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This week, Julia is joined by Allegra to investigate the enduring, mythical appeal of the music festival. From medieval carnivals to Woodstock, and Coachella brand trips to FYRE fest, the girlies explore the human desire to build temporary utopias — and how festival outcomes range from communal transcendence and PLUR to corporate-branded slop and FEMA-level weather events. Digressions include Billie Eilish starring in The Bell Jar for some reason, the ouroborous of influencer video essays, and Allegra's parents getting matching plastic surgery on her birthday.
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This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. 
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SOURCES
19 Worst Things About Woodstock '99
After the Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning
Altamont : the Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the inside story of rock's darkest day 
Bakhtinian thought : an introductory reader
Burning Man: how a festival became a culture
Castlemorton 1992, the rave that triggered the ban
Castlemorton Common: The rave that changed the law 
Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994, s.63 ("repetitive beats")
Crowds and Collective Behavior Get access Arrow 
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
From Woodstock to Coachella: The ultimate music festivals 
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Half a Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella by Gina Arnold
Impact: From riots to crowd safety
'It was the peak of the flower power era': The story of the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970 
How Music Festivals Became a Massive Business in the 50 Years Since Woodstock 
Juggalos & the FBI "hybrid gang" label
Live Aid (1985)
Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé
Lollapalooza's rise (Perry Farrell's acid precognition)
Monterey Pop
Murder at the Altamont Festival
Rabelais and His World
The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure
Of Other Spaces
The Oral History of Monterey Pop, Where Jimi Torched His Ax & Janis Became a Star: Art Garfunkel, Steve Miller, Lou Adler & More
Remembering Meredith Hunter
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
The Music Festival That Time Forgot: Inside Steve Wozniak's US Fest
The Night Bob Dylan Went Electric
The Sacred and the Profane
The Society of the Spectacle
"This Film Was My Chance to Correct History": Questlove on Summer of Soul and the Oscars 
The Pop Festival: History, Music, Media, Culture 
Woodstock '99 Predicted America's Future
Woodstock 1999 Ends in Violence 
Wattstax (1972), the "Black Woodstock"
Wattstax drew 100,000 people — this 1972 concert was about much more than music 
What's behind the decline of music festivals? 
Without Helicopters, There Wouldn't Have Been a Woodstock
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music

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In honor of Pride Month, Binchtopia's lesbian correspondent Aliza joins Julia to open the loveline for exclusively sapphic dilemmas. Together, the girlies address lesbian horrors including falling for your D&D teammate, having a platonically shirtless sleepover with your bestie, and finding out the girl you're in love with has has a hideous back tattoo. Digressions include surviving the Subaru allegations, a new psychological diagnosis for boring people, and considering whether straight men have the capacity to yearn. 
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. 
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Julia and Eliza reconvene for a long-overdue Girlboss Summit where they discuss two iconic indigenous women who survived by any means necessary: La Malinche and Sacagawea. Together the girlies explore the forgotten role of female translators in building the New World and investigate the fine line between traitor and victim. Digressions include society's rampant Michael Jackson psychosis, concert makeout etiquette, and celebs who are immune to being Woman'd.
This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. 
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SOURCES
La Malinche by Carmen Tafolla
Malinche by Rosario Castellanos
Malintzin's Choices by Camilla Townsend
The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier by Megan Kate Nelson
Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche

Julia and Nick explore the dark side of shaking up your life — because sometimes, the shake TAKETH! From accidental military enlistment to having a warrant out for your arrest, they tell the stories of tremendous flops and binchies who rose from the ashes. Digressions include Nick's failed attempt at heterosexuality, a horrifying clown-centric production of Moby Dick, and Kaitlin Bennett x Soho House.









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