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We've Gone UNION, Baby!

We've Gone UNION, Baby!

The Flytrap is partnering with the National Writers Union on freelancer policies.

The Flytrap Media
The Flytrap Media
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Hate-Reading Wirecutter in the Nascent Era of AI Slop
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Hate-Reading Wirecutter in the Nascent Era of AI Slop

I love the feeling of being recommended to, rather than recommended at. So-called “AI” is making that harder than ever.

Andrea Grimes
Andrea Grimes
pop culturepop culture
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Upending the Male (Film) Gaze
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Upending the Male (Film) Gaze

The Flytrap spoke to the community organizers diversifying film culture away from the whims of film bros.

Jannat Suleman
Jannat Suleman
pop culturepop culture
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If We Valued Sex Workers, the Outcome of the Diddy Trial Would Have Been Different

If We Valued Sex Workers, the Outcome of the Diddy Trial Would Have Been Different

What if Diddy’s victims were protected by labor laws instead of relying on the lack of justice of a sexist trial?

Evette Dionne
Evette Dionne
social mediasocial media
Deny, Defend, Depose, Slay: How Luigi Mangione Became a Thirst Trap
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Deny, Defend, Depose, Slay: How Luigi Mangione Became a Thirst Trap

Luigi Mangione almost sparked a grassroots rebellion against health insurance companies. Instead, we got more stan culture.

Nicole Froio
Nicole Froio
resistance to fascismresistance to fascism
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The District of Abortion
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The District of Abortion

Washington, D.C.’s murky legal status could have a devastating ripple effect on abortion nationwide.

Christine Grimaldi
Christine Grimaldi
pop culturepop culture
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Does It Really Matter if ASMR Is a Sex Thing?
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Does It Really Matter if ASMR Is a Sex Thing?

The debate over whether ASMR is a fetish opens a can of worms about human sexuality — and workplace safety.

s.e. smith
s.e. smith
abuse and abusersabuse and abusers
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We Got Women’s Safety All Wrong
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We Got Women’s Safety All Wrong

Not only does gender-based violence remain pervasive, narratives of fear are successfully pushing us toward increasingly carceral solutions.

Nicole Froio
Nicole Froio
fashionfashion
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Queer Joy! at the Bra Store
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Queer Joy! at the Bra Store

How the lingerie boutique where I worked as a bra fitter became an intimate space for shared queerness.

Rebecca Mott
Rebecca Mott
agingaging
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‘Take Care of Your Own, As Long As You Can’

‘Take Care of Your Own, As Long As You Can’

For Pride month, The Flytrap visited Durham, North Carolina’s Village Hearth, the first LGBTQ cohousing community in the nation for people 55 and over.

Tina Vasquez
Tina Vasquez
resistance to fascismresistance to fascism
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The Quiet Provocation of Flying the Mexican Flag
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The Quiet Provocation of Flying the Mexican Flag

As more Mexican flags sprouted up in my North Carolina neighborhood, I could not figure out if my neighbors wanted to symbolize immigrant pride or their fatigue over Trump’s shit.

Tina Vasquez
Tina Vasquez
imperialismimperialism
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Maps Have Always Been A Colonial Tool of Expansion—Techno-Fascism Is Making It Worse
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Maps Have Always Been A Colonial Tool of Expansion—Techno-Fascism Is Making It Worse

How are the colonial applications of cartography, mixed with growing techno-fascism, helping Donald Trump's expansionist agenda?

Emma Bainbridge
Emma Bainbridge
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