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Lukas T. Woodyard
- May 19, 2021
- 7 min
Dearest Creatures
Lukas T. Woodyard writes about their queer experience in love, both romantically and with pets, in this piece inspired by Virginia Woolf
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Elizabeth Pamboukian
- May 17, 2021
- 11 min
Are Friends Really Benefits?
Elizabeth Pamboukian investigates what makes a "friends with benefits" relationship work through a series of interviews with young adults
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Maddy Sutka
- May 14, 2021
- 5 min
240 Characters to Make a Friend
Maddy Sutka writes about her fears surrounding friendships and how Twitter helped break down her walls.
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Anonymous
- May 7, 2021
- 5 min
Love at First Affirmation
Philip Larkin wrote about generational trauma in his poem This Be The Verse, claiming that “Man hands on misery to man” (9). After...
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Kate Saxton
- May 5, 2021
- 6 min
I'm Sorry, Thank You
(CW: Self-harm, suicide) On the morning of March 18, I woke up to an empty house. My roommates had work and errands to run so I sat by...
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Katie Wilkerson
- May 3, 2021
- 4 min
To My Twin Flame
Dear Addie, I met you when we were in the third grade. You were the new girl, sitting all alone at recess, and our teacher told me to go...
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blossom mag
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
Editors' Note - May 2021
Blossom wouldn’t exist without friendship. The magazine started with a simple one-off text to Lola where I said “I wish we had a...
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Taia Dominique
- Apr 30, 2021
- 10 min
May Tarot Pulls
Taia Dominique shares her horoscope tarot readings for May, focusing on nostalgia, looking back, and growth
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Katie Wilkerson
- Apr 28, 2021
- 6 min
Dancing with Spirits
This is not a romanticization of past events, it is a recollection of firsts, though firsts may often lean romantic. This is the account...
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Lukas T. Woodyard
- Apr 26, 2021
- 7 min
Video 2021: Nostalgia Without a Conscious
I am at a loss. In the middle of Georgia, above a set of rooms, there is a closet with a door that opens to an attic. In there, lies a...
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Liam Higgins
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Smell: The Reliable Narrator
We’ve all been there. A word, a color, an image, a flash of light - something triggers an involuntary memory, something that has lain...
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Lauryn Jackson
- Apr 16, 2021
- 6 min
It's Just a Phase... Right?
The subculture of “emo” has been defined by black clothes, sad music, and bold eyeliner. But what does it truly mean to be an emo kid? I...
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John Godspeed
- Apr 14, 2021
- 7 min
It's Easier Coming Out as a Ghost
Growing up in the modern American South is weird. Every sex talk includes "now it's okay if you like men" and concludes with "God made...
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Meredith Waugh
- Apr 12, 2021
- 8 min
Zelda: Tragic American Muse
(CW: mental illness, manipulation, self-harm, death) “When I was a little girl I had great confidence in myself, even to the extent of...
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Maddy Sutka
- Apr 9, 2021
- 6 min
Don't Hate Your Teenage Self
I was a cringey teen. This isn’t up for debate. My interests, hobbies, and obsession with romance were embarrassing. I so desperately...
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Jessie Ballard
- Apr 5, 2021
- 5 min
Fanfiction: The Beginner's Guide to Queer Sex
I was fifteen when I had my first official state-approved Sex Education class. Being that I'm from Indiana, this included preaching...
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Lyvie Scott
- Apr 2, 2021
- 8 min
Breaking Up With Star Wars
Ughh, a text from my dad read, the Jedi council is so blind and naive. It was a balmy afternoon in January. The season 2 finale of The...
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blossom mag
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
Editors' Note - April 2021
The pandemic has brought us a lot of things. For me, it meant uprooting my post-graduation plans and moving back home with my parents....
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Katie Wilkerson
- Mar 31, 2021
- 6 min
Drawing a Line Between the Heart and the Mind
Hearts? Minds? They are equally complex. When you combine relationship issues with mental health struggles, the accompanying confusion...
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John Godspeed
- Mar 30, 2021
- 7 min
Being Zero and Infinity
I am zero, I am infinity. I am one, I am zero. I am God, I am nothing. I’ve always been a weird kid, and being a weird kid is difficult....
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