Under the Skin
Lyvie Scott explores films about melancholia, madness and mourning, all with people of color at the center.
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Lauryn Jackson
Oct 27, 20216 min read
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, 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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Lukas T. Woodyard
Oct 20, 20217 min read
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, 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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Ellen Gillespie
Oct 11, 20218 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20217 min read
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, 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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Lyvie Scott
Oct 2, 20215 min read
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, 20212 min read
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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