Editors' Note - June 2021
Blossom Mag co-editors Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok share their feelings on pride as we head into June.
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Lyvie Scott
May 31, 20219 min read
No New White Friends
Lyvie Scott writes about trauma, high school, and why she's hesitant to have white friends.
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Taia Dominique
May 28, 202110 min read
June Tarot Pulls
Taia Dominique shares her horoscope tarot predictions for June, focusing on friendship and what the future may hold.
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Christina Lyn Jevicky
May 25, 20216 min read
WTF is a Friend?
Christina Lyn Jevicky dives into what makes a good friend in this humorous and reflective retelling of her past and current friendships
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John Godspeed
May 24, 20217 min read
Without Tomorrow
John Godspeed writes about the uncertain future the world holds and how we can prepare ourselves for a world without tomorrow.
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Lauryn Jackson
May 21, 20216 min read
Finding Peace in Your Path
Lauryn Jackson writes about comparing their progress to others and how their life and friendships changed after they left for college
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Lukas T. Woodyard
May 19, 20217 min read
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, 202111 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 202110 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20217 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20217 min read
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, 20218 min read
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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