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
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Me: I stocked us up on Halloween candy.
Roomie: That’s good, as long as we don’t embezzle it.
Me: Well, um, this one bag “turns out to be” open somehow. I guess we’ll have to inspect every piece
Roomie: By…
Me: Eating them. It’s the only surefire way to protect the children
Roomie: That’s good, as long as we don’t embezzle it.
Me: Well, um, this one bag “turns out to be” open somehow. I guess we’ll have to inspect every piece
Roomie: By…
Me: Eating them. It’s the only surefire way to protect the children
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Other than humanistic Judaism, the Jewish movements don't actually conform to an atheist/theist distinction. There are Orthodox atheists and Reform theists. Which is just another reason to butt out of religions you don't actually know anything about.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Other than humanistic Judaism, the Jewish movements don't actually conform to an atheist/theist distinction. There are Orthodox atheists and Reform theists. Which is just another reason to butt out of religions you don't actually know anything about.
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Thinking that Jews are in need of a "cure" is straight up Nazi shit.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Thinking that Jews are in need of a "cure" is straight up Nazi shit.
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I am very happy being involved with my community as it is. If you are Jewish, what are you doing with your life trying to change people's beliefs? If you aren't Jewish, you get absolutely 0 say in what our community believes. Martin Luther also thought we should convert to make our lives easier.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I am very happy being involved with my community as it is. If you are Jewish, what are you doing with your life trying to change people's beliefs? If you aren't Jewish, you get absolutely 0 say in what our community believes. Martin Luther also thought we should convert to make our lives easier.
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Well that sure escalated quickly into straight-up antisemitism 😬
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well that sure escalated quickly into straight-up antisemitism 😬
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An anonymous donor just offered to match up to $1,000 to my fundraiser in support of health benefits for @scarleteen.com's staff and an as-needed health fund for volunteers, which means your $1 is worth $2! Anyone want to join in with ANOTHER match to turn that into $3?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
An anonymous donor just offered to match up to $1,000 to my fundraiser in support of health benefits for @scarleteen.com's staff and an as-needed health fund for volunteers, which means your $1 is worth $2! Anyone want to join in with ANOTHER match to turn that into $3?
There are no shortcuts to being a good person, least of all "right belief" (including when that "right" belief is nonbelief).
Pluralism is the lifeblood of democracy. Get over yourselves, antitheists, and start prioritizing people's values and actions over their beliefs.
Signed, an atheist
Pluralism is the lifeblood of democracy. Get over yourselves, antitheists, and start prioritizing people's values and actions over their beliefs.
Signed, an atheist
Atheism is not a magic cure-all for anything, and prosteletizing is not welcome in my mentions.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There are no shortcuts to being a good person, least of all "right belief" (including when that "right" belief is nonbelief).
Pluralism is the lifeblood of democracy. Get over yourselves, antitheists, and start prioritizing people's values and actions over their beliefs.
Signed, an atheist
Pluralism is the lifeblood of democracy. Get over yourselves, antitheists, and start prioritizing people's values and actions over their beliefs.
Signed, an atheist
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Piss off, proselytizer
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I am happy for you that you can delude yourself into thinking that all of your ideas are logical and natural, that universal atheism is the only good future, and that religion is separate somehow from the cultures of the people practicing it. I am not your mission field.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am happy for you that you can delude yourself into thinking that all of your ideas are logical and natural, that universal atheism is the only good future, and that religion is separate somehow from the cultures of the people practicing it. I am not your mission field.
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I am personally affected by the ACA subsidy ending and also my health insurance premiums are going way up next year. If you appreciate my work, there's never been a better time to become a paid subscriber. (Patreon gives me a better revenue split) www.patreon.com/posts/what-w...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I am personally affected by the ACA subsidy ending and also my health insurance premiums are going way up next year. If you appreciate my work, there's never been a better time to become a paid subscriber. (Patreon gives me a better revenue split) www.patreon.com/posts/what-w...
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Great couple of days in media.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Great couple of days in media.
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I think Americans need to understand it’s not a choice anymore, the federal government is either in retreat(being stripped for parts) or being used to work as a dictatorial power
the federal government has seceded from all of democracy and it’s trappings already and now is in the physical process
the federal government has seceded from all of democracy and it’s trappings already and now is in the physical process
Do they want blue state secession.
Because enough shit like this is how to get blue state secession
Because enough shit like this is how to get blue state secession
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think Americans need to understand it’s not a choice anymore, the federal government is either in retreat(being stripped for parts) or being used to work as a dictatorial power
the federal government has seceded from all of democracy and it’s trappings already and now is in the physical process
the federal government has seceded from all of democracy and it’s trappings already and now is in the physical process
Do they want blue state secession.
Because enough shit like this is how to get blue state secession
Because enough shit like this is how to get blue state secession
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Do they want blue state secession.
Because enough shit like this is how to get blue state secession
Because enough shit like this is how to get blue state secession
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Hello im a professional writer for axios home of the axiomizer 5000 a robot that tells me what new trademark axioms to use like “why it matters” which i am unable to do on my own. Before the robot my pitches were “why it good” and “more words say.” The robot is better and married my wife
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hello im a professional writer for axios home of the axiomizer 5000 a robot that tells me what new trademark axioms to use like “why it matters” which i am unable to do on my own. Before the robot my pitches were “why it good” and “more words say.” The robot is better and married my wife
Any suggestions for games that scratch the Stardew Valley itch but are different enough to be interesting in their own right?
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Any suggestions for games that scratch the Stardew Valley itch but are different enough to be interesting in their own right?
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Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
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I rarely talk about the process of getting my work published but this one is a definite exception. I have never experienced this before in my career.
Both of the TV editors working with me on this piece were let go in the middle of the editing process. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Both of the TV editors working with me on this piece were let go in the middle of the editing process. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I rarely talk about the process of getting my work published but this one is a definite exception. I have never experienced this before in my career.
Both of the TV editors working with me on this piece were let go in the middle of the editing process. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Both of the TV editors working with me on this piece were let go in the middle of the editing process. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
I’ve done all of these except 9 as long as you count it being my grandparents (who I spent a lot of time with) who owned the encyclopedias. And I still own print dictionaries; those things have value don’t @ me
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’ve done all of these except 9 as long as you count it being my grandparents (who I spent a lot of time with) who owned the encyclopedias. And I still own print dictionaries; those things have value don’t @ me
As a fellow Hoosier, hooray for our team
I have somehow never read Breakfast of Champions and holy hell in three pages Vonnegut sums it all up - colonialism, racism, income inequality, and a guy who owns a car dealership who reads a scifi novel and takes away the wrong idea
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As a fellow Hoosier, hooray for our team
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Found the big protest that I remembered reading about - 200 participants!
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/tran...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/tran...
Trans protesters go topless outside government building to fight anti-trans ruling - LGBTQ Nation
Over 200 protestors went topless amid a new guidance pushing trans people out of sex-segregated spaces.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Found the big protest that I remembered reading about - 200 participants!
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/tran...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/tran...
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Thanks. My research has been pretty US-focused. And yeah, I’m more interested in the phenomenon of topless protest than the one-time viral slogan
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thanks. My research has been pretty US-focused. And yeah, I’m more interested in the phenomenon of topless protest than the one-time viral slogan
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Mostly seeing it in the UK these days, here's a recent example - not seeing too many specific uses of "free the nipple" as a specific phrase, moreso toplessness as a deliberate political statement.
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest
Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.
www.out.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mostly seeing it in the UK these days, here's a recent example - not seeing too many specific uses of "free the nipple" as a specific phrase, moreso toplessness as a deliberate political statement.
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
www.out.com/gay-athletes...
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If being opposed to hate crimes is “pivoting to the center” you need to do some self reflection
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If being opposed to hate crimes is “pivoting to the center” you need to do some self reflection
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It’s technically not illegal in most of the country, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be arrested for that some cop decides is “public lewdness” or something similarly absurd
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s technically not illegal in most of the country, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be arrested for that some cop decides is “public lewdness” or something similarly absurd
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I read this as a repost with no other context, and "He's going to wag it so hard it might just fall off" is somehow even funnier in context.
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I read this as a repost with no other context, and "He's going to wag it so hard it might just fall off" is somehow even funnier in context.