resistance to fascism 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.
Paid-members only imperialism 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?
Paid-members only pop culture Dad Rock Is Our Daddy Now Queer and trans people may seem like unlikely fans of the genre. But its essential earnestness may explain its appeal.
pop culture 'Sinners' Celebrates the Decadent Intimacy of the Black South Ryan Coogler's latest film threads Black intimacies through time and space, all in one spiritually stirring night at Club Juke.
programming notes Celebrating Six Months of The Flytrap Hot Flytrap deals in your area! Feminist media creators want to connect with you now!
Paid-members only religion Can the American Secular Movement Listen to Its Better Angels? More Americans are secular than ever. Can the institutions meant to represent them keep up?
Paid-members only education The Robin Hood of For-Profit Education Matriculating into the University of Phoenix under my dad’s name was a way to repay him for all of his hard work, but in the end I could only take him so far.
Paid-members only family Why the Youths Are Choosing Avocado Toast Over Marriage This time it's not just millennials ruining everything.
social media #DeathTok is Actually Full of Life The dead and dying people in this micro community on TikTok are seizing control of their own stories and death journeys.
urban planning Why Are So Many Trans People Into Urban Planning? Trans people are often advocates of radical transit and urbanist policy—Katelyn Burns investigates why.
pop culture You’ve heard of Pink Money, but have you heard of Brazil Money? Will the global north ever love Brazilian culture as much as it loves our money?
pop culture Virginity is Fake, So Why is it Still a Rite of Passage? Despite its reputation as a sexist film, I rewatched “American Pie” and some parts still hold up for me, more than 25 years later.
books A New Era for Latino Cookbooks Latino cookbooks written by Latino people used to be an anomaly, but with the publication of “SalviSoul” and “Bodega Bakes,” the canon is expanding even further.
Cancel Me, Daddy Private Equity “R” U.S. (ft. Megan Greenwell) The "Cancel Me, Daddy" podcast transcript and show notes for 3/6/2025
fashion The Enshittification of eShakti eShakti ghosted workers and customers alike, and the dream of something better than fast fashion died with it.
pop culture “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.
religion Haidt Crimes: On Moral Foundations Theory and the Normalization of Fascism Powerful centrists with milquetoast politics are once again demanding we have empathy for people who would destroy us.
abuse and abusers Flytrap Roundtable Special: That Whole Awful Neil Gaiman Thing Can 'cool male feminists' have it all? They'd sure like to!
Reality Bytes So-called ‘AI,’ performative ignorance, and old-fashioned human assholery are degrading reality as we know it.
Pay Me What You Owe Me Independent media always gets homages on social media after it shutters – what if that support amounted to monetary donations that helped keep it alive and thriving?
urban planning Cities Are Designed By Men – and it Shows Urbanism is full of critical feminist issues, but the lack of women helping to shape American cities endangers us all.
