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Andrea Grimes

writer / texan / bitch kraken

Flytrap Roundtable Special: The FYP Won't Save Us

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Flytrap Roundtable Special: The FYP Won't Save Us

There's profit in AI slop, but more importantly, there's power in community.

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Hell in a Handbook

EXCLUSIVE: leaked documents show inner workings of the Underworld's largest afterlife services conglomerate.

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Don’t be a Dick: Follow the Karaoke Rules so Everyone Has a Great Time

The social contract might be mostly dead, but we can help revive it one karaoke bar at a time.

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Hate-Reading Wirecutter in the Nascent Era of AI Slop

I love the feeling of being recommended to, rather than recommended at. So-called “AI” is making that harder than ever.

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Why the Youths Are Choosing Avocado Toast Over Marriage

This time it's not just millennials ruining everything.

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The Enshittification of eShakti

eShakti ghosted workers and customers alike, and the dream of something better than fast fashion died with it.

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Reality Bytes

So-called ‘AI,’ performative ignorance, and old-fashioned human assholery are degrading reality as we know it.

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The Freaky Feminism of 'Evil,' TV's Weirdest Horror Hit

Showrunners Michelle and Robert King surrounded their demons-of-the-week with feminist signifiers, but ultimately stopped short of really condemning the patriarchy.