Sleepover Simulation *TEASER*
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This week, the girlies are cozied up in their Barbie sleeping bags, reflecting on the innocent beauty, brutal hierarchy, and core memories of sleepovers past in honor of the upcoming Summer Sleepover Tour. From the absolute shame of calling your mom to pick you up early to aspiring to be THAT girl with a basement, they unpack everything that made sleepovers a defining girlhood ritual. Digressions include: nerds rope slander, the power of children writing letters, and an immersive Bat Mitzvah experience. We’re going on tour!!!! Find tickets at This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive...
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Take Me To Qurch
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For pride month, the girlies mount a defense against one of the largest threats to queer people today: transphobia. They trace the long history of trans existence and its erasure, unpack how moral panic is used to justify control, why transphobia exists on both the right and the left, and how the freedom to live outside the binary can liberate us from other systems of oppression. Digressions include: the highs and lows of plant parenthood, our no-phone summer so far, and a new candy shaking up the scene. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Livi Burdette....
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Monolingual Shame *TEASER*
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The girlies return from their summer break with a chatty episode recapping their travels, including our bodies yet again keeping the score, a shocking Alec Baldwin sighting, and the transcendent beauty of Nerds Gummy Clusters. Digressions include: Aura ring-induced health spirals, the evilness of snoring, and Baskin-Robbins’ haunting Trolli milkshake. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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Into the Mystery w/ Kate Twomey *TEASER*
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Eliza welcomes back bestie of the pod and religious scholar Kate Twomey for a tender, sprawling conversation shaped by your questions about religion and spirituality. They discuss the alchemical origins of “soulmates,” the fine line between manifesting and spiritual psychosis, coming back to community, and much more. Check out some of Kate’s work here: This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. We’re going on tour!!!!...
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The Economy of Outrage
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This week, the girlies tackle rage bait: the content that’s engineered to make you mad and keep you scrolling. From gutting historic homes to incendiary Republican rhetoric, they explore how anger became a content strategy and why we keep falling for it. They trace the long history of provocation, once a way to challenge power and now just another feature of your FYP, breaking down how rage bait works, who benefits from it, and why nothing feels shocking anymore. Digressions include the beauty of riding a train, knowing conservative content creators in real life, and the age-old question:...
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2025 Summer Vibe Report *TEASER*
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The transmissions have arrived, and the girlies have their predictions: joy as resistance, psychosis over dissociation, and delusional optimism in the face of collapse. They also respond to some of your predictions (pigtails, the death of espresso martinis, lemonade stands) and stress the importance of embracing the childlike joy of summer while we still can. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. We’re going on tour!!!!...
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If He Wanted to Wiretap You He Would
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The girlies are back for part two of the immigration series to unpack our modern-day McCarthyism. Starting with a recap of current events (aka The Horrible Things Update), they pick up where they left off in history, discussing Japanese internment, the second Red Scare, post-9/11 surveillance, and how fear of the 'other' has always justified oppression. Digressions include Khloe Kardashian’s venture into protein dust and the comforting fact that, as of today, sunlight is still legal to experience. We’re going on tour!!!! Find tickets at This episode was produced by Julia...
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You Can Always Take Your Drink and Go *TEASER*
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This week, the girlies dig into a sprawling Q&A full of life’s greatest questions: Should you get a prenup? How do you move on from a soulmate? Do you owe someone oral if they go down on you first? And, most importantly, which cheese reigns supreme? Digressions include conclave lore, the Bernie Sanders x Clairo collab at Coachella, and giving Addison Rae her kudos. We’re going on tour!!!! Find tickets at This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and monthly zoom hangs visit...
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I Don’t Ever Want to Be In A Situation *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON*
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The girlies dive into some of Hollywood’s most infamous celebrity feuds — Joan Didion vs Eve Babitz, Joan Crawford vs Bette Devis, Kim Cattrall vs Sarah Jessica Parker, and the recent lawsuits between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. Digressions include Kim Cattrall’s scatting, Ryan Murphy being a constant threat to society, and the age-old pattern of women fighting over the worst man you’ve ever heard of. We’re going on tour!!!! Find tickets at () This episode was originally released on January 22, 2025 as a Patreon exclusive, and we’re unlocking it for you to make the most of the...
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Unfortunately Precedented Times
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In the first installment of a two-part series on immigration, the girlies ask an important question: what gives someone the right to call a place home — and who gets to decide? Is citizenship a moral construct, or just a legal one? If borders are made up, why do they control so much of our lives? In light of the ongoing deportation horrors and increasingly aggressive border enforcement, we’re looking back to figure out how we got here. From early immigration through World War I, we trace the long, messy history of who’s been allowed in, who’s been shut out, and how the U.S. has used...
info_outlineFor pride month, the girlies mount a defense against one of the largest threats to queer people today: transphobia. They trace the long history of trans existence and its erasure, unpack how moral panic is used to justify control, why transphobia exists on both the right and the left, and how the freedom to live outside the binary can liberate us from other systems of oppression. Digressions include: the highs and lows of plant parenthood, our no-phone summer so far, and a new candy shaking up the scene.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Livi Burdette. Research assistance from Kylie Finnigan.
To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, zoom hangouts and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
RESOURCES:
https://transharmreduction.org/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
https://transgenderlawcenter.org
https://pflag.org/get-support/
https://www.elevatedaccess.org/
https://www.pointofpride.org/resource-library
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Anti-trans legislation has never been about protecting children’
Anti-Trans Moral Panics Endanger All Young People
Better mental health found among transgender people who started hormones as teens
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Beyond moral panic: how governments are ignoring centuries of trans history
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Clayman Conversations: Three scholars examine the TERF Industrial Complex
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Gender Identity in Weimar Germany
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Impact of Ban on Gender-Affirming Care on Transgender Minors
India’s Relationship with the Third Gender
Introduction: TERFs, Gender-Critical Movements, and Postfascist Feminisms
Mental health benefits associated with gender-affirming surgery
Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care
Marxism, moral panic and the war on trans people
My Words to Victor Frankenstein by Susan Stryker
Online Anti-LGBTQ Hate Terms Defined: “Transvestigation”
On Liking Women by Andrea Long-Chu
Othering, peaking, populism and moral panics: The reactionary strategies of organised transphobia
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The “Empire” Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto
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The Institute of Sexology and the Erasure of Transgender History
The semi-sacred ‘third gender’ of South Asia
The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained
Theorist Susan Stryker on One of Her Most Groundbreaking Essays, 25 Years Later
The rise of anti-trans “radical” feminists, explained
To protect gender-affirming care, we must learn from trans history
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
Transgender Lives in the Middle Ages through Art, Literature, and Medicine
TV and films have long taught audiences transphobia
What science tells us about transgender athletes
Woman says she was brutally attacked in Carpentersville, Illinois because she's a lesbian