@tinavasquez.bsky.social  explores a little known Halloween subculture: Halloween 'Villaging', where grown adults make little Halloween villages to celebrate the holiday everyday.

ICYMI: Last week, @freeblackgirl.bsky.social wrote about Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor, a documentary that subverts police body cams to tell a heart wrenching story of fatal racism.

This week, @michellepolizzi.bsky.social writes about TV & film that depict coercive control and how survivors could actually be helped by the system and the community around them: 

"What people fleeing their abusers need most are the resources to save themselves," writes @michellepolizzi.bsky.social , in her analysis of the representation of coercive control in TV & film. 

Them’s the rules, friends. Get on the train. Not only will it be free, but well run and very friendly. Look, @theflytrapmedia.com even made a t-shirt and stickers as a welcome packet.

So very good. EVIL is one of my favorite TV shows. It is weird and spooky, they portray demons so well, the main villain Leland Townsend is brilliant, the themes and social commentary always hit, and I love the three main characters. I should rewatch it this winter.

Halloween was last Friday, but let's keep these 👻SPOOKY 👻 VIBES👻 going, shall we? We've been HAUNTING YOUR INBOX for a year now. Here's a round up our spookiest reads:

@tinavasquez.bsky.social  explores a little known Halloween subculture: Halloween 'Villaging', where grown adults make little Halloween villages to celebrate the holiday everyday.

So uh. I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and... you can now preorder it!

I asked you all to send me the funniest election night posts and this morning for my newsletter, I compiled them all for you! www.burnsnotice.com/the-best-ele...

Do you love everything @sesmith.lol writes? We do too! Pre-order their book at the link below!

I love to support journalists & worker owned outlets directly! @marisakabas.bsky.social @stevanzetti.bsky.social @404media.co @theflytrapmedia.com @flaminghydra.com

"Women of color, poor and disabled women, and LGBTQ people face a host of specific challenges in their abusive relationships, which are seldom reflected on TV and film," writes @michellepolizzi.bsky.social in an analysis of coercive control in TV and film.

Officially, this discount has been archived! If you still haven't renewed, you'll have to do it full price. We sent like 3 million reminders!!

I’m pretty sure tonight is because I subscribed to @theflytrapmedia.com the other day. It’s not too late to subscribe and insure a Cali prop win HINT FUCKING HINT 😘

Beloved friends, it's not too late to renew (or subscribe afresh) to The Flytrap. I just renewed mine, and I cannot wait to read more fantastic journalism!

You have until s.e. finishes dinner to grab your 25% discount, Kickstarter supporters, and this is an 'eating bread over the sink' kind of night!!!

"Women of color, poor and disabled women, and LGBTQ people face a host of specific challenges in their abusive relationships, which are seldom reflected on TV and film," writes @michellepolizzi.bsky.social in an analysis of coercive control in TV and film.

⚠️PAYWALL DROP ALERT⚠️ As we all watch New Yorkers vote, why not read @katelynburns.com's case for shortening the election cycle? Free to read today only!

As someone who spent her childhood crawling around on the floor plugging in Dickens Village houses at Christmas, and then unplugging them after Epiphany, I respect the game.

What's happening with SNAP is incredibly uncertain and I'm hearing from comrades all over who are struggling, confused, and getting mixed messages about their bennies. I wrote about how SNAP affects families with medically complex children who use SNAP/WIC at @civileats.com!

@tinavasquez.bsky.social  explores a little known Halloween subculture: Halloween 'Villaging', where grown adults make little Halloween villages to celebrate the holiday everyday.

Hi! I have reached out to as many writers as I could find for the Bitch x @theflytrapmedia.com project I am shepherding. If you published stories in Bitch and want to have them potentially republished at The Flytrap, email us! I’ll be responding. flyteam[at]theflytrapmedia[dot]com

ICYMI: Last week, @freeblackgirl.bsky.social wrote about Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor, a documentary that subverts police body cams to tell a heart wrenching story of fatal racism.

Welcome new Flytrap members! I hope you enjoy this week's piece!

It's Flytrap Tuesday!! This week, @michellepolizzi.bsky.social writes about TV & film that depict coercive control and how survivors could actually be helped by the system and the community around them: 

If you signed up for a @theflytrapmedia.com membership in the last two weeks, can I offer you another kickass media collective doing critical reporting?

We at @theflytrapmedia.com are so luck to have rommy torrico!

Buy the poster if you haven't yet: theflytrapmedia-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sao...

Oh my god, this looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing, rommy is a wizard!!!!!!

I was so excited to learn the artist who made this poster was born in the same town as my grandfather. I decided in my house wasn't good enough and had to display it *on* my house

"When a film depicts someone losing their life to a violent partner, could it prompt the rest of us to intervene sooner?" @michellepolizzi.bsky.social writes about coercive control in TV and film: 

⚠️PAYWALL DROP ALERT⚠️ As we all watch New Yorkers vote, why not read @katelynburns.com's case for shortening the election cycle? Free to read today only! the-flytrap.ghost.io/the-u-s-elec...

Co-founder @nicolefroio.bsky.social spoke to @youcaughtscott.com about our decision to paywall (some) of our content. Listen below!

This week on The North State, I’ve got budgets on the mind. Not the federal budget, but how the hell independent journalists get paid. I sat down with @arshy.bsky.social of The Hatchet and then @nicolefroio.bsky.social of @theflytrapmedia.com to get the ins and outs of paying for news. #cdnnews

Today's @theflytrapmedia.com read is a great freelance piece on how coercive control shows up in media and who benefits. Love pieces like this that start with a personal narrative and then zoom out to a larger social one. Thanks to our members for funding work like this!

The Flytrap is doing great work and deserves all the success. Not too late to subscribe.

Congratulations to The Flytrap on their successful subscription drive! I think they're one of the many great examples of how media collectives are the real next step to grow a successful independent media landscape.

Broadly, that's how I'd characterize my time with @theflytrapmedia.com: sweet. Tender. Creative. None of the adjectives we usually associate with the journalism world. Thank you for giving us your heard earned money. We don't take it for granted.

I got to know Karla a bit because of my work with @theflytrapmedia.com, where I wrote about her book and the new era of Latino cookbooks:

When @andreagrimes.com reached out to me about becoming a co-founder, I couldn't believe my luck. Through @theflytrapmedia.com, I was able to reconnect with longtime friends and former colleagues, and writers that I'd long admired from afar. (Hi, @sesmith.lol)

This article is so good

I learned this morning that @theflytrapmedia.com is fully funded for another year, thanks to all of you who subscribed, resubscribed, and donated. It's been quite a year and The Flytrap has been a bright spot.

And happy Flytrap Tuesday! @michellepolizzi.bsky.social writes about coercive control on TV and film, and how we still have a long way to go in terms of representation:

Good morning everyone! We just want to express our gratitude for your vote of confidence in our work in the past two weeks. We are SO EXCITED to have another year of The Flytrap, and with pay for the founders. This is everything we've been working towards. THANK YOU!!!

It's the last day of @theflytrapmedia.com's subscription drive, and as Teen Vogue has decided to abandon its good work, we need to support feminist media more than ever, especially the diverse and talented writers and artists making Flytrap! the-flytrap.ghost.io

We gone need feminist media more than ever

My datebook for December 20, 2023, has a 9:15 appointment that just says 'Andrea.' I'm so happy she emailed me about 'starting some kind of feminist bloggy thing' and to be collaborating with such a kickass crew of comrades AND our wonderful community of readers.

I have been so sad about feminist media for so long. Losing Bitch and so many other feminist media organizations kept me up for many days and many nights. It broke my heart in more ways than one. I have renewed hope today. Thank you all so much for supporting @theflytrapmedia.com! 🥹

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