Chrissy Stroop
@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
Pinned
I’m old enough to remember when bedding didn’t ask such personal questions
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Right? It’s not like religion has ever been associated with atrocities before
I never understood how people of faith could vote for this degenerate scumbag.
February 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Right? It’s not like religion has ever been associated with atrocities before
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Sarcasm aside, I recommend @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social for her discussion of how this kind of talk (see also “fake Christians”) is the product of the same system that elevates Christians in society and helped Christofascism fester till we got here
February 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Sarcasm aside, I recommend @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social for her discussion of how this kind of talk (see also “fake Christians”) is the product of the same system that elevates Christians in society and helped Christofascism fester till we got here
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Lots of thought provoking commentary. Thanks for sharing this!
Flashback to the time @theflytrapmedia.com cofounders @andreagrimes.com @nicolefroio.bsky.social @tinavasquez.bsky.social @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social and I got so mad about Neil Gaiman in Slack that we put it on the internet for everyone to enjoy.
Flytrap Roundtable Special: That Whole Awful Neil Gaiman Thing
Can 'cool male feminists' have it all? They'd sure like to!
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February 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Lots of thought provoking commentary. Thanks for sharing this!
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Mainly find this fascinating (and horrifying) as yet another disgusting, repeated technique Gaiman uses to attack which completely backs up the narrative that he’s a controlling abuser: if a story is deeply reported about his negative, destructive behavior? Well no, it’s just bad journalism.
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Mainly find this fascinating (and horrifying) as yet another disgusting, repeated technique Gaiman uses to attack which completely backs up the narrative that he’s a controlling abuser: if a story is deeply reported about his negative, destructive behavior? Well no, it’s just bad journalism.
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Flashback to the time @theflytrapmedia.com cofounders @andreagrimes.com @nicolefroio.bsky.social @tinavasquez.bsky.social @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social and I got so mad about Neil Gaiman in Slack that we put it on the internet for everyone to enjoy.
Flytrap Roundtable Special: That Whole Awful Neil Gaiman Thing
Can 'cool male feminists' have it all? They'd sure like to!
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Flashback to the time @theflytrapmedia.com cofounders @andreagrimes.com @nicolefroio.bsky.social @tinavasquez.bsky.social @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social and I got so mad about Neil Gaiman in Slack that we put it on the internet for everyone to enjoy.
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This guy is a pastor of a southern baptist conference church. He and the church claim Christianity with no push back from sbc. Saying they aren't Christian just because you don't think christains can be bad/ evil is refusing to accept the religion's responsibility for this evil.
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
This guy is a pastor of a southern baptist conference church. He and the church claim Christianity with no push back from sbc. Saying they aren't Christian just because you don't think christains can be bad/ evil is refusing to accept the religion's responsibility for this evil.
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Also cool if you just want to add me as a friend. I haven’t really ever done an MMORPG before and started this game thinking I could solo play it just fine, but now I’m realizing some group collaboration would make it much better
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Also cool if you just want to add me as a friend. I haven’t really ever done an MMORPG before and started this game thinking I could solo play it just fine, but now I’m realizing some group collaboration would make it much better
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Newbie to Palia if anyone has a chill community you might wanna invite me to join?
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Newbie to Palia if anyone has a chill community you might wanna invite me to join?
Newbie to Palia if anyone has a chill community you might wanna invite me to join?
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Newbie to Palia if anyone has a chill community you might wanna invite me to join?
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My kingdom for democrats who don't think we need to save Republicans from themselves.
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
My kingdom for democrats who don't think we need to save Republicans from themselves.
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“The bullying, the tears, the lies and contradictions. Claiming everyone (who counts) is on their side, and anyone who isn’t is part of a conspiracy. Above all, a sense of entitlement to something they aren’t owed.”
Brett Kavanaugh And The GOP’s Politics Of Abuse - Rantt Media
As the Republican Party stands by alleged abusers, their policies inflict a form of abuse on vulnerable Americans.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“The bullying, the tears, the lies and contradictions. Claiming everyone (who counts) is on their side, and anyone who isn’t is part of a conspiracy. Above all, a sense of entitlement to something they aren’t owed.”
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“Fundamentalism is authoritarianism in microcosm, or on the margins. Fascism is essentially fundamentalism in power, and it continues to nurse a sense of being the moral majority, as well as a sense of being beleaguered and “treated very unfairly” at the same time.” - @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
Chrissy Stroop (@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social)
Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest ...
thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
“Fundamentalism is authoritarianism in microcosm, or on the margins. Fascism is essentially fundamentalism in power, and it continues to nurse a sense of being the moral majority, as well as a sense of being beleaguered and “treated very unfairly” at the same time.” - @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
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I'd say we never left the 1980s (like the US leadership felt that period was Who We Are), and that a major reason 9/11 broke the brains of the country leadership so bad is because it -- and especially what would have been the appropriate response to it -- couldn't fit into that particular model.
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I'd say we never left the 1980s (like the US leadership felt that period was Who We Are), and that a major reason 9/11 broke the brains of the country leadership so bad is because it -- and especially what would have been the appropriate response to it -- couldn't fit into that particular model.
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In some ways I think we’ve never left that post-9/11 era. What’s happening now is an escalation of what W. did with creating DHS and launching the “war on terror.”
However, while Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez may be many things, “smart” is not one of them
However, while Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez may be many things, “smart” is not one of them
January 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM
In some ways I think we’ve never left that post-9/11 era. What’s happening now is an escalation of what W. did with creating DHS and launching the “war on terror.”
However, while Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez may be many things, “smart” is not one of them
However, while Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez may be many things, “smart” is not one of them
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It reminds me so much of the Iraq war where the “smart” Dems like Hillary voted for the war.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
It reminds me so much of the Iraq war where the “smart” Dems like Hillary voted for the war.
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What doesn’t suck is how unflinching the people of Minneapolis have been in standing against the ICEholes even at risk of their own. I stand in solidarity with them and all who are targeted by DHS/CBP, as well as all who knew Alex Pretti.
May we soon see ICE and DHS itself abolished
May we soon see ICE and DHS itself abolished
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
What doesn’t suck is how unflinching the people of Minneapolis have been in standing against the ICEholes even at risk of their own. I stand in solidarity with them and all who are targeted by DHS/CBP, as well as all who knew Alex Pretti.
May we soon see ICE and DHS itself abolished
May we soon see ICE and DHS itself abolished
Sorry I’ve been so quiet lately. I’ve been feeling pretty overwhelmed and have come down with a cold too; I’m sniffling and coughing over here.
I have no brilliant thoughts on the news but will say it sucks to have a “Dem” rep who is now officially worse than National Review
I have no brilliant thoughts on the news but will say it sucks to have a “Dem” rep who is now officially worse than National Review
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Sorry I’ve been so quiet lately. I’ve been feeling pretty overwhelmed and have come down with a cold too; I’m sniffling and coughing over here.
I have no brilliant thoughts on the news but will say it sucks to have a “Dem” rep who is now officially worse than National Review
I have no brilliant thoughts on the news but will say it sucks to have a “Dem” rep who is now officially worse than National Review
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Also, I want this article to end up as the longest comment thread in the history of @theflytrapmedia.com. So go now and make history! www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”
'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?
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January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Also, I want this article to end up as the longest comment thread in the history of @theflytrapmedia.com. So go now and make history! www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
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Guess here which moment I named as the hottest (to me) before you go read it and then see if you were right with your guess. www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”
'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Guess here which moment I named as the hottest (to me) before you go read it and then see if you were right with your guess. www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
This is a great piece, and it was a pleasure to edit it!
Heated Rivalry gang! Form up!
For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about how I saw my own queer athlete closet reflected back to me in Heated Rivalry in the most amazing way possible.
www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about how I saw my own queer athlete closet reflected back to me in Heated Rivalry in the most amazing way possible.
www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”
'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is a great piece, and it was a pleasure to edit it!
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Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today, we have @katelynburns.com on how she saw her own coming out journey on Heated Rivalry:
Heated Rivalry gang! Form up!
For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about how I saw my own queer athlete closet reflected back to me in Heated Rivalry in the most amazing way possible.
www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
For @theflytrapmedia.com, I wrote about how I saw my own queer athlete closet reflected back to me in Heated Rivalry in the most amazing way possible.
www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”
'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today, we have @katelynburns.com on how she saw her own coming out journey on Heated Rivalry:
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There's a reason why my dashboard jesus™ is startlingly *white* -- he suggests that a lot of the nonsense going on is retribution for perceived "persecutions" (find the persecution blessings here: www.openbible.info/topics/perse... ).
...the white power of christ compels you...
...the white power of christ compels you...
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
There's a reason why my dashboard jesus™ is startlingly *white* -- he suggests that a lot of the nonsense going on is retribution for perceived "persecutions" (find the persecution blessings here: www.openbible.info/topics/perse... ).
...the white power of christ compels you...
...the white power of christ compels you...
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Viola Liuzzo, Rev. James Reeb, Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti
white Christian Nationalists are enraged by people they consider traitors to what they consider the Christian (w a capital "C") racial and gendered order of this world that they believe is theirs to define, govern, and violence at will.
white Christian Nationalists are enraged by people they consider traitors to what they consider the Christian (w a capital "C") racial and gendered order of this world that they believe is theirs to define, govern, and violence at will.
Alex Pretti got 7 rounds in public because he was an observer, protester, nurse, athlete, and a seemingly white cishet guy who sided with the oppressed, and that's the one thing that, to racist bullies like ICE, is worse than being brown, queer, or a woman.
Norman Rockwell captured the phenomenon.
Norman Rockwell captured the phenomenon.
January 24, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Viola Liuzzo, Rev. James Reeb, Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti
white Christian Nationalists are enraged by people they consider traitors to what they consider the Christian (w a capital "C") racial and gendered order of this world that they believe is theirs to define, govern, and violence at will.
white Christian Nationalists are enraged by people they consider traitors to what they consider the Christian (w a capital "C") racial and gendered order of this world that they believe is theirs to define, govern, and violence at will.
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We do have data though. Majorities of every white Christian demographic have voted Trump very time—white evangelicals, white Catholics, even white mainline Protestants. But the evangelicals skew by far the hardest into enthusiastic Trump support
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
We do have data though. Majorities of every white Christian demographic have voted Trump very time—white evangelicals, white Catholics, even white mainline Protestants. But the evangelicals skew by far the hardest into enthusiastic Trump support
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They should sanction President Yam Tits personally. Imagine if the UK seized his golf resorts in Scotland. He would absolutely lose his shit.
They have pressure points.
They have pressure points.
January 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
They should sanction President Yam Tits personally. Imagine if the UK seized his golf resorts in Scotland. He would absolutely lose his shit.
They have pressure points.
They have pressure points.