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Illustration in purple and yellow: Hands hold up a phone with a series of skeets about the 4B movement.
politics

Quitting Men Isn't a Political Strategy

White women’s individualistic calls to disavow men — while invoking the 4B movement in South Korea — do nothing to achieve collective liberation from patriarchy.
06 Jan 2025 12 min read
An illustration of a flytrap chomping the words "Flytrap Reads."

Yet Another End-of-Year Recommendations Post!

Here's What the Flyteam Ate Up in 2024.
29 Dec 2024 13 min read
Illustration in green, yellow, and red: The Situation flexes in front of a wreath of evergreen leaves and fish under a sign reading "Jersey Shore."
family

Feast of the Seven Fishes and Eight Abs

Canceling Vinny Guadagnino and Christmas Eve at the Jersey Shore.
22 Dec 2024 14 min read
Illustration in green and black: A long-haired person faces a billboard advertising "The Substance" while a syringe oozes green goo.
pop culture

The Substance Asks the Question: Can Hollywood Escape Its Own Beauty Standards?

The latest feminist film about society’s obsession with youth never answers its own question.
09 Dec 2024 9 min read
Illustration of an ugly holiday sweater with "It's the most wonderful time of the year."
family

The Most? Wonderful? Time? of the Year

The Christian Christmas industrial complex wants us to buy the illusion of unity while fascism prepares to enter the White House.
09 Dec 2024 12 min read
Alf Hog and the Bluesky X-odus (ft. Faine Greenewood)

Alf Hog and the Bluesky X-odus (ft. Faine Greenewood)

The "Cancel Me, Daddy" podcast transcript and show notes for 5 December 2024.
05 Dec 2024 2 min read
The Loser Election (ft. Michael Hobbes)
politics

The Loser Election (ft. Michael Hobbes)

The "Cancel Me, Daddy" podcast transcript and show notes for 14 November 2024.
04 Dec 2024 1 min read
Illustration in blue and white: Four gorgeous fat women in lingerie posing together. One has a cane.
pop culture

Young, Fat, and Gifted

Two new streaming comedies show viewers are eager for stories about fat Black women that don’t just rewrite old, damaging scripts about our lives.
01 Dec 2024 8 min read
Illustration in orange and yellow: A busty housewife in pearls holds up a martini.
pop culture

Housewife Luxury Will Never Be Quiet

Get your half-baked class analysis out of my face
24 Nov 2024 6 min read
Illustration in red and white: Praying hands in stained glass surrounded by flowers and Catholic iconography.
religion

The Red Mass Went Up My Ass

My colonoscopy was a microcosm of what’s about to come to the U.S.
15 Nov 2024 12 min read
Photo illustration: A hot pink and purple pavement princess with The Flytrap's logo on the door tearing up the streets.
urban planning

Think Outside the Glove(box)

Car dependency doesn’t have to be the end of the road.
11 Nov 2024 11 min read
Illustration in black and cream: A stack of televisions with screens reading "Shorten the Cycle" "Free Us From This Yawning Abyss."
politics

The U.S. Election Cycle Is Too Damn Long

American elections are increasingly leading us to feel depressed, anxious, and stressed. One potential solution: Putting an end to constant electioneering.
04 Nov 2024 6 min read
Illustration in purple, black, and brown: Three characters from "Evil" stare defiantly at the reader.
television

The Freaky Feminism of 'Evil,' TV's Weirdest Horror Hit

Showrunners Michelle and Robert King surrounded their demons-of-the-week with feminist signifiers, but ultimately stopped short of really condemning the patriarchy.
30 Oct 2024 8 min read
Illustration in red and black: A heart looms over the words "Satantic panic" while an imp brandishes a trident below.
religion

Why Evangelicals Are So Weird About Halloween

Demons, domination, and a truly terrifying election season.
30 Oct 2024 13 min read
Illustration in pink, yellow, and white: A besuited girlboss in front of a fire holds up a box labeled "Feminism."
politics

The (Feminist) Empire Strikes Back

Setting boundaries doesn’t make a woman a villain in a man’s story, or a feminist hero in her own. But the pinkwashing of feminism tells us women should do whatever they want to do—even if that means aiding and abetting genocide.
25 Oct 2024 9 min read
I Missed My Mom. So I Rewatched All Nine Seasons of 'Roseanne.'
family

I Missed My Mom. So I Rewatched All Nine Seasons of 'Roseanne.'

Thirty-six years to the day after its debut, the sitcom is still groundbreaking — but also, now, genuinely heartbreaking ... on so many levels.
17 Oct 2024 11 min read
Chappell Roan and the Trolls of the Ring

Chappell Roan and the Trolls of the Ring

The "Cancel Me, Daddy" podcast transcript and show notes for 17 October 2024.
17 Oct 2024 2 min read
Illustration: A pink zombie hand wrenches out of the earth in a pumpkin patch in front of a Victorian house.
fiction

The Pumpkins of Fir Street

A seasonal treat to scare you out of your gourd.
10 Oct 2024 14 min read
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