Binchtopia

The girlies review the movie that's taken over our zeitgeist and turned everything pink — BARBIE 💕👱🏻‍♀️With help from film critic and Barbie movie expert Zoë Rose Bryant, they explore whether or not a two-hour toy commercial can be feminist, whether or not we need it to be, and most importantly... BEAUTIFUL gowns. Digressions include manosphere nightmares, putting on our tinfoil hats to talk about The Aliens, and one listener's helpful expertise in maritime law. Follow Zoë on Twitter and Letterboxd. Click here to come see us live! Check out our merch here!

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Julia is joined by Binchtopia favorite, her dad Gav, for a wide-ranging conversation about all things summer camp! They discuss the origins of summer camp in America, the extremely specific Jewish sleepaway camp experience, and why people still covet the 1970s summer camp aesthetic. Digressions include the new QAnon blockbuster, some father-daughter creative projects, and getting traumatized by Passover cosplay.

SOURCES:

Summer Camp Has Always Been About Escaping Modern Life

This Land Is Your Land: Native minstrelsy and the American summer camp movement

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The girlies get down to business and confront the questions society is too scared to ask: are mosquitoes tiny terrorists? Should I be getting preventative rabies shots? WHAT IS GLASS?? And so, so much more. This episode involves minimal reseach, maximum questioning, and radically accepting our ignorance. Digressions include medical mystery corner, the unending mystique of The Ocean, and an unanswered query about the relationship between two Godly Wives.

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The girlies take a trip into The Manosphere — the community of internet men who think that feminism is ruining the world and can't stop podcasting about it. They talk Rush Limbaugh, Joe Rogan, Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, and more! Fun! Digressions include a ride on the toxic gossip train, an unfortunate return of public free-bleeding, and a Spanish teacher who posted hole on main. Find the video version of this episode, along with over 50 bonus episodes, here. Buy our merch here!

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The girlies recount the history of humanity's most romantic creation — the love letter — and its contemporary counterpart, the sext. They talk James Joyce's fart fetish, what revenge porn looked like in the 70's, and why the American public waged war on teen sexting in the 2000's. Digressions include raising awareness about The Great Vyvanse Shortage of 2023, a lament about the failure of American language education, and one listener's poet boyfriend from hell.

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What history's love letters reveal

Famous Love Letters Throughout History

A Brief History of Love Letters

Love letters in Shakespeare: As You Like It, Hamlet, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Napoleon's Love Letters to Josephine

Oscar Wilde's Stirring Love Letters to Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas

A Thing That Wants Virginia

Forbidden love: The WW2 letters between two men

A Brief History of Erotic Photography

A Brief, Dirty History of Sexting

The Self-Porning of American Youth

How Reggie Brown Invented Snapchat

Plus... Eliza getting cyberbullied on main

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The girlies celebrate pride month by conversing about their favorite evil gays — Ellen Degeneres and George Santos. Digressions include the SHEIN propaganda trip for influencers, a Hilaria update, and a hilarious misunderstanding about one listener's horse-related mailbox moment. Support the podcast on Patreon here. Find tickets for our live shows here

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The girlies investigate a beloved middle school archetype — the horse girl. They explain the history of The American Horse™️, the women who protected them from extinction, and why love stories between girls and horses are so much more empowering than the heteronormative scripts we were given as children. Digressions include Twitter's true crime brain rot, Julia's recap of The Idol, and whether or not Eliza would be a good candidate for equine therapy. Find the video version of this episode at patreon.com/binchtopia

SOURCES:

New Research Rewrites the History of American Horses

How Sky Dogs (the horse) were created

Healing With the Power Of Horses; Therapists Use Riding To Help Treat Disabilities

Horses Can Read Human Facial Expressions

Girls and Horses: A Sex Difference in Attachments

Strong, Active Women: (Re)doing rural femininity through equestrian sport and leisure

The Fantasy Embeddedness of Girls' Horse Drawings

Why Are Horse Girls Always Trending?

What Are Horse Girls and Why Does Everyone Hate Them?

Carmen Maria Machado On Her Complicated Young Relationship With Horses

Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses by Jean O'Malley Halley

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The girlies explore the history of an increasingly popular trend for American parents: homeschooling. They cover the history of public education, why homeschooling appeals to outliers on both the political right and left, and beg the question: do you have autism or were you just homeschooled? Digressions include our sold-out tour and second shows, identifying a binchie based on our cult-like language alone, and nostalgia for the 7am fistfights taking place somewhere in a public school bathroom. Support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/binchtopia. Find tickets to our live shows at linktr.ee/binchtopia

SOURCES:

Martin Luther Was An Advocate For Education Reform

Perfecting Childhood: Horace Mann and the Origins of Public Education in the United States

Catharine Beecher and the Education of American Women

Would Unschooling Actually Make My Kids Any Happier?

Why Homeschooling Happened

Homeschooling Pioneer Susan Wise is Well-Versed in Controversy

'When You Get Into Unschooling, It's Almost Like a Religion'

'A form of resistance': More Black families are choosing to homeschool their children

"Parental rights" started on the Christian fringe — now it's the GOP's winning issue

How Christian Nationalism Seeped Into Home Schooling

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The girlies are back with another fan-favorite Reddit episode. They review a wide range of rich texts to make the critical judgment: who is the asshole here? Potential assholes include someone who stood up at a Beyoncé concert, a man who gave his wife a parenting performance review, and a kid who's obsessed with ruining some guy's lawn. Digressions include an East Coast tour announcement, Eliza's recent loss, and the hip-to-waist ratio on medical mannequins. Support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/binchtopia

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The girlies recount the fascinating stories of two famous heiresses — Isabella Stewart Gardner and Patty Hearst. They discuss their tumultuous lives, their complicated legacies, and what happens when white women have an existential crisis. Digressions include a four minute segment about our tits, tradwives stealing valor, and which Instagram accounts you can't check if you're ovulating. Support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/binchtopia

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