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ARIES 21 March - 19 April Fiery, fiery, Aries, your confidence usually precedes you in a room, but this month, someone will actually make you shy. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let yourself blush. TAURUS 20 April - 20 May Sometimes it’s okay to take a break from the constant yearning and pining; try to focus on yourself a little this month! GEMINI 21 May - 20 June It’s time to be honest with your lover and more importantly, with yourself… those fake orgasms aren

Deputy Editor Niamh McGonnell-Hall bids her farewell to Grapeshot and leaves you with one final Niamh’s Reads My dearest readers, the time has come for me to say my goodbyes to this wonderful magazine. Whilst it is a bitter moment, I shall try to focus on the sweetness and on all the amazingly creative people I met along the way. I wanted to do something slightly different for this final instalment of Niamh’s Reads, and give you all a list of my most treasured reads, from any

Contributor Jaydee Lourens presents to you some blush-worthy ballads by Sydney artists Put on your headphones and blush to some local Sydney artists - Xo Jaydee If I Could Make You Dance- Civic Video A Heart Like Yours- Camino Gold I Might Fall in Love- Surf Trash Sadie- The Rions I Want You- The Buoys Colin- Lime Cordiale California Boys- ILUKA Calling Out Your Name- Velvet Trip Be About You- Winston Surfshirt Lover- Matt Corby by Jaydee Lourens

Contributor Deanna Arudselvam delves into the dazzling and raunchy ton in Netflix’s Bridgerton & how conversations of sex shine through The series Bridgerton represents a thrilling representation to audiences of how television can challenge the taboos and the uncomfortable nature of talking about sex. This reinforces how despite being a regency era historical fantasy, this systemic structure of power reinforces what we see today involving young people's need for transparency

Editorial Assistant Katrina Wang, is acing Life and sets out to redefine love, success, and self as an ace person "… and they lived happily ever after." Happy fairytales always end up with a happy ending, don't they? The brave knight rescuing a princess, a horrible curse broken by a dashing rogue. Fairytale re-tellings also follow that someone finally, after much trial and tribulation, finds their one. ‘The One.’ Maybe they were lesbian knights, sent out to fulfil a quest and

Editorial Assistant Alicja Krotofil examines the idea of unrequited love as a universal experience and uncovers why we feel this way For our annual sex issue, I wanted to explore the theories behind that all too familiar feeling that we all know: unrequited love. We see it in movies, we read about it in books, we feel it ourselves, but where does it come from, and why do so many of us indulge in it when we know that it can only end in pain and heartbreak? If you’re unfamilia

My first crush didn’t sit next to me in class or pass me a note at recess. He lived in a labyrinth, wore eyeliner, and hung out with goblins. I was very young and completely in love with David Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth. It wasn’t just the hair (though, objectively, the hair did a lot). It was the presence. The confidence. The way he filled a room with total authority. There was also the ballroom scene: the music swelling, the masks, the glitter, the feeling that something

Editorial Assistant Martha Florence critically examines the illustrious author Ali Hazelwood’s male main characters and their spicy skill sets Content warning: explicit language and themes In this year’s sexy Blush issue, I thought I’d spend some quality time with Ali Hazelwood’s MMCs [Male Main Character]. I might be pushing the limits of culture rewind, seeing as Hazelwood’s books have been published in the past five years. More like a cultural look over the shoulder....

Repeat Offenders Section Editor Juliette Allen delves into Netflix’s Heartbreak High’s upcoming finale season and it’s refreshingly honest takes on growing up & hooking up Promo Still 2022- 2026 (Cr . Hannah Carroll Chapman) Another sex issue is underway, and it comes with the best possible timing! Blush’s article submission deadline coincides with the titillating Heartbreak High’s third and final season coming out on Netflix, and it’s set to be a chaotic and fun-filled journ