Binchtopia

Julia is joined by bestie of the pod Michaela Okland to explore the practice of chosen celibacy, from its ancient history to its resurgence in modern culture. The girlies share their own celibacy journeys, revisit iconic historical figures who opted out of sex and marriage, and discuss the radical 4B movement gaining attention in South Korea, where women are walking away from men entirely. Digressions include the karmic power of The Melting Pot, graduating from Men Are Trash discourse, and dating after grief and loss.  This episode was produced and researched by Julia Hava and edited by Livi Burdette.  Find Michaela Okland (@michaelaokland) on Twitter and IG! To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES: 4B movement: what is it and how did it start? | The Week After Trump’s win, some women are considering the 4B movement | CNN Are antidepressants making you asexual? | The Spectator Book of the 10th Muse: Love and Marriage Boston Marriages Boston Marriages: Romantic but Asexual Relationships Among Contemporary Lesbians Chaste Marriage In The Middle Ages Going boysober: the women who turned to celibacy in 2024 How Celibate Women Became a Threat | TIME “I Don't Miss It”: Celibacy Is Bringing Some Women Peace Less Is More: Welcome To The Rise Of #Celibacy Neither ‘incel’ nor ‘volcel’: Relational accounts of UK women's sexual abstinence Re-reading (Vestal) virginity Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian SWORN VIRGINS OF THE BALKAN HIGHLANDS The 4B movement: envisioning a feminist future uwith/in a non-reproductive future in Korea The last of Albania's 'sworn virgins' The rise of voluntary celibacy: ‘Most of the sex I’ve had, I wish I hadn’t bothered’ | Sex | The Guardian Women’s Agency Through Spinsterhood and Celibacy – Childfree History Museum. Women's rights and the rise of the 4B movement - University of Birmingham Why Gen Zers Are Choosing Celibacy  

Join Julia and beautiful Nick as they recap their arduous journey to Medieval Times, unpacking the show’s unintelligible plot, the vibeless knights of dubious talents and the disgraceful shortage of jesters and wenches. Digressions include Benson Boone’s Gower Gulch, Jane Goodall’s sneaky link in the jungle and the abominable flop of boomers. 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.

This week, the girlies get nostalgic, looking back on the years of Binchtopia and sharing a few updates. Digressions include the memes that shaped us, our truly out of pocket episode titles, and Ozzy Osbourne’s forgotten impact on our very first live show. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Livi Burdette.  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.  

This week, the girlies slip into the dreamworld to decode the binchie subconscious. Between prophetic triplet births, missing teeth, doomed flights, and Scrappy Doo lurking in the shadows, they ask: what does it all mean? Digressions include our favorite unconventional influencer, AI psychosis, and the girlies’ own cursed dream cycles. 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.

This week, the girlies log on to discuss the strange and somewhat evil journey of content streaming. They track the rise from radio to Napster to Netflix, expose how labels teamed up with platforms to rob artists blind, and unpack how mood playlists and background noise culture encourage you to passively consume your music, not listen to it. They also hear from binchies who have done away with streaming entirely, and talk about hopeful alternatives for finding and interacting with art you love. Digressions include: Matt Rife’s new haunting business venture, Katy Perry’s stay at the Khia Asylum, and unfortunately, hitting the Sydney Sweeney button. 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. SOURCES A cultural lineage of streaming  Adolescent Mental Health in the Digital Age: Facts, Fears and Future Directions be your own algorithm (video) Binge Watching as a Young Adult Linked to Cognitive Impairment: Study Mood Machine by Liz Pelly Netflix Reveals the Shows That You Binge Watched the Fastest  Netflix’s 'Skip Intro' Button Makes TV Ever More Like an App Stream a Little Dream: How Netflix Turned Our Culture into Content   Streaming Culture by David Arditi Swedish composer becomes Spotify’s most-famous musician you’ve never heard of The Algorithm Killed the Radio Star by Eliza McLamb The Best Streaming Services For 2025   The Death of the Artist by William Deresiewicz The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur  The Evolution and Impact of Streaming Services: Changing the Media Landscape  The Ghosts in the Machine  The Oxford Handbook of Radio and Podcasting  The Right to Art by Eliza McLamb The Telephonoscope (1879) This ‘secret’ composer is behind 650 fake artists on Spotify. His music has been streamed 15bn times on the platform (report)  83% of U.S. adults use streaming services, far fewer subscribe to cable or satellite TV  

This week, the girlies are in a place of tour, reporting live from Binchicago! From the technical difficulties and gonjus gowns of live shows to meeting all the insanely impressive binchies (and their radicalized family members), they reflect on whether or not alcohol is poison, the beauty of Zanies, and the haunting image of a backpack hiked to the TOP! Digressions include: twin ethics, binchie-submitted icks, and the emotional significance of a backyard. We’re on tour!!!! Find tickets at (https://linktr.ee/binchtopia) 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.  

This episode was originally released on December 31, 2024 as a Patreon exclusive, and we’re unlocking it for you to make the most of the extra week in July. Become a patron today to support the show, keep us ad-free and unlock our backlog of over 50 bonus episodes and mediasodes at patreon.com/binchtopia. We’re on tour!!!! Find tickets at (https://linktr.ee/binchtopia) BOOKS Rouge by Mona Awad Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner The Searcher by Tana French The Hunter by Tana French Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott Long Bright River by Liz Moore Freedom by Jonathan Franzen TV Say Nothing Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story The Jinx Breaking Bad MOVIES Subservience Tangerine Sugarcane Hanna My Old Ass Sweethearts How to Survive a Plague ARTICLES The Invisible Man Bad Influence The Despair of the Young JULIA'S BEST OF THE YEAR Book - Rabbit Heart by Kristine S. Ervin Movie - When the Levees Broke TV - Baby Reindeer, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Album - Charm by Clairo ELIZA'S BEST OF THE YEAR Book - The Door by Magda Szabo Movie - Problemista TV - Breaking Bad Album - Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman, Power by Illuminati Hotties

This week, the girlies are hairy on main to address the question: why are we so obsessed with being smooth? From ancient sugaring practices to TikTok lasers, they trace the cultural history of body hair and explore how whiteness, misogyny, hygiene myths, and beauty marketing all converged to make your stubble a moral failing. Digressions include Eliza’s ongoing war with air travel, Lena Dunham’s latest press tour, and non-qualified med spas that will definitely leave you botched. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. 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. SOURCES: A full Brazilian or all natural: understanding the influences on young women's decision to remove their pubic hair  ASU professor encourages students to defy body hair norms  Body Hair Removal: The 'Mundane' Production of Normative Femininity.  Caucasian Female Body Hair and American Culture  Darker-skinned people urged to take extra precautions as laser hair removal industry booms  From flint razors to lasers: a timeline of hair removal methods Hair or Bare?: The History of American Women and Hair Removal, 1914-1934 History of Hair Removal  How the beauty industry convinced women to shave their legs  How Much A Beauty Editor's Hair Removal Routine Actually Costs  Male Stigmatization of Female Body Hair Mapping 'Gross' Bodies: The Regulatory Politics of Disgust  Plucked: A History of Hair Removal by Rebecca Herzig ‘Plucked’: Race, gender, science, medicine converge in history of hair removal Pubic Hair Grooming Prevalence and Motivation Among Women in the United States  Shaving and fashion: A storied history The Casualties of Women's War on Body Hair The Hair-Raising History of Women's Body Hair  The History of Female Hair Removal  The Naked Truth: Why Humans Have No Fur The Strange Secret History Of Hair Removal Will Blow Your Mind  Trends in body hair removal as depicted through art UNSHAVED resistance & revolution in women’s body hair politics  Why women feel pressured to shave

This week, the girlies are joined by writer, cultural critic, and internet princess Rayne Fisher-Quann for a bonus follow-up to our literacy episode. We unpack Rayne’s recent essay on “poser ethics” and ask: is pretending to have read Dostoevsky really that bad? Are there different kinds of reading, and is one better than the other? Have we fully reckoned with the cultural impact of a generation of men raised on Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Digressions include everyday activities that bring us closer to lead poisoning, a crucial Nerds Gummy Cluster taste test, and a deep dive into our personal neuroses. Check out some of Rayne’s work here: https://internetprincess.substack.com/ 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!!!! Find tickets at https://linktr.ee/binchtopia

This week, the girlies are armed with their No. 2 pencils to ask: what’s the current state of literacy, how did we get here, and are the kids okay??? They unpack how we went from clay tablets to BookTok fairy smut and trace how phonics, poverty, and the policy failures of the Bush administration shaped how we learn to read. Digressions include Zohran Mamdani socialist prom, the power of drawing portals, and empathy for Travis Kelce. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. Research assistance from Kylie Finnigan. We’re going on tour!!!! Find tickets at https://linktr.ee/binchtopia SOURCES: A Brief History of Summer Reading  A Chapter a Day – Association of Book Reading with Longevity A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel  American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows  America’s literacy crisis isn’t what you think  Ancient customer-feedback technology lasts millennia Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?  BookTok: A new era in the history of reading  BookTok Statistics  BookTok: The Dark Horse of the Economy Can Reading Make You Happier? Children and young people's reading in 2025  Exploring BookTok’s impact on literature   How BookTok is Reviving the Era of Physical Bookselling  How is the popularity of BookTok impacting the publishing industry?  How Literacy Became a Powerful Weapon in the Fight to End Slavery  How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis  How the Second World War Made America Literate  How TikTok Became a Best-Seller Machine  Introduction to the Original Edition Literacy and History   Illiteracy: “Another form of slavery”  Literacy Rate in the US 2025: Top Picks National Reading Panel - Teaching Children to Read  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001  No Child Left Behind: An Overview   Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed at Fifty  PEDAGOGY of the OPPRESSED by Paolo Freire  Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure  Share of TikTok users reading more books because of #BookTok in the United States as of May 2023, by state  School Summer Reading Lists: A Brief and Nerdy History  Sold a Story Soldiers Literacy Training Collection  The History of Summer Reading  The Influence of BookTok on Literary Criticisms and Diversity  The Invention of Summer Reading and the Birth of the Beach Read  The Literacy Crisis in the U.S. is Deeply Concerning—and Totally Preventable  The Nation's Report Card  The Rise and Fall of Vibes-Based Literacy  The Subversive Joy of BookTok  This is how much the global literacy rate grew over 200 years  Why I Won’t Quit BookTok 

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 https://linktr.ee/binchtopia 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.  

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. 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://translifeline.org/ https://transequality.org/  https://transgenderlawcenter.org https://pflag.org/get-support/ https://transreads.org/  https://www.elevatedaccess.org/ https://www.pointofpride.org/resource-library SOURCES: 2025 anti-trans bills tracker  A History of Transphobia in the Medical Establishment  A Lost Piece of Trans History  A systematic review of TERF behaviour online in relation to sociopsychological group dynamics Advancing Transgender Justice: Illuminating Trans Lives Behind and Beyond Bars  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 Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe  Beyond moral panic: how governments are ignoring centuries of trans history  Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton Clayman Conversations: Three scholars examine the TERF Industrial Complex Fact Sheet: Transgender Participation in Sports  Gender Identity in Weimar Germany  Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy and Depressive Symptoms Among Transgender Adults   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  “Moving Towards the Ugly” 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 Responses to Janice G. Raymond's The Transsexual Empire The “Empire” Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto The Epidemic of Violence Against the Transgender & Gender-Expansive Community in the U.S.  The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic How historians are documenting the lives of transgender people  The History of Two-Spirit Folks  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  Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law - More than 40% of transgender adults in the US have attempted suicide  Woman says she was brutally attacked in Carpentersville, Illinois because she's a lesbian

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.  

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: https://kyoteworld.substack.com/ 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!!!! Find tickets at https://linktr.ee/binchtopia

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: does being a woman count as rage bait? We’re going on tour!!!! Find tickets at https://linktr.ee/binchtopia This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. 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. SOURCES $5.2m for a duct-taped banana: has the buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork slipped up? 10 Works of Art That Made People Really Mad  100 years later Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ still influential Against Empathy by Paul Bloom Anger is an approach-related affect: Evidence and implications.  Antisocial Behavior in Online Discussion Communities Ape and Human Cognition: What's the Difference? Chris Ofili: Can art still shock us? Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary  Emotion Shapes the Diffusion of Moral Content Facebook Manipulated User News Feeds To Create Emotional Responses  How A Urinal Changed Art History: The Duchamp Fountain How Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ Led to US Food Safety Reforms How (and where) does moral judgment work? How the Shock Jock Became the Outrage Jock Marcel Duchamp: The Forefather of Conceptual Art More Transparency and Less Spin Movement, Affect, Sensation Musk’s Political Posts Online hate speech victimization: consequences for victims’ feelings of insecurity Piss Christ by Andres Serrano  Social Influence Bias: A Randomized Experiment Still Amusing Ourselves The Art of Absurdity: Resurgence of Dadaism through Gen-Z memes. The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind By Gustave Le Bon   The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed The Dada Era of Internet Memes The Disinformation Dozen The Emotional Dog and Its Rational Tail: A Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgment  “The Great Moon Hoax” is published in the “New York Sun” The Shock Of The New: Art And The Century Of Change  The urinal that changed how we think These Influencers Are Making Content to Make You Angry — And It’s Working  Understanding Media - The Extensions of Man  Walter Lippmann and Public Opinion What is rage-baiting and why is it profitable?  Yellow Journalism  YouTube, the Great Radicalizer

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!!!! Find tickets at https://linktr.ee/binchtopia

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 https://linktr.ee/binchtopia  This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. 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. SOURCES:  ‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos At $5 Million Each, 1000 ‘Gold Card’ Visas Have Been Sold. Could This Pay Off The US Debt? Ask a Historian: How Many Japanese Americans Were Incarcerated During WWII? Columbia University agrees to policy changes after Trump administration funding threats Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Counterintelligence and Access to Transactional Records: A Practical History of USA PATRIOT Act Section 215 Eighty Years After the U.S. Incarcerated 120,000 Japanese Americans, Trauma and Scars Still Remain  Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With Russia Fact check: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says? Florida lawmakers push legislation to weaken child labor laws  Forced to live in horse stalls. How one of America’s worst injustices played out at Santa Anita Harvard Renames Diversity Office As Trump Demands Dismantling of DEI Harvard, Under Pressure, Revamps D.E.I. Office Harvard Will Not Fund Affinity Group Graduation Celebrations Following Ed Department Warning  Higher education, federal government ‘intimately connected’ History of the Certificate of Citizenship, 1790–1956 Hollywood Ten How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history HUAC   ICE Arrests Nearly 800 in Florida in Operation With Local Officers ICE deported 3 children who are U.S. citizens, their families’ lawyers say   Immigration and Naturalization in the Western Tradition Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua Japanese Internment Camps Judge Blocks Deportations of Venezuelans Under Wartime Law Law from the 1950s may play role in Columbia University student deportation case   Maryland judge orders return of second man deported to El Salvador in violation of court order  McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 (1950) McCarthyism / The "Red Scare"  McCarthyism and the Red Scare Memorializing Incarceration: The Japanese American Experience in World War II and Beyondlocked National Security Entry-Exit Registration System Of Spies and G-Men: How the U.S. Government Turned Japanese Americans into Enemies of the State PATRIOT Act    Redress and Reparations for Japanese American Incarceration The Alien Enemies Act, Explained The Alien Enemies Act Is a Weak Argument for Deportation The Alien Enemies Act Paved the Way for Japanese American Incarceration. Let’s Keep It in the Past. The Alien Enemies Act: The One Alien and Sedition Act Still on the Books The case of Edward Snowden This Is What Detention Under the Alien Enemies Act Looked Like in World War II Truman’s Loyalty Program Trump is promising deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. What is it? Trump May Seek Judicial Oversight of Columbia, Potentially for Years  Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests U.S. Immigration Timeline Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members among US deportees When John Adams Signed a Law to Authorize Deportations and Jail Critics World War II Japanese Americans Incarceration: Justice Denied  

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 https://linktr.ee/binchtopia  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.  

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 (https://linktr.ee/binchtopia) 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 extra week in April. Become a patron today to support the show, keep us ad-free and unlock our backlog of over 50 bonus episodes at patreon.com/binchtopia. SOURCES Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik Why Gossip Is Fatal to Good Writing  Joan Didion, Eve Babitz, and the Biographer Who Missed the Point  Joan Didion and Eve Babitz Shared an Unlikely, Uneasy Friendship—One That Shaped Their Worlds and Work Forever Everything You Need To Know About Kim Cattrall And Sarah Jessica Parker’s Famous Feud  Inside Joan Didion And Eve Babitz’s Rivalry.  Joan Didion vs Eve Babitz  A Timeline of Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker's Rumored Sex and the City Feud  ‘Sex and the City’ Director Details Kim Cattrall Drama, Tension Began Over Parity You Truly Won't Believe How Much Money the Cast of 'And Just Like That...' Is Making The Sex and the City Cast Salary Explains SJP & Kim Cattrall’s Feud  ‘Sex and the City’ Salaries: How Much Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall Made From the Show, Movies and Revival  The Story Behind Joan Crawford and Bette Davis’s Storied Feud  Feud: The Craziest Joan Crawford and Bette Davis Stories That Didn’t Make the Show What “Feud” Misses About Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and the Art of Movies Bette Davis v. Joan Crawford: The Hateful History Behind Old Hollywood's Nastiest Feud Joan Crawford Quotes About Bette Davis Are Savage    A Timeline of the Real Feud Between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford   Behind Hollywood’s biggest feud  

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 immigration as a tool for control, exclusion, and scapegoating. Everyone, regardless of immigration status, has rights under the U.S. Constitution. You have the right to remain silent, the right to refuse a search without a warrant, and the right to speak to a lawyer. For more information and resources, visit ilrc.org & aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights.  This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb and edited by Allison Hagan. 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. SOURCES:  4 things to know about the Alien Enemies Act and Trump's efforts to use it A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Policy from the Colonial Period to the Present Day A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 A Letter to Columbia   American Immigration Policy in Historical Perspective Americans’ Views of Deportations Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts Historical Context: The Post-World War I Red Scare How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down Immigration History Timeline Immigration judge denies bond for Tufts University student from Turkey, her lawyers say   International students are being told by email that their visas are revoked and that they must ‘self-deport.’ What to know Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua Isolationism and U.S. Foreign Policy After World War I Mahmoud Khalil arrest: Can the US deport a green card holder? Newly Declassified Documents Reveal the Untold Stories of the Red Scare, a Hunt for Communists in Postwar America Red Scare Refugee Timeline   Reported: Administration officials direct ICE to increase arrests to meet daily quotas Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press Targeting of Tufts Student for Deportation Stuns Friends and Teachers The Alien and Sedition Acts The Alien Enemies Act Is Outdated, Dangerous, and Ripe for Abuse The Alien Enemies Act, Explained The Alien Enemies Act: The One Alien and Sedition Act Still on the Books    The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations The First Red Scare The Immigrant Army: Immigrant Service Members in World War I The Industrial Immigrant in the United States, 1783-1812 The National Constitution Center’s Founders’ Library    The Sedition and Espionage Acts Were Designed to Quash Dissent During WWI The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI To my husband, Mahmoud Khalil: I can’t wait to tell our son of his father’s bravery Trump is promising deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. What is it? Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests Tufts University student can’t be deported to Turkiye without court order   U.S. Immigration Timeline What WW1 civilian internment can teach us about today When John Adams Signed a Law to Authorize Deportations and Jail Critics Who is Mahmoud Khalil? Palestinian activist detained by ICE over Columbia University protests ​​‘Where’s Alex?’ A Beloved Caregiver Is Swept Up in Trump’s Green Card Crackdown