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
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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'Because the debate as currently framed is so stuck on the reification of "male" and "female" as discrete categories, it is difficult to find broadly inclusive language, but those who care about LGBTQ rights as well as cishet women's rights have every reason to support topless equality.'
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'Because the debate as currently framed is so stuck on the reification of "male" and "female" as discrete categories, it is difficult to find broadly inclusive language, but those who care about LGBTQ rights as well as cishet women's rights have every reason to support topless equality.'
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Hey, it’s the great exvie bard, Chrissy Stroop! 😍@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hey, it’s the great exvie bard, Chrissy Stroop! 😍@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
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It is so good! It is such a huge issue when I was breastfeeding & traveling. There is such a patchwork of acceptable standards, we have such a long way to go.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is so good! It is such a huge issue when I was breastfeeding & traveling. There is such a patchwork of acceptable standards, we have such a long way to go.
Reposted by Chrissy Stroop
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
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I feel like a lot of places that were once safe off-the-beaten path hotspots for nudity and skinny dipping are no longer that way. I know in western NC of a few places like that (even places like Skinny Dip Falls where its part of the name) are always swamped with dozens of tourists and families now
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I feel like a lot of places that were once safe off-the-beaten path hotspots for nudity and skinny dipping are no longer that way. I know in western NC of a few places like that (even places like Skinny Dip Falls where its part of the name) are always swamped with dozens of tourists and families now
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Ah! I gave my gift copy of @theflytrapmedia.com to a friend I haven't seen in ages last year ... and she's been reading and enjoying it.
... which is excellent news!
Also apparently we both think of each other while reading it. 😊
... which is excellent news!
Also apparently we both think of each other while reading it. 😊
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ah! I gave my gift copy of @theflytrapmedia.com to a friend I haven't seen in ages last year ... and she's been reading and enjoying it.
... which is excellent news!
Also apparently we both think of each other while reading it. 😊
... which is excellent news!
Also apparently we both think of each other while reading it. 😊
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Join us as a Resident of the Bog so you too can experience the joy of sharing a gift membership with a friend!
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Join us as a Resident of the Bog so you too can experience the joy of sharing a gift membership with a friend!
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In Oregon, nudity was common in Joseph & at Lehman hot springs near Ukiah, in Bend, Bagby hotsprings, Astoria, Ashland & Eugene where it is just expected as part of local weirdness. Near LaGrande is Sammyville which is it's own thing, too. That may have changed to expand (or contract) since then.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In Oregon, nudity was common in Joseph & at Lehman hot springs near Ukiah, in Bend, Bagby hotsprings, Astoria, Ashland & Eugene where it is just expected as part of local weirdness. Near LaGrande is Sammyville which is it's own thing, too. That may have changed to expand (or contract) since then.
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My experiences being born & raised in E Oregon & went to college at WOU in Monmouth in the 90s, currently living rurally in SW Washington -- East of the Cascades or rurally here really depends on the specific community.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My experiences being born & raised in E Oregon & went to college at WOU in Monmouth in the 90s, currently living rurally in SW Washington -- East of the Cascades or rurally here really depends on the specific community.
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I still find it hilarious that on shows like #DragRace that chestplate nipples aren't censored but "real" nipples are.
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I still find it hilarious that on shows like #DragRace that chestplate nipples aren't censored but "real" nipples are.
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Check out worker-owner @katelynburns.com writing for @xtramagazine.com about finding optimism in what feels like a very dark time!
For my Xtra column this month, I wrote about what it's been like living as a trans person in Trump's first year and the outlook moving forward. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
A year after Trump's reelection, what's next for trans people? | Xtra Magazine
The past year has been horrifying for trans people in the U.S. The past week gave me hope for the future
xtramagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Check out worker-owner @katelynburns.com writing for @xtramagazine.com about finding optimism in what feels like a very dark time!
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This was such a fun one to work on; if you think 'free the nipple' is old news and there's nothing more to say, there is. This is the kind of stuff I adore running at @theflytrapmedia.com!
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This was such a fun one to work on; if you think 'free the nipple' is old news and there's nothing more to say, there is. This is the kind of stuff I adore running at @theflytrapmedia.com!
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It's hard to find places in the Pacific NW where you'll get arrested for showing your nipples, but the Lesbian Avengers did do a protest about this a while back and my topless trans chest confused some cops for 20 minutes.
I was glad to have the fronts of women who had previously had my back.
I was glad to have the fronts of women who had previously had my back.
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's hard to find places in the Pacific NW where you'll get arrested for showing your nipples, but the Lesbian Avengers did do a protest about this a while back and my topless trans chest confused some cops for 20 minutes.
I was glad to have the fronts of women who had previously had my back.
I was glad to have the fronts of women who had previously had my back.
Reposted by Chrissy Stroop
titties want to be free
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
titties want to be free
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This issue really came home to me when I started breastfeeding my child. We’re legally allowed to breastfeed in public, but lots of women feel uncomfortable doing it. If it was more normalized for women to be topless, public nursing would feel less weird and stigmatized imo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This issue really came home to me when I started breastfeeding my child. We’re legally allowed to breastfeed in public, but lots of women feel uncomfortable doing it. If it was more normalized for women to be topless, public nursing would feel less weird and stigmatized imo.
Reposted by Chrissy Stroop
I’m really proud of having written this
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m really proud of having written this
I’m really proud of having written this
GOOD MORNING!! We got brand new content for you today, this week we got @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writing about #FreeTheNipple and why it still matters in 2025: the-flytrap.ghost.io/amid-fierce-...
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m really proud of having written this
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Report and block.
Please help me get this impersonator banned. Thanks!
impersonation alert! This is not @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social (notice the missing "e" in the user name)
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Report and block.
Please help me get this impersonator banned. Thanks!
impersonation alert! This is not @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social (notice the missing "e" in the user name)
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Please help me get this impersonator banned. Thanks!
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impersonation alert! This is not @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social (notice the missing "e" in the user name)
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
impersonation alert! This is not @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social (notice the missing "e" in the user name)
Sucks for freelance writers too
Many freelancers in the United States rely on ACA marketplace plans for their health insurance. In an industry that has already been working overtime to turn gamedevs into gig workers, freelance and contract devs are about to get even more squeezed. This is unacceptable.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sucks for freelance writers too
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A decade ago, “topless protest and #FreeTheNipple advocacy were having a global moment, one that not coincidentally overlapped with the then vaunted but now largely memory-holed ‘transgender tipping point’ in the United States. In retrospect, it was the end of a more hopeful era”
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A decade ago, “topless protest and #FreeTheNipple advocacy were having a global moment, one that not coincidentally overlapped with the then vaunted but now largely memory-holed ‘transgender tipping point’ in the United States. In retrospect, it was the end of a more hopeful era”
A decade ago, “topless protest and #FreeTheNipple advocacy were having a global moment, one that not coincidentally overlapped with the then vaunted but now largely memory-holed ‘transgender tipping point’ in the United States. In retrospect, it was the end of a more hopeful era”
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A decade ago, “topless protest and #FreeTheNipple advocacy were having a global moment, one that not coincidentally overlapped with the then vaunted but now largely memory-holed ‘transgender tipping point’ in the United States. In retrospect, it was the end of a more hopeful era”
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Fascism can't win without outlets like the NYT and WaPo continuously doing this.
Please stop sending money to these outlets. The bland, white-friendly recipes and word puzzles aren't worth it.
Fund @theflytrapmedia.com, or @unraveledpress.com, or any number of local independent journalists.
Please stop sending money to these outlets. The bland, white-friendly recipes and word puzzles aren't worth it.
Fund @theflytrapmedia.com, or @unraveledpress.com, or any number of local independent journalists.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fascism can't win without outlets like the NYT and WaPo continuously doing this.
Please stop sending money to these outlets. The bland, white-friendly recipes and word puzzles aren't worth it.
Fund @theflytrapmedia.com, or @unraveledpress.com, or any number of local independent journalists.
Please stop sending money to these outlets. The bland, white-friendly recipes and word puzzles aren't worth it.
Fund @theflytrapmedia.com, or @unraveledpress.com, or any number of local independent journalists.