The Rebounds
Riley Rudy reflects on a past rebound and what she remembers and has forgotten about her past relationship.
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blossom mag
- Nov 1
- 1 min
Editors' Note - November 2023
Blossom Magazine editors, Lola Estok and Maddy Sutka, pen their thoughts about November's theme "pain."
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Lyvie Scott
- Oct 13
- 11 min
Bliss on the Big Screen
Iris editor Lyvie Scott talks to friends and fellow critics about the films that first defined pleasure for them.
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Shauntionne
- Oct 11
- 4 min
Send Me A Simp
Writer Shauntionne talks about the experience of dating as a Black woman in a world where courtship is dying and "simping" is frowned upon.
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blossom mag
- Oct 1
- 2 min
Editors’ Note - October 2023
Blossom Magazine editors, Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok, pen their thoughts about October's theme "pleasure."
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blossom mag
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Editors' Note - April 2023
This month, editors Lola Estok and Maddy Sutka talk about growth and all the messy and complicated feelings that come with it.
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blossom mag
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Editors' Note - March 2023
Hi Blossom! We're back with an all new theme this month - Second Chances. Pretty fitting, right?
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Rebecca Radillo
- Nov 26, 2022
- 13 min
Don’t Try to Understand it. Feel it: Love, the Void, and Christopher Nolan
Rebecca Radillo explores the work of Christopher Nolan, and the statements that Interstellar, Inception and Tenet all make about love.
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Rebecca Radillo
- Jul 29, 2022
- 8 min
Take My Breath Away, Top Gun Really IS That Homoerotic
Rebecca Radillo explores what exactly makes "Top Gun" — and its successor, "Maverick" — so incredible: the male-male relationships.
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blossom mag
- May 1, 2022
- 2 min
Editors' Note - May 2022
Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok introduce May by talking about femininity, and all the confusing, weird, and great labels that come with it.
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Taia Dominique
- Nov 2, 2021
- 10 min
October Tarot Pulls
Taia Dominique shares her horoscope tarot predictions for November, focusing on loss and the ways in which we can grow from it
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
- Oct 23, 2021
- 6 min
From Us As We Once Could Be
Logan-Ashley Kisner finds a different understanding of love, and experiences catharsis, through trans characters in horror.
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Maddy Sutka
- Oct 16, 2021
- 5 min
I'm a Slut: Thank You, Rocky Horror
Maddy Sutka gives tribute to the film that helped reframe her understanding of sex, pleasure, and camp: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Anonymous
- Oct 4, 2021
- 9 min
Between the Ghosts and Me
The writer talks about three different men in her past and the ghosts that have followed her through her romantic life.
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Taia Dominique
- Oct 1, 2021
- 12 min
September Tarot Pulls
Taia Dominique shares her horoscope tarot predictions for October, focusing on love and what the future may hold.
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Kate Saxton
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Dear John
Kate Saxton pens a letter to her boyfriend explaining why she doesn't need him.
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Lyvie Scott
- Sep 25, 2021
- 12 min
BIPOC Need Love, Too
Lyvie Scott lists her go-to selection of feel-good romantic films featuring people of color.
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Conor Cole
- Sep 22, 2021
- 6 min
Love in the Age of Comparisons
Conor Cole writes about how social media both brings us together and tears us apart in this intimate piece on love and acceptance.
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Lukas T. Woodyard
- Sep 20, 2021
- 10 min
All the Things We Could Be if Melanie Klein Was Our Mother
Lukas T. Woodyard references the work of Melanie Klein as they reflect on their past relationships and love in this provocative piece.
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blossom mag
- Sep 15, 2021
- 7 min
Hairy Lady
Marian Hill writes about her relationship with her own body hair and why she loves her hairy armpits.
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