iris Network]] (or the Iris Gaming Network) is a site by and about women and gaming. It was launched by [[Andrea Rubenstein]] and [[Robyn Fleming]] on March 23, 2007, based in part on ideas by [[Ariel Wetzel]] and Andrea Rubenstein for a site called "Gamer Majority". The name is an homage to ''Beyond Good and Evil''<ref>[http://www.theirisnetwork.org/site-history Site history]</ref>.
-* [http://www.theirisnetwork.org/site-history Site history]
+The site bills itself as a place where "women can voice their opinions without being invalidated, analyze games and other media, and network with each other"<ref>[http://theirisnetwork.org/ From Iris Gaming Network (frontpage) accessed on 12/5/2010.]</ref>. Iris hosts a female-oriented online gaming magazine called [[Cerise Magazine|Cerise]], a variety of blogs including [[Jade Reporting]] (currently in retirement), and [http://theirisnetwork.org/category/academic-papers/ academic papers]. The site's most popular feature is its [http://forums.theirisnetwork.org/ forums], where gamers are safe to have discussions on games from a social justice perspective.
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