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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1h

DM or email me (addy in my bio) if cost is a barrier; we'll get you situated.

If you're able to fund paid subs for folks who couldn't otherwise afford them, PLEASE reach out—we have lots of cool perks that we're able to offer in addition to the general goodfeeling of supporting indie media access!

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1h

If you dive into the QP from @theflytrapmedia.com, we have lower-cost options (you can buy a piece for $2, or access our entire archives for $6.66/mo and cancel whenever you want). I know that's still more than some folks can afford, and we do have some comp subs available funded by Bog subscribers!

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1h

Genuinely: Paywalling content is not a thing I love doing. I'd rather create in a world where writers & artists could share our stuff literally freely. The Flytrap is cooperatively owned by its founders, who put in a ton of as-yet unpaid work to produce ALL our content—including one free post/month.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

Gibbety🎃Flibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 2h

paywalled

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 40m

Want to note here as well that while we have not paid OURSELVES, we have paid freelance writers and artists industry-standard rates, which is very important to us both as an organization, and as current/former freelancers who believe in independent media.

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1h

Genuinely: Paywalling content is not a thing I love doing. I'd rather create in a world where writers & artists could share our stuff literally freely. The Flytrap is cooperatively owned by its founders, who put in a ton of as-yet unpaid work to produce ALL our content—including one free post/month.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 25m

Yeah, that god is straight up abusive. He keeps followers in line through negging

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 26m

I remember well my "long dark night of the soul" at age 16. But the reality truly was that this was not a religion, not a God, who loved me. Not if He worked like that.

No more 'mysterious ways' for this one.

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 3h

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...

Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2h

NEW! After the initial introduction of intimacy coordinators to film & TV productions following #MeToo, the industry seems to have soured on the position. Do intimacy coordinators stifle creativity? Do they keep actors safe? Erica W Smith investigates:

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1h

If you can't afford a subscription, you can pay for single paywall drops! That's $2 dollars per article. Each piece we run is edited and copy edited, and our freelancers are paid. Most importantly, we are not beholden to corporate censorship.

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

EXCLUSIVE: leaked documents show inner workings of the Underworld's largest afterlife services conglomerate.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1h

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

Gibbety🎃Flibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 2h

paywalled

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2h

NEW! After the initial introduction of intimacy coordinators to film & TV productions following #MeToo, the industry seems to have soured on the position. Do intimacy coordinators stifle creativity? Do they keep actors safe? Erica W Smith investigates:

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

HAPPY SPOOKY FLYTRAP FRIDAY!

EXCLUSIVE: leaked documents show inner workings of the Underworld's largest afterlife services conglomerate.

the-flytrap.ghost.io/hell-in-a-ha...

Hell in a Handbook

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 27m

Thanks, Andrea!

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KathleenLCulbertson @pastorkathleen.bsky.social · 3h

As I opened the article I thought what am in for. Chrissy handles the subject with gentleness but hits a nerve of reality.

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 3h

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...

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Rebecca Diamond ✡️🧶🇺🇸🇨🇦 @rebeccadiamond.online · 2h

"So you tell yourself you believe, you will yourself to believe, you repress doubt, and you tell yourself that Christianity is working for you."

Oh look, Chrissy just described my teen years perfectly :P

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 3h

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 29m

Mine too, alas

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Strong Jersey איתן @eitang.bsky.social · 2h

This was an excellent read!

From a different angle, something that you reminded me of:

In Jewish educational settings the teachers who react the harshest to students questioning belief almost ALWAYS have the most trouble answering those questions for themselves, hence the reaction.

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Strong Jersey איתן @eitang.bsky.social · 2h

As someone Jewish, the early point about ethnoreligions not having as much emphasis on belief really resonated. "Praxis and culture" are both much more important in the Jewish community.

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks, Richard!

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 3h

What's on your minds?

As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.

B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.

The latest Bugbear Dispatch:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...

In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...