nicole froio
@nicolefroio.bsky.social
Doctor in Women's Studies | Writer, researcher, reporter | Co-founder of The Flytrap | she/her | hire me: nicolefroio@gmail.com | tip me on Signal: nicolefroio.57 | anarcho-feminist | Free Palestine
A @theflytrapmedia.com reader wrote in asking for advice about REVENGE and @nicolefroio.bsky.social, @meowwwls.bsky.social, and I offered some suggestions including SHRIMP IN THE CURTAIN RODS (h/t Emily).
Ask The Flytrap: Mother, I Crave Violence
How do I...legally and ethically...get revenge?
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"influencer" is one of the most desirable jobs for young people, according to polling at least, but to me it sounds like one of the worst jobs imaginable vulture.com/article/infl...
The Influencer Recession
Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.
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Hey! In case you don't know, I work as a freelance journalist. I am always looking for new editors to work with. I am excellent at writing about digital communities, women's rights, pop culture, film, and much more. Check me out here: nicolefroio.my.canva.site
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so cool to start seeing the book out in the world! get more info and preorder your copy: hyperscalebook.com
Stephen Sparks@ssparks.bsky.social · 2d agoA lot of people prefer to log on to get pissed off. I find it salutary to do it the old-fashioned analog way: by reading books like @parismarx.com's forthcoming Hyperscale, an expose on what our tech overlords are stealing from us in their quest for ever more compute.
In the spirit of Zeus’ law, I’m honored to welcome Emily Wilson to the land of film criticism. As she’s learned, it’s an adventure that sails smack into islands of musky internet trolls and clashes with cinematic and literary titans. I'm here to broker a truce. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Yes, Emily Wilson, Odysseus has been changed for the movie. Deal with it
Critical swords are clashing, but there's a way to cut through the debate and really talk about how we review art.
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HAPPY FLYTRAP TUESDAY! This week, @katelynburns.com writes about immortality and the courage to reject it (and also The Odyssey): www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-futile-p...
The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality
There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
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A photo from a listing that I came across last night.....tortilla 🙏🏽
Defector@defector.com · 5d agoAI listings have made apartment hunting even more debasing:
Great essay. I also blame Infantino's enablers - the countless people within football who have allowed his snowballing ego to gain such momentum that he has become, well, this.
Seb Stafford-Bloor@sebsb.bsky.social · 5d agoGianni Infantino’s Icarus moment. www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Google’s response to the outcry about this very dangerous new AI function is to claim “We take misinformation seriously”:
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6d agoGoogle Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
In the West Bank, international solidarity activists have long attempted to shield Palestinians from settler violence. Since October 2023, Israel has dramatically stepped up efforts to deport these activists, leaving communities at even greater risk. mondoweiss.net/2026/07/isra...
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i want so badly for a big publication to pay me to write about why evangelical churches in brazil have english names (nonsense like ATTITUDE and CHURCH UP and BOLA DE NEVE CHURCH).
HELLO PALS my commissions are once again open! $120 USD gets you a spread of 4 pet portraits drawn any way you'd like! contact me at laceybrannen@gmail.com and be sure to include "commission" in the title of your email! THANK YOU FOR SHARING
ICYMI: I wrote for @theflytrapmedia.com this week about the special edition arms race going on in publishing right now, and what it says about books, reading, and publisher investments.
A Forest of Special Editions and Influencers
What happens when books become aesthetic objects?
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This is the only one I've seen fwiw. The movie also really downplays what Calypso did to Odysseus in the text.
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Has a Circe Problem
One of the fascinating women of early literature, Circe becomes a simple witch in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster.
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FEMME! FEMME-PHI-LI-A! HEAVEN HELP A FOOL WHO FALLS IN LOVE🎶 www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2758-f...
Femmephilia
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why do we need to cut scene to poseidon so he can say "damn they murdered my child" and show he is pissed? like that shit is very obvious by how the sea acts after, idk. film is it's own medium and not a direct translation of text to audiovisual
it's ASK THE FLYTRAP day! this week, @nicolefroio.bsky.social advises a reader on the endless screaming of it all
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?
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I love working with @nicolefroio.bsky.social for many reasons, one of which is that she's a very thoughtful, level-headed advisor. I always appreciate her wisdom and I'm glad the public gets to now too!
The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com · last wk.it's ASK THE FLYTRAP day! this week, @nicolefroio.bsky.social advises a reader on the endless screaming of it all
ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES, my book about grief; who is allowed to mourn and how; and why people want to pathologize the experiences that make us human, is available now in print, ebook, and audiobook formats, wherever fine books are sold (or loaned, shoutout to libraries).
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
"Both a grief book that doesn't read like a clinician's notes and a memoir wrapped around a bigger subject, All My Dead Cats takes grief from the taboo to the universal." — BooklistHave you suffered a...
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FYI, the checklist I mention in the book for organizing information about your financial accounts, identity and legal documents, and other matters is up on my website now. Plan ahead so your survivors have all the info they need, organized in one place. www.realsesmith.com/the-list
It would be more interesting to critique the film for what it is, from a gendered perspective. I haven't seen any massive publications talk about this. I'm available if any editors are actually interested.
PT Klein@ptklein.com · last wk.Adaptations, as Wilson writes, “needn’t and shouldn’t follow the original with anything like the exactitude of a translation.” But in her takedown of The Odyssey she is more interested in critiquing a film that she wants, not what Nolan made. That might make for conversation, but it’s bad criticism.
As someone who is constantly beset by self-doubt, when this one came in I RACED to claim it. Comrades, believe in yourselves the way a mediocre white man does.
The Flytrap@theflytrapmedia.com · 2w agoIt's ASK THE FLYTRAP day! This week, @sesmith.lol advises a reader worried they're going to screw up a "once in a lifetime" professional opportunity.
FYI @theflytrapmedia.com does not and never will do this, collects as little of your personal data as possible, doesn’t share what we collect, AND is an independent, worker-owned feminist media outlet. Subscribe to us instead!
Hanaa’ Tameez@hanaatameez.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: At least five media companies are using algorithmic pricing to decide how much news subscribers should pay. If you've been told that your news subscription price was determined by an algorithm using your personal data, please take the survey at the end: www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/this...
Unfortunately (because it should be more common), @prismreports.org is one of the few publications that has allowed me to do a lot of reporting on Palestine. And now, this invaluable publication is in danger of shuttering because the foundations that funded it didn't like Palestine coverage.
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