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It's another totally free Flytrap Friday read! This week, @andreagrimes.com writes about prehistoric art, her life-long ghost hunt, and human creativity across the ages.

Well golly! We were just thinking about this, too!

This piece at @theflytrapmedia.com by @sesmith.lol explains clearly why y'all need to stop sharing all that feel-good slop. Don't rely on vibes. Make sure it's true. www.theflytrapmedia.com/reading-rowl...

"If something sounds good but isn’t true, then it is not, in fact, good, and it’s not something that people should simply keep repeating."

Happy Flytrap Tuesday! This week, @sesmith.lol started researching a claim: Harry Potter books fans don't read anything beyond the series. You won't believe where the research took them: www.theflytrapmedia.com/reading-rowl...

Today's Ask the Flytrap letter is from a reader who feels like they're carrying around the One Ring, with no one to turn to for help. But @freeblackgirl.bsky.social has some ideas!

"I live for the discourse, and so I dread dying."

"I live for the discourse, and so I dread dying."

ICYMI!

If you think you could use some free advice from a Flytrap feminist, our question submission form is open 24/7/365! airtable.com/appofcFANT8k...

I'm obsessed with really fucking old stuff; the older the better. Gimme everything ancient, prehistoric. I also love ghosts and am desperate to witness one before I become one, myself. Somehow, in writing about this, I ended up penning an anti-AI screed that never once even mentions AI.

attn: fellow cave art nerds, this one's for y'all

In the year of 2026, who is funding feminism? @theflytrapmedia.com, @lafronde.bsky.social, @mothership.blog, and @readlux.bsky.social are betting that people will. They're building a new media ecosystem for feminist cultural reporting and critique. buff.ly/qV2Xwvp

If you think you could use some free advice from a Flytrap feminist, our question submission form is open 24/7/365! airtable.com/appofcFANT8k...

Today's Ask the Flytrap letter is from a reader who feels like they're carrying around the One Ring, with no one to turn to for help. But @freeblackgirl.bsky.social has some ideas!

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how Halloween has been stressful for me ever since I was a kid and it’s led to me just not liking the whole thing. I am already afraid most of the time- turning that up to eleven just makes me feel worse. Anyways, it’s nice to be reminded I’m not alone.

I absolutely loved Furious, a sleeper hit streaming on Hulu. I wrote about it becoming my new comfort show for my folks at @theflytrapmedia.com

NEW VIDEO! You all sent me your favorite political ads of the midterms and I reacted to them live on stream. Here's a supercut of the funniest ones. If you haven't checked out my YouTube channel, this is a really good entry point: youtu.be/GoUahai1D-0

I just started watching Furious based solely on this piece and I am half an hour in and fucking HOOKED. Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, and Quincy Tyler Bernstine are frickin incredible

ICYMI! A Halloween haters special lol

Vengeful women are having a moment on streaming television this fall. Flytrap co-founder @freeblackgirl.bsky.social explores the fantasy of fighting back on screen:

Are you a cozy gamer? What themes and features draw you in?

For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about how alone I feel in October as a person who is not into spooky things or horror movies and how the recent renaissance in horror films has made me wish for more fresh stories in other genres. www.theflytrapmedia.com/isnt-life-sc...

extremely proud of The Flytrap's commitment to ideological diversity

That's right, bah humbug (October version)

In today's special Flytrap Friday edition, @katelynburns.com bravely situates herself as "the Ebenezer Scrooge of Halloween."

imagine a social media world where adults didn't scold other adults "I don't care what the situation is: Adults don't scold other adults. Not if they want to be in relationships built on mutual respect. Period. End of."

I was muttering "dump him" from the headline alone and was screaming it by the end. Girl, you don't have to live this way! Take your mac and cheese and be free!

ICYMI

NEW this week: It's cozy (gaming) season, and @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social is here for it! 🍁🍂🎮 🍁🍂🎮 🍁🍂🎮 🍁🍂🎮

In this week's Ask The Flytrap, @andreagrimes.com advises a reader on how (not) to live with a self-appointed member of the Food Police