ATF Ask The Flytrap: Am I Living in a Romance Novel or Do I Need a Reality Check? After 20 years in the closet, I finally realized I'm a woman. Is my new flirtation with a fellow trans woman the real deal?
Paid-members only television Un-Loving ‘Love Island’ The messy discourse around Season 8 of Love Island USA exposes reality television’s deeply entrenched anti-Blackness.
FlytrapxBitch 25 Years Ago, “Josie and the Pussycats” Predicted the Reigning Tyranny of Our Time “Josie and the Pussycats” is a film that, in satirizing history, became a precursor to our surveillance future.
ATF Ask The Flytrap: I'm Here, I'm Queer, and I'm Trying to Live My Best Poly Life ... with Long Covid The plague really fucked my shit up.
Paid-members only AI The Slop Machine is Taking Down the Pop Machine Technofeudalism has stripped pop music of much of its potential for meaning.
Meet a Founder Meet a Flytrap Founder: rommy torrico Flytrap worker-owner rommy torrico reveals their love for Golden Girls, thrifting, and watching movies.
ATF Ask The Flytrap: How Do I Stop Resenting My Parents? My parents never recognized the harm my sister caused me—how do I get past that?
Paid-members only film Embodied Horror: The Fly (1986) Turns 40, and Its Influence Lives On These films explicitly show what it’s like to live in a rapidly changing body.
FlytrapxBitch Who Owns Afropunk? Once a DIY passion project, Afropunk has strayed from its Black roots. Can the festival escape colonization?
Paid-members only film The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
books Into The Charnel House In this excerpt from 'All My Dead Cats and Other Losses,' Flytrap co-owner s.e. smith discusses growing up in death-positive culture in Greece.
ATF Ask The Flytrap: I'm Angry and Afraid Because Everything is Shitty I feel like screaming all the time, but I'm apparently not supposed to?
ATF Ask The Flytrap: What If I'm Too Much of an Imposter to Even Have Imposter Syndrome? I know I need to get out of my own way, but ... how?
Paid-members only Sports Pushing Through The Pain What the sports world can learn from the kink community
ATF Ask The Flytrap: I Desperately Need Some Sense Sassed Into Me Little things are starting to really, REALLY grind my gears.
Paid-members only AI Screenwriters Hate AI, and Who Can Blame Them? The creative process is challenging for a reason—it makes stories better, and more human.
Meet a Founder Meet a Flytrap Founder: s.e. smith Flytrap worker-owner s.e. smith talks peaches, death, and their favorite cultural criticism.
Paid-members only fashion Arch Enemies After 30 years of heels, injuries, and and pain management, it was glorious, ugly shoes that finally convinced me to give my bad feet a break.
FlytrapxBitch What, Like It’s Hard? Twenty-five years later, the legacy of “Legally Blonde” lives on.
ATF Ask The Flytrap: How Do Poly People Manage It All? Do I need to get an advanced degree in time management to make this work?
