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Binchtopia

Performing the American Pastoral

Binchtopia

Julia Hava & Eliza McLamb

Society & Culture

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

The girlies explore homesteading. Starting from the Ballerina Farm TikTok that first piqued their interest, they delve into the long history of women’s work, examining the myth of Republican Motherhood and the idea that women have always loved to labor for free. They further investigate the spiritual sexism and “divine feminine” trope to understand why even left-wing women fall down the gender essentialist and trad-wife pipeline. 


Digressions include Eliza’s unfavorable acupuncture experience, letting men throw us into the air, and the realization that we need a third pair of pants. 


Stream friend of the pod DivaJ's music here


Sources:

The Edenic Allure of Ballerina Farm 

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of An American Myth

Modern Homesteading in America: Negotiating Religion, Nature, and Modernity 

The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline 

Spiritual Misogyny is Flourishing on TikTok 



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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back. I'm Julia Hava. I'm Eliza McLean. If you would like to support us on Patreon, you can go to patreon.com-binge-topia.

0:29.0

We just released probably the most chaotic bonus episode we've ever done in our lives.

0:34.0

And that was the title. Yeah, and that was the title. But you know, good drunk fun as we always provide on the bonus.

0:42.0

It was a fully drunk. It was more tipsy. We were coherent enough to talk about conspiracy theories and Beverly Hills and JFK.

0:52.0

Well, I was more drunk than you because you ordered a sober cocktail by accident at the end of the evening.

0:59.0

But I think we ended up having the same amount of drinks in the end.

1:02.0

Okay. Powerful. I am classically a lightweight. So I do sound very drunk in this episode.

1:09.0

Which I'm cracking up because I'm re-listening to it. And I'm like, I actually don't remember saying any of this, which is scary. But good for me, I guess.

1:16.0

Do you ever listen to our podcast episodes over again and you think something and then you say it?

1:21.0

Like you're like, I'm going to say this because you don't remember it. And then you say the thing that you're thinking.

1:26.0

No, literally. Sometimes when like, because we'll trade off editing episodes, if you send me an episode that you've edited to listen through,

1:31.0

you'll be like, talking about something. And I'll think, ah, that reminds me of this. And then I will say in the podcast.

1:36.0

I'm like, right. I'm like, this is the same brain. Because this is the same brain. Yeah, that's exactly how it works.

1:41.0

Anyway, we also had an amazing Zoom meeting. Honestly, our Zoom meetings have only gotten more and more fun over the months.

1:47.0

Not to make you feel left out if you're not a member of the Patreon. But we've had a great time on those zooms.

1:52.0

Yeah, it was so fun last time.

1:54.0

We're having a great time. And once again, our newsletter slash reading list, slash always evolving form of recommendation is also on there.

2:03.0

But we love you. If you're not a patron, we love you if you are a patron.

2:06.0

And the best way to support us for free is by leaving us a very nice review on Apple Podcasts.

2:11.0

And telling your friends about us a lot of y'all have been doing that evangelizing work.

2:15.0

They're doing a good job. A lot of people like listen, like, they've been promoting, they've been doing the word.

2:20.0

We're like an MLM and they're like out there promoting us.

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