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/

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.

Personal reflection of the author’s journey and exploration into spirituality to help overcome, relinquish, and grow from the trauma of a strict religious upbringing.

Interview with rIVerse - the internationally acclaimed music group, heralded for its high concept art pop and inclusive messaging.

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.

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.

Discussion about the nationalization of Juneteenth regarding the joy this brings and the necessity of implementing more than just a holiday to protect Black communities.

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.

An intimate account of a lesbian youth's experience coming out as gay to their mother at age thirteen and one's relationship with their sexuality—the journey to celebrating pride month, attaining their first pride flag, and the significance of what the pride flag represents for them.

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.

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.

Exposé highlighting the importance of providing accurate minority representation in school systems, without the interference of institutionalized suppression and censorship.

An exploration of how Black Trauma has been portrayed in entertainment media throughout history.

Sebastien’s relationship with God as a queer person and the ways in which religion affects us.

Our very own Rebecca P. attended a panel hosted by Dame Products and CUUP. In her review of the event, Rebecca writes about the importance of breast health and body positivity.

A look into the ways friendship breakups affects us and how to get through it.

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

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.

Derya Y. takes apart the patriarchal routes of chivalry, while lightheartedly pushing us into an existential crisis where we must examine why we love it so damn much.

Living with chronic pain while exploring sexuality isn’t easy