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Riley Rudy
Nov 22, 20234 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 202311 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 202213 min read
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, 20228 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 202110 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20219 min read
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, 202112 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 202112 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 202110 min read
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, 20217 min read
Hairy Lady
Marian Hill writes about her relationship with her own body hair and why she loves her hairy armpits.
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