The girlies investigate a beloved middle school archetype — the horse girl. They explain the history of The American Horse™️, the women who protected them from extinction, and why love stories between girls and horses are so much more empowering than the heteronormative scripts we were given as children. Digressions include Twitter's true crime brain rot, Julia's recap of The Idol, and whether or not Eliza would be a good candidate for equine therapy. Find the video version of this episode at patreon.com/binchtopia

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