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This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
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The audio version is now out for everyone. On your morning commute this morning, join us as we dive headfirst into 2020 cancel culture discourse in this retrospective on the Harper's Letter with @parkermolloy.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
They Screamed “Cancel Culture” — Then Went Silent While Trump Gutted Free Speech (ft. Parker Molloy)
Podcast Episode · Cancel Me, Daddy · 01/15/2026 · 54m
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January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
"Against increasingly dire odds, preserving the history of ordinary Black homes is a subtle means of affirming our shared relationship to displacement, domestic warfare, and ecocide."   

What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Starting this year, we're releasing a Patreon (and Apple Paid Membership) exclusive segment with every new episode. This week we had a chat about the Grok AI unclothing scandal, Trump's threats against Greenland, and a SLAPP lawsuit to allegedly "defend free speech." www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
BONUS: Matt Taibbi Sued a Writer to "Defend Free Speech." He's Full of Shit. | Cancel Me, Daddy
Get more from Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon
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January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
DROP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN TO THE LATEST @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social! This week's episode is on the infamous Harper's Letter and where we are now, ft. the amazing @parkermolloy.com!
The audio version is now out for everyone. On your morning commute this morning, join us as we dive headfirst into 2020 cancel culture discourse in this retrospective on the Harper's Letter with @parkermolloy.com. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
They Screamed “Cancel Culture” — Then Went Silent While Trump Gutted Free Speech (ft. Parker Molloy)
Podcast Episode · Cancel Me, Daddy · 01/15/2026 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Read co-founder @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social 's latest!!
The Bugbear Dispatch is back to help us American bugbears navigate 2026!

If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick?

For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...
Fighting the Demoralizing Power of American Surreality
My fellow bugbears, I want to wish you all a happy New Year, but the phrase feels a bit awkward given how off the rails the illegitimate American regime has been since the beginning of the year. If y...
www.bugbeardispatch.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
"Kendrick Lamar's 'squabble up' video uses household items to remind us of a shared historical moment, [suggesting that] for many Black Californians, gang imagery &Black radicalism have been compatible [and] complementary in their homes." 

What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
f.mtr.cool
January 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Co-founder @katelynburns.com writes an essential piece for @xtramagazine.com  about the homophobia and erasure in the wake of Renée Nicole Good's brutal murder by an ICE agent: 

Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine
We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that
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January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Catch up on our latest content! This week, we have the brilliant Justin A. Davis writing about Black interior design and how decor choices speak to Black identity:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
f.mtr.cool
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES!! This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:

What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
f.mtr.cool
January 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Who here remembers the infamous Harper's Magazine free speech letter? 👀

This week's @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social gets into the letter's impact and what it means now. Subscribe to the podcast to listen:
Cancel Me, Daddy
What isn’t the media telling you about politics, power, and marginalized people? Cancel Me, Daddy is a progressive media criticism show digging into how newsrooms, pundits, and platforms shape what we think is normal. We unpack the stories mainstream outlets ignore or sanitize, then talk about what that means for real people. Hosted by journalists Katelyn Burns & Christine Grimaldi. New episodes every other week.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
HOT OFF THE PRESSES!! This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:

What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
f.mtr.cool
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Our co-founder wrote an essential piece about Renée Good's queerness in the wake of her brutal murder by an ICE agent:
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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I LOVED editing this @theflytrapmedia.com piece by Justin A. Davis about Kendrick Lamar’s “squabble up” video and Black interior design as a space for radical imagination and pushback against displacement.

These are the kinds of pop culture analyses I most enjoy reading, editing, and publishing.
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Please read this AMAZING and in-depth piece about Black interior design. I learned so much and it's so insightful and important.
This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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"Kendrick Lamar's 'squabble up' video uses these household items to remind us of this shared historical moment. Lamar suggests that, for many Black Californians, gang imagery and Black radicalism have been compatible—maybe even complementary—within their homes."
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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"Reclaiming our homegrown aesthetic traditions can reconnect us to the many historical continuities that shape the Black experience in America."
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Today's freelance piece is an absolute delight, and a really informative read for me!
This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Sometimes a pitch comes in and you can just feel in your entire bones that it's going to be a brilliant piece and that is precisely what happened here. Really proud we got to run this.
This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Sharing this again, any "West End Girl" fans willing to speak to me? <3
I have another #journorequest, this time for @theflytrapmedia.com -- I am writing about Lily Allen's latest album in the context of how satisfying break up albums are to listen to and I'd love to hear from people who love this album and why they love it. email me at nicolefroio@gmail.com!!
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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I have another #journorequest, this time for @theflytrapmedia.com -- I am writing about Lily Allen's latest album in the context of how satisfying break up albums are to listen to and I'd love to hear from people who love this album and why they love it. email me at nicolefroio@gmail.com!!
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Get in touch with Nicole if you have strong feelings about breakup albums!! especially Lily Allen's "West End Girl"!
I have another #journorequest, this time for @theflytrapmedia.com -- I am writing about Lily Allen's latest album in the context of how satisfying break up albums are to listen to and I'd love to hear from people who love this album and why they love it. email me at nicolefroio@gmail.com!!
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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This shit drives me nuts. If you aren't willing to say "murder" "suicide" or "rape" maybe you shouldn't have made a fucking true crime channel.
ICYMI, @sesmith.lol wrote about how algospeak is aiding our inability to name all the horrors that are currently taking place in our dystopian world! Read now: www.theflytrapmedia.com/algospeak-wi...
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
ICYMI, @sesmith.lol wrote about how algospeak is aiding our inability to name all the horrors that are currently taking place in our dystopian world! Read now: www.theflytrapmedia.com/algospeak-wi...
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis from my brilliant comrade @sesmith.lol
Hot off the presses with our first post of 2026: @sesmith.lol on algospeak and how softening the way we speak dodges hard conversations about big things.
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM