Thorn & Bloom Magazine Issue 05: Rooted and Ruptured

Thorn & Bloom Magazine is a quarterly publication exploring self-care as a pathway to personal and collective liberation. Each issue interrogates how societal norms and socialisation suppress individuality, autonomy, and self-worth, positioning self-care not as indulgence, but as an act of resistance and a tool for healing.

Across essays, poetry, fiction, memoir, and expert insights, contributors navigate the balance between struggle and growth, mindfulness and authenticity. This is not a manual. It is a conversation.

For our fifth issue, Rooted & Ruptured, we ask: what does it mean to heal our separation from the natural world? Born of nature yet socialised to see ourselves as separate from it, this severance mirrors how we are taught to distrust our instincts, silence our inner rhythms, and exile parts of ourselves deemed 'wild' or 'unproductive.'

This edition lives in the overlap between our inner landscapes and the outer wild. Contributors explore the wildness of childhood, the patience of a vegetable garden, and the strange comfort of autumn's slow descent into darkness. To defend the earth is to defend the self. The path to liberation is rooted in collective care.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWQ5FFP6
• ISBN13: 9798993122953
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Redrosethorns Ltd. Liability Co.
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"