Binchtopia Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb

The girlies open up the mailbox and dedicate an entire episode to your hilarious moments. We’re with you through the hard times (salmonella Tinder date) and the good times (dislodging pasta from beneath your fingertip by cooking it soft). Thanks for another year of being our listeners. Digressions include predictions for who will be woman’d in 2024 and our made-up idioms.
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The girlies return to the world of family vloggers to answer the important questions — how did the momfluencer come to be and why are we so obsessed with her? Can children ever meaningfully consent to being shared online? Did Jean Baudrillard predict our real life Truman Show with Simulacra and Simulation in 1981? Digressions include your newest NY Times covergirls, the Binchtopia Boy Draft, and one listener’s experience as an assistant momager. Support the podcast on Patreon at patreon.com/binchtopia
Binchtopia is created, produced, and hosted by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb. This episode was edited by Allison Hagan.
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SOURCES:
Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
Simulacra and Simulation
Are We To Be Forever Trapped Between the Two? The Internet, Modernity, and Postmodernity in the Early 21st Century
Child-produced content and the simulation of childhood
New law entitles child social media influencers to a percentage of earnings
Why did Mark Zuckerberg cover his kids’ faces on Instagram?
Their lives were documented online from birth. Now, they’re coming of age
The YouTube Parents Who are Turning Family Moments into Big Bucks
Kidfluencers Are Today’s Version of Chimney Sweeps
Research Brief: “Sharenting” and Child Influencers
Sharenting: parent blogging and the boundaries of the digital self

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The girlies revisit a classic early Binchtopia episode to unpack the phenomenon of child-centric content — this time with sources! In Part 1 they discuss the history of child labor in America including the plight of minor miners, the exploitation of Shirley Temple, and why we LOVE watching videos of Trisha Paytas playing with Malibu Barbie. Digressions include Eliza’s experience of buying Buddhism in Hollywood, Catholic mantras that go hard, and listener-submitted momager stories.
Binchtopia is created, produced, and hosted by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb. This episode was edited by Allison Hagan.
SOURCES:
History of child labor in the United States—part 1: little children working
History of child labor in the United States–part 2: the reform movement
There’s No Business Like Show Business: Child Entertainers and the Law
More Than Pocket Money: A History of Child Actor Laws
Little Miss Fix-It: The Remarkable Life of Shirley Temple
Before The Good Ship Lollipop, Shirley Temple Did 'Baby Burlesks'
How cute things hijack our brains and drive behaviour 
Assessing the cuteness of children: Significant factors and gender differences
Gendering Cuteness
Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting 


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The girlies go soapbox mode to discuss two women in history that they can’t stop thinking about: their special interest girlbosses. Julia tells the fascinating story of Annie Oakley, the most snatched sharpshooter of all time, and Eliza gets deep into the lore of Connie Converse, the mysterious (gay?) 50’s songwriter who pioneered the genre before disappearing without a trace. Plus, more Kardashian discourse, an angel update, and homophobia-themed mailbox moments. To help keep these episodes ad-free, access bonus episodes, and support the podcast, head to patreon.com/binchtopia
Binchtopia is created, produced, and hosted by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb. This episode was edited by Allison Hagan.
SOURCES
The true story of Annie Oakley, legendary sharpshooter
Annie Oakley | National Women's History Museum.
What the True Story of Buffalo Bill Reveals About the Myth of the Wild West
Annie Oakley: In A Man’s World 
Annie Oakley: The Person
To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse by Howard Fishman
The Art of Disappearance by Hanif Abdurraqib

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The girlies are back with another Eerie Episode™, this time covering all things WITCHES! They go back into the annuls to unpack the history of European witchery, the Salem Witch trials, voodoo, the current-day Wicca practitioners, and the Etsy spell sellers of today. They discuss “witch” as a socially imposed category and the evolution of witchy practices throughout history. Digressions include some Russian witch tea from a listener and Khloe Kardashian’s unfortunate lot in this life as a Victim Soul.
Binchtopia is created, produced, and hosted by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb. Research for this episode was contributed by Ben Rosenfeld and Charlie Squire.
Sources:
The Devil in the Shape of a Woman
A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England
Why Do Witches Ride Brooms? (NSFW)
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation 
Drawing Down the Moon : Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today
Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 
Cultural Appropriation in Contemporary Neopaganism and Witchcraft
Perceptions of New Orleans Voodoo: Sin, Fraud, Entertainment, and Religion
New Age and Neopagan Religions in America 
Fantasies of Gender and the Witch in Feminist Theory and Literature
Witchcraft for Sale! Commodity vs. Community in the Neopagan Movement

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The girlies venture into Vampire Lore™  in Part I of a series of Eerie Episodes. They explore the shocking disease that turned people into vampires, the impact of vampiric literature, how Stephanie Meyer bastardized Gothic traditions via Mormonism, and more! Digressions include a plug for our upcoming virtual live show, an earnest diary entry from a day-one Twihard, and advice for a binchie who can’t stop dating people who want them to suck their blood. 
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SOURCES:
Vampires: Real Origins, Legends, and Stories
The Bloody Truth About Vampires
Born to the Purple: the Story of Porphyria
Attention, Predation, Counterintuition: Why Dracula Won’t Die by Mathias Clasen
The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher
(Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire by Karen Backstein
Twilight’s Heteronormative Reversal of the Monstrous: Utopia and the Gothic Design by Kelly Budruweit
My Vampire Boyfriend: Postfeminism and “Perfect” Masculinity

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