Interviews, Identity, Art Bee Nanase Barbera Interviews, Identity, Art Bee Nanase Barbera

Interview With Madazon Can-Can

Madazon Can-Can (they/them) is a nonbinary SLC-based sexuality educator, clown, burlesquer, drag thing, puppeteer, etc.—a true jack of all trades! In this interview, we discuss what it’s like to be an ex-Mormon "shame anarchist" in a Mormon-centric area, sexuality and gender, relationships, and societal expectations they love to defy!

Instagram: @madazon_can_can / @sinandsaltslc

Website: https://www.madazoncancan.com/

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Identity Sebastien Q. Identity Sebastien Q.

Closets

While cleaning out his closet in preparation for a move to Los Angeles, Sebastien reflects on his life. Sebastien also examines the different metaphors associated with the closet and queer life that have been popularized by western culture.

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Identity, Miscellaneous Sebastien Q. Identity, Miscellaneous Sebastien Q.

Eulogy For a Friend

How do you know when to give up on a friendship? Some friendships will die no matter how much water, sunlight, and care you pour into the relationship. Sebastien tells us about accepting the death of a friendship and the growth that resulted from this acceptance. Although some people have to exit our lives –they make space for others to enter.

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Identity, Sex + Dating Taylor Mumma Identity, Sex + Dating Taylor Mumma

What is “Hot Girl Summer”?

Hot Girl Summer has arrived, but what does it even mean to have a hot girl summer? Taylor walks us through the evolution of hot girl summer, a concept created by Meg the Stallion, and all the different definitions of hot girl summer that exist–including insights from the Bitter Blush team on what hot girl summer means to them.

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Identity, Miscellaneous, Current Events Eleanor Caulfield-Kerney Identity, Miscellaneous, Current Events Eleanor Caulfield-Kerney

Is Plastic Surgery Now the Norm?

Plastic surgery has become commonplace in the U.S. How do social media and other forms of media affect the prevalence of plastic surgery? Is plastic surgery a confidence booster or an unhealthy coping mechanism? A reflection about body image, media, the paradox of perfection, and the complexity surrounding discussions about plastic surgery.

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Identity, Sex + Dating, Audio, Interviews Bee Nanase Barbera Identity, Sex + Dating, Audio, Interviews Bee Nanase Barbera

Interview with Michelle/PolyamorousWhileAsian

Michelle/PolyamorousWhileAsian (she/her/hers) is a Portland-based queer solo polyamorous Asian American woman. In this interview, we discuss her journey through non-monogamy and it's developed for her, how non-monogamy/open relationships are not just for white people, intentional relationships regardless of monogamy or non-monogamy, and privilege in dating.

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Mental Health, Identity Soulenne Githumbi Mental Health, Identity Soulenne Githumbi

Academic Pressure vs. A Student’s Individual Success

An honors student's experience shows us how academic success isn't everything. Society creates a narrow definition of success, defined as academic achievement. Ultimately, academic success does not equate to one's capabilities. We need to start nurturing the idea that students' identities are so much more than their academics if we want to improve mental health and the well-being of students everywhere.

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Identity Rebecca Potters Identity Rebecca Potters

My Mother's Body

Rebecca Potters reflects on adolescence, weight loss rituals and growing up, but perhaps more importantly un-learning societal norms through her mother.

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Identity Modesty Sanchez Identity Modesty Sanchez

Why Won’t Anyone Love Me?

Bitter Blush Editor Modesty S. invites us to evaluate our socialized expectations to be appealing to men, and consider the freeing possibility that this type of romantic love is neither necessary nor the most important.

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