Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads)
@freeblackgirl.bsky.social
OG Black feminist journalist and editor • Award-winning author of WEIGHTLESS and LAWC • Cofounder @theflytrapmedia.com • Helping incarcerated journalists with @empowermentave.bsky.social • Forever putting on for Black + queer folks • Next: ✍🏾 NO GIVING IN
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
This aged like the finest of wines. Be not intimidated. These people are mediocre and incompetent.
You are delusional. Caitlin Flanagan is delusional. Bari Weiss is delusional. You have all lost your minds.
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This aged like the finest of wines. Be not intimidated. These people are mediocre and incompetent.
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it’s really fucking cool to see people working outside the system to expose the hacks running all of our crumbling institutions
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
it’s really fucking cool to see people working outside the system to expose the hacks running all of our crumbling institutions
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“In my 20 years of incarceration, I’ve been strip-searched at least 500 times,” writes Carla J. Simmons in this powerful essay for @prismreports.org. “Early on, I found that in order to endure strip searches, it was necessary for me to detach myself from what was happening to my body.”
How ‘routine’ strip searches traumatize people in U.S. prisons
In my 20 years of incarceration, I’ve been strip-searched at least 500 times. Each was an act of humiliation and sexual violence
prismreports.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“In my 20 years of incarceration, I’ve been strip-searched at least 500 times,” writes Carla J. Simmons in this powerful essay for @prismreports.org. “Early on, I found that in order to endure strip searches, it was necessary for me to detach myself from what was happening to my body.”
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EA writer, Demetrius Buckley, writes about his experience of holding on to holiday joy while being incarcerated for Vera.
Holiday Funk: What Christmas is Like in Prison
Facing my 17th holiday behind bars, here’s how I connect and seek joy.
www.vera.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
EA writer, Demetrius Buckley, writes about his experience of holding on to holiday joy while being incarcerated for Vera.
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
I originally wrote this piece for Bitch Media in 2017. Given *looks around* everything happening with GLP-1s and the re-rise of diet culture, I updated the story to reflect on our current moment.
There is also no paywall on our Bitch reprints, so get into it ⬇️
There is also no paywall on our Bitch reprints, so get into it ⬇️
Today with our last post of the year: @freeblackgirl.bsky.social on the fragility of body positivity, and what happens when a radical movement gets co-opted.
The Fragility of Body Positivity
How a radical movement lost its way.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I originally wrote this piece for Bitch Media in 2017. Given *looks around* everything happening with GLP-1s and the re-rise of diet culture, I updated the story to reflect on our current moment.
There is also no paywall on our Bitch reprints, so get into it ⬇️
There is also no paywall on our Bitch reprints, so get into it ⬇️
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You should also read this fascinating @prismreports.org exclusive from the brilliant @nicolefroio.bsky.social. Nicole spent months studying social media posts from U.S. embassies in Latin America, identifying the State Department’s xenophobic campaign of fear in Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico:
U.S. is exporting xenophobia through some Latin American embassies
A Prism investigation reveals the State Department’s social media campaign of fear in Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico
prismreports.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You should also read this fascinating @prismreports.org exclusive from the brilliant @nicolefroio.bsky.social. Nicole spent months studying social media posts from U.S. embassies in Latin America, identifying the State Department’s xenophobic campaign of fear in Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico:
“Hollywood’s aversion to original stories isn’t a bug,” writes Vanessa Willoughby in her postmortem of “And Just Like That” for @theflytrapmedia.com. “It’s a long-standing feature.”
Go Girl, Give Us Nothing!: Why Hollywood Undervalues Original Storytelling
Why do studios keep pumping out sequels, reboots, and remakes of the same old IP?
the-flytrap.ghost.io
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Hollywood’s aversion to original stories isn’t a bug,” writes Vanessa Willoughby in her postmortem of “And Just Like That” for @theflytrapmedia.com. “It’s a long-standing feature.”
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It’s Giving Tuesday, and the support of readers via Patreon means the world to this writer, speaker, and advocate.
I’m a truth teller who doesn’t bothsides issues or kowtow to the powerful and wealthy for access.
This isn’t lucrative, but with your help I can keep doing it
www.patreon.com/cstroop
I’m a truth teller who doesn’t bothsides issues or kowtow to the powerful and wealthy for access.
This isn’t lucrative, but with your help I can keep doing it
www.patreon.com/cstroop
Get more from Chrissy Stroop on Patreon
creating commentary, journalism, and advocacy
www.patreon.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday, and the support of readers via Patreon means the world to this writer, speaker, and advocate.
I’m a truth teller who doesn’t bothsides issues or kowtow to the powerful and wealthy for access.
This isn’t lucrative, but with your help I can keep doing it
www.patreon.com/cstroop
I’m a truth teller who doesn’t bothsides issues or kowtow to the powerful and wealthy for access.
This isn’t lucrative, but with your help I can keep doing it
www.patreon.com/cstroop
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Being part of a Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice Wong co-edited with @freeblackgirl.bsky.social was really special, even more so now. My piece was republished in the @theflytrapmedia.com today (with some updates to make the piece more current). the-flytrap.ghost.io/complex-futu...
The Complex Future of Post-Pandemic Work
The COVID-19 pandemic showed that remote work is possible for many industries, but it’s still unclear what the future of remote work is five years later.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Being part of a Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice Wong co-edited with @freeblackgirl.bsky.social was really special, even more so now. My piece was republished in the @theflytrapmedia.com today (with some updates to make the piece more current). the-flytrap.ghost.io/complex-futu...
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Anna Hamilton and worker-owner of The Flytrap @sesmith.lol examine the nuances of anti-ableism and language in online spaces:
the-flytrap.ghost.io/language-wars/
the-flytrap.ghost.io/language-wars/
Language Wars
Conversations about language were supposed to be a starting point rather than an ending one.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Anna Hamilton and worker-owner of The Flytrap @sesmith.lol examine the nuances of anti-ableism and language in online spaces:
the-flytrap.ghost.io/language-wars/
the-flytrap.ghost.io/language-wars/
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Jaipreet Virdi and Liz Jackson imagine the potential of accessible design:
the-flytrap.ghost.io/beyond-funct...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/beyond-funct...
Beyond Functional
Unraveling the long line of disability fashion.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Jaipreet Virdi and Liz Jackson imagine the potential of accessible design:
the-flytrap.ghost.io/beyond-funct...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/beyond-funct...
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Podcaster Thomas Reid delves into the importance of culturally accurate audio descriptions in entertainment:
the-flytrap.ghost.io/in-living-co...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/in-living-co...
In Living Color
Audio description looks past people of color.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Podcaster Thomas Reid delves into the importance of culturally accurate audio descriptions in entertainment:
the-flytrap.ghost.io/in-living-co...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/in-living-co...
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Start here:
A roundtable about disabled Black girl magic, with Vilissa Thompson and Keah Brown.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/let-freedom-...
A roundtable about disabled Black girl magic, with Vilissa Thompson and Keah Brown.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/let-freedom-...
Let Freedom Reign
A roundtable about disabled Black girl magic.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Start here:
A roundtable about disabled Black girl magic, with Vilissa Thompson and Keah Brown.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/let-freedom-...
A roundtable about disabled Black girl magic, with Vilissa Thompson and Keah Brown.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/let-freedom-...
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In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
Honoring Alice Wong: Reprinting Bitch Magazine's Access Series
Alice Wong, who reshaped the world of disability media, joined our ancestors on November 14, 2025. The Flytrap is proud to reprint her curated Access Series for Bitch Magazine.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In honor of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's legacy as a disability activist and writer, today we are republishing Bitch Magazine's Access Series, which was originally curated by Alice Wong. Worker-owner and former Bitch editor-in-chief Evette Dionne updated the intro to the series here:
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Can Elon come in?
Ruin Thanksgiving in four words: ___ ___ ___ ___
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Can Elon come in?
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“There is a very clear and distinct caste system in prison.” Aaron Edward Olson reports for @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org about how prisons in Washington State intentionally discriminate against incarcerated immigrants.
How Washington State Discriminates Against Incarcerated Immigrants - Type Investigations
www.typeinvestigations.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“There is a very clear and distinct caste system in prison.” Aaron Edward Olson reports for @thenation.com and @typeinvestigations.org about how prisons in Washington State intentionally discriminate against incarcerated immigrants.
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In a beautifully illustrated piece for the @nytimes.com, Robert Lee Williams writes about how he came to embrace trees as a symbol of freedom.
Opinion | Finding Beauty in a Prison Yard
These trees were the only living beings that I could touch without fear.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In a beautifully illustrated piece for the @nytimes.com, Robert Lee Williams writes about how he came to embrace trees as a symbol of freedom.
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“Until reproductive justice and climate movements truly center incarcerated voices ... their work remains incomplete.”
EA writer @kwanetaharris.bsky.social joined @omisadeburneyscott.bsky.social for a @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social piece about menopause, incarceration, and the climate crisis.
EA writer @kwanetaharris.bsky.social joined @omisadeburneyscott.bsky.social for a @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social piece about menopause, incarceration, and the climate crisis.
Cool the Cell, Feed the Spirit: Abolition as Reproductive and Climate Justice – Scalawag
This convergence of carceral violence, climate violence, and authoritarian detention regimes deepens the harm against aging bodies.
scalawagmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Until reproductive justice and climate movements truly center incarcerated voices ... their work remains incomplete.”
EA writer @kwanetaharris.bsky.social joined @omisadeburneyscott.bsky.social for a @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social piece about menopause, incarceration, and the climate crisis.
EA writer @kwanetaharris.bsky.social joined @omisadeburneyscott.bsky.social for a @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social piece about menopause, incarceration, and the climate crisis.
I care mostly about envisioning new realities for Black, Indigenous, incarcerated, and LGBTQ+ (specifically trans) journalists. I just do not care what yt folks are doing in journalism because it usually involves them doing fucked up stuff to maintain the status quo.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I care mostly about envisioning new realities for Black, Indigenous, incarcerated, and LGBTQ+ (specifically trans) journalists. I just do not care what yt folks are doing in journalism because it usually involves them doing fucked up stuff to maintain the status quo.
One thing about me: I rarely, if ever, know what white people are doing in media. I just know it is usually fucked up … and that’s enough for me. 🤷🏾♀️
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One thing about me: I rarely, if ever, know what white people are doing in media. I just know it is usually fucked up … and that’s enough for me. 🤷🏾♀️
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Hey y’all! I am safe but I still need some help reaching my latest goal of 1000 for housing and food costs. If you are able to donate and/or repost, I would truly appreciate it 🧡
Donate to I'm Suing My Negligent Landlord, organized by Clarkisha Kent
If you’ve been following me on Twitter for the last two years in particular, then you k… Clarkisha Kent needs your support for I'm Suing My Negligent Landlord
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hey y’all! I am safe but I still need some help reaching my latest goal of 1000 for housing and food costs. If you are able to donate and/or repost, I would truly appreciate it 🧡
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We're reprinting another Bitch mag classic today and celebrating @scarleteen.com, the internet's best sex-ed site.
Red Letter Day
The enduring legacy of Scarleteen, the internet’s best sex-ed site.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We're reprinting another Bitch mag classic today and celebrating @scarleteen.com, the internet's best sex-ed site.