State of the B(l)og

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Hello, readers!

Well, our first six months have sure been a wild ride! Remember when we said “let’s launch a feminist cultural criticism newsletter on Election Day, what could go wrong?”

In all seriousness though, a lot went right. Our subscriber base is growing, we’re publishing some truly amazing content, and we’re thinking ahead about sustainability and our role in the larger independent media ecosphere. We’re proud to be publishing alongside a range of outlets, comrades, and friends such as 404 Media, Defector, Flaming Hydra, and The Handbasket, showing that we can make this whole thing work, build community, and support each other. It’s incredibly exciting to see so many publications taking the plunge and proving that worker-owned independent media that is not beholden to the bosses can work, because you, dear readers, are making it happen. 

Because we Flytrap co-founders are relentlessly optimistic despite < gestures frantically > everything going on, we’ve set an ambitious goal for our six-month anniversary: recruiting 1,000 new paid Flytrap subscribers. Because we’re a worker-owned co-op committed to building a sustainable media company, paying freelancers fair rates, and putting journalistic rigor into everything we publish, we’re relying on paid subscriptions to keep The Flytrap fertilized for another year and beyond. It’s a big goal, and we’re offering 15% off all new subscriptions until May 13th as an incentive to new readers.

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