Under the Skin
Lyvie Scott explores films about melancholia, madness and mourning, all with people of color at the center.
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LIFE'S
HARD
FEATURED ARTICLES
SEX • MENTAL HEALTH • LOSS • IDENTITY • FAMILY • GROWTH
EXPLORE OUR STORIES:
Lauryn Jackson
- Oct 27, 2021
- 6 min
What the Fire Couldn’t Burn
Lauryn Jackson looks for silver linings after the loss of her home.
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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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Lukas T. Woodyard
- Oct 20, 2021
- 7 min
Elmhurst, Queens
Lukas T. Woodyard writes about their neighborhood, Elmhurst, Queens, Covid, and what they've lost... and ultimately gained.
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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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Ellen Gillespie
- Oct 11, 2021
- 8 min
Dad Came Back
Ellen Gillespie writes about coming to terms with her father's mortality and why she appreciates all the time she has with him.
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Rebecca Radillo
- Oct 9, 2021
- 6 min
Musings About Graduate School: An Analysis of Candyman (1992)
Rebecca Radillo parallels her journey through grad school with the plight of horror academic Helen Lyle.
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Lola Estok
- Oct 4, 2021
- 7 min
Roving Woman: Searching for America's First Singer-Songwriter
Lola Estok delves into the life of America's first singer-songwriter, Connie Converse, who went missing in 1974
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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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Lyvie Scott
- Oct 2, 2021
- 5 min
The Surprising Triumph of Black Women in Horror
Lyvie Scott parallels her journey to overcome her fear to the arcs of black women in classic horror films.
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blossom mag
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Editor's Note - October 2021
Blossom Mag creators Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok discuss October's theme: loss - the pain it causes, and the hope we can find in rememberance
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