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Annalisa @valkyriesong.bsky.social · 1h
Do yourself a favor and follow the @theflytrapmedia.com for some stellar reporting! #SheShed
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 11h
In today's advice column, @sesmith.lol advises a reader contemplating a kitty corrective
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Ask the Flytrap: Feeling Catty
Must I suffer my friends' horrible nicknames for my cats in silence?
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 8h
We got an AMAZING Ask @theflytrapmedia.com advice question this week: What do you do when people insist on calling your cats goofy nicknames you don't like?
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Ask the Flytrap: Feeling Catty
Must I suffer my friends' horrible nicknames for my cats in silence?
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Adi 🍉 @adigoesswimming.bsky.social · 9h
As a cis woman who favors floral maxi dresses and hyperfemme clothing in general, FUCK MAGA INFLUENCERS SPECIFICALLY. I'm a tall fat so I don't fit into their aesthetic but sometimes I do worry I come across as conservative until I open my mouth. Thankfully I almost never shut up.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 11h
this is one of my favorite things i've written for a long time. i don't often get the chance to even lightly report stuff, and i had some of the most fascinating conversations of my whole life while unpacking this piece.
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The 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) Terrifying
Fascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 11h
In today's advice column, @sesmith.lol advises a reader contemplating a kitty corrective
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Ask the Flytrap: Feeling Catty
Must I suffer my friends' horrible nicknames for my cats in silence?
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Dee @deerberrynz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unnerving but interesting read, but interesting - quite possibly relevant for #nzpol as well.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
"Now, Skinheads and Karens are too legible. Overdetermined, even. Their signifiers are too conspicuous to be rehabilitated into the mainstream. They’re old-school, throw-backs in an era when bigotry wants to blend in." New from @andreagrimes.com on the blog:
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The 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) Terrifying
Fascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026
tomorrow's Ask The Flytrap question is one of my all-time favorites we've ever received, an absolute corker. i can't wait for y'all to read it. in the meantime, catch up on @theflytrapmedia.com's advice archives, which are always free!
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ATF - The Flytrap
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
HAPPY FLYTRAP TUESDAYY!! this week, @andreagrimes.com writes about hideous Christian fashion and how it blends into normie fashion to normalize fascism: www.theflytrapmedia.com/maga-makeove...
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The 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) Terrifying
Fascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026
I LOVE IT when my colleagues write about phenomena that are unfamiliar to me, and also very important in this cultural moment. This is a great piece! And hey...did you know that we offer a two-for-one membership for those who want to go in on a @theflytrapmedia.com membership with a friend?
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Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really, really great article about social signifiers, and how they are often weaponized to let fascists both hide in plain sight and lay claim to wantonly oblivious normies.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026
I wrote about the end of the MAGA makeover, the aesthetic normalization of bigotry, and the mall store selling fascist sweatshirts to teenage girls. New for @theflytrapmedia.com!!
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The 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) Terrifying
Fascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society.
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Acts of Tekla @acts-of-tekla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@theflytrapmedia.com Look what I got!
White woman smiling and wearing a black T-shirt with a rainbow slogan that starts reading "Fuck the Algorithm" then has letters fade to read "Fuck AI"
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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LOVED copyediting this and learning about how Christian, fascist fashion is blending in with normies.
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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
incredible range of topics, from arts and culture to immigration to personal grief, and all treated with the same depth, curiosity, and seriousness. I never know what's going to land in my inbox, but I always know it's going to give me a lot to think about!
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
HAPPY FLYTRAP TUESDAYY!! this week, @andreagrimes.com writes about hideous Christian fashion and how it blends into normie fashion to normalize fascism: www.theflytrapmedia.com/maga-makeove...
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The 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) Terrifying
Fascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
OK so you're applying to be our social media manager? slay.
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Erik Engberg 🏳️‍🌈 @erikengberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@theflytrapmedia.com 🤘🤘🤘
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026
Thrilled to announce that I have once again bullied @theflytrapmedia.com media into FLYTRAP FRIDAYS this October: Original spooky features, FOR FREE, every Friday, from The Flyteam! Coming this Friday: I write about vacation towns where everything goes wrong. Subscribe so you don’t miss it!
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Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 29/09/2026
love this!!!!!!
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Hey! Can you leave us a review below? We want to know what you love about The Flytrap 👇
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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doom-free journalism & essays by writers with clear, unique voices. I can read a serious piece w/ multiple sources about an issue that matters to me and it will 1) likely have a little (or more) humor to take the edge off and 2) show ways forward & through besides “burn it all down.”
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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Read this incredible work by @andreagrimes.com at @theflytrapmedia.com. Do you find yourself shifting fashion choices to avoid being affiliated with certain movements, who in turn keep moving the line? www.theflytrapmedia.com/maga-makeove...
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The 'MAGA Makeover' is Over, and Its Replacement is (Even More) Terrifying
Fascists are using fashion to normalize radical perspectives and groups into normie society.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 28/09/2026
Periodic reminder that you can get a year of @theflytrapmedia.com that comes with a gift membership for a friend. That's 2-for-1! And many of you don't redeem it!! Join us now (members: email flyteam @ theflytrapmedia . com to redeem your gift). www.theflytrapmedia.com/#/portal/sig...
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Tamryn Spruill @tamrynspruill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Awaiting the arrival of your copy of THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA (Abrams Press)? Get started with this excerpt, published by @theflytrapmedia.com. www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-w-tamryn... ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🤎 🤍 🖤
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 28/09/2026
We recently ran something adjacent from @thefrankiedlc.news, exploring what kink culture could bring to the sports world. I think you might find a lot of interest in it!
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Pushing Through The Pain
What the sports world can learn from the kink community
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026
Strive to be so good at what you do that they will hire you even if you bring an iced coffee to the interview.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Hey! Can you leave us a review below? We want to know what you love about The Flytrap 👇
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
this means we can have another year of The Flytrap, full of freelance pieces & original writing from our co-founders!!!!
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
WE MADE IT, WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF 200 NEW SUBSCRIBERS!! Thank you, everyone <3
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 25/09/2026
this is high-key my favorite thing i've ever designed
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az🎃🎃z | عزوز @azzaalt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Libra season is upon us, so naturally I bought a loved one a gift subscription for her birthday and you can too!!
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Okay I gotta go take care of some stuff around the house, but just putting it out there that I would REALLY like to come back to another one of these inbox notifications. www.theflytrapmedia.com#/portal/sign...
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
P.S. if you're like 'AW NUTS, I already HAVE A Flytrap subscription!' guess what: You can get one for a friend. www.theflytrapmedia.com#/portal/gift
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
This economy is rough! We appreciate your support. 💚🌱
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
She has UNCANNY accuracy
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 25/09/2026
Wow they're making shirts specifically for me personally now
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
I also need to call out our charity bandana in classic Flytrap pink, designed by rommy torrico. It's fly as hell, and in September/October, all proceeds go to Gaza Soup Kitchen. (Past beneficiaries have included Red Canary Song, the Homeless World Cup Foundation, and PCRF.)
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Fuck the Algorithm Charity Bandana
All proceeds from the sales of this item are donated to a monthly rotating charities.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Thanks to A, CS, and DB, we just hit 200 new members! 🎉 But...you could still be #201, if you want...
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Be cool and fun and always have perfect skin like Cesar!
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Looking for a new sticker for your laptop? Light one up for the sex workers in your life...and read this @freeblackgirl.bsky.social piece to go with it. www.theflytrapmedia.com/if-we-valued...
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Gay but in a grey way? We have that too.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Super gay, hate the algorithm, and hate AI? Welcome, friend.
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F*CK The Algorithm and F*CK AI unisex comfy tee - Pride on dark
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Hate the algorithm and love a big old rumbly pickup? Have I got the shirt for you.
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Keep on FTA tee
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