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Some Thoughts about Fear, Death, and Christianity

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 4h

banger from a @theflytrapmedia.com cofounder here

Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 7h

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.

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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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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2h

Thank you for reading!! <3

a black and white cat is standing on its hind legs .

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4h

ALT: a black and white cat is standing on its hind legs .

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

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5h

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.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5h

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 · 5h

paywalled

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 6h

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 · 5h

thanks sm for sharing! it's such an important role on set.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5h

so true

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

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 5h

Indeed, we pay all our contributors .50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 6h

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 · 8h

Writer Erika Smith speaks to intimacy coordinator jo Valdés, actor and director Fae Hartt, intimacy coordinator Shelby Terrell, and compiles a necessary brief history of how the job has been talked about in Hollywood.

Essentially: some criticism is valid, but not the way you think.

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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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 8h

I had the pleasure to edit this kickass dissection of intimacy coordinators and the backlash against them, eight years after #MeToo

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 11h

NEW! Erika Smith goes in on the backlash against intimacy coordinators in Hollywood, eight years after #MeToo.

"Most of all, for actors—particularly those who are just starting their careers or filming sex scenes for the first time—intimacy coordinators can make a world of difference."

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 · 8h

Writer Erika Smith speaks to intimacy coordinator jo Valdés, actor and director Fae Hartt, intimacy coordinator Shelby Terrell, and compiles a necessary brief history of how the job has been talked about in Hollywood.

Essentially: some criticism is valid, but not the way you think.

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 · 11h

"By 2022, some actors and directors had no qualms about publicly criticizing the role. That year, Sean Bean complained that intimacy coordinators "spoil the spontaneity" and Toni Collette revealed that she doesn't work with them because it feels like "encroaching upon the process."

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 · 11h

NEW! Erika Smith goes in on the backlash against intimacy coordinators in Hollywood, eight years after #MeToo.

"Most of all, for actors—particularly those who are just starting their careers or filming sex scenes for the first time—intimacy coordinators can make a world of difference."

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

Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 14h

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Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech in the Music Industry Shows the Power of Demands for Decolonization

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 2d

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The liberation of Palestine is a threat to how we live today—that’s precisely why we should keep calling for it.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2d

thank you!! send us a pic when it arrives!!

SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 2d

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

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ren, book and candle 🕯️✨👻 @renandpen.bsky.social · 4d

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

The illustration for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's piece on Kneecap goes so hard! Want it on your wall? 50% of all profits from our Free Palestine collection will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund!

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 4d

Being in solidarity is really important to me and to my fellow worker-owners @theflytrapmedia.com. I’m glad that we are in a position to be able to support the PCRF like this. Palestine will be free.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

The illustration for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's piece on Kneecap goes so hard! Want it on your wall? 50% of all profits from our Free Palestine collection will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund!

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Saoirse don Phalaistín Shirt

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

If you want it on a t-shirt, we got that option too:

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Saoirse Don Phalaistín 12x16 Poster

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 4d

The illustration for @nicolefroio.bsky.social's piece on Kneecap goes so hard! Want it on your wall? 50% of all profits from our Free Palestine collection will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund!

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