Blossom Mag co-editors Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok share their feelings on pride as we head into June.

Lyvie Scott writes about trauma, high school, and why she's hesitant to have white friends.

Taia Dominique shares her horoscope tarot predictions for June, focusing on friendship and what the future may hold.

Christina Lyn Jevicky dives into what makes a good friend in this humorous and reflective retelling of her past and current friendships

John Godspeed writes about the uncertain future the world holds and how we can prepare ourselves for a world without tomorrow.

Lauryn Jackson writes about comparing their progress to others and how their life and friendships changed after they left for college

Lukas T. Woodyard writes about their queer experience in love, both romantically and with pets, in this piece inspired by Virginia Woolf

Elizabeth Pamboukian investigates what makes a "friends with benefits" relationship work through a series of interviews with young adults

Maddy Sutka writes about her fears surrounding friendships and how Twitter helped break down her walls.

Philip Larkin wrote about generational trauma in his poem This Be The Verse, claiming that “Man hands on misery to man” (9). After...

(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...

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...

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...

Taia Dominique shares her horoscope tarot readings for May, focusing on nostalgia, looking back, and growth

This is not a romanticization of past events, it is a recollection of firsts, though firsts may often lean romantic. This is the account...

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...

We’ve all been there. A word, a color, an image, a flash of light - something triggers an involuntary memory, something that has lain...

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...

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...

(CW: mental illness, manipulation, self-harm, death) “When I was a little girl I had great confidence in myself, even to the extent of...