pickSurprisingly scholarly yet readable, not a novelty book or a joke but still with moments of humor. Recommend to fashion history enthusiasts and those with an interest in the subject of social cultivation of body dysmorphia and beauty “standards.”
I have been looking forward to starting this one. I am Cracking into it tonight ….. pun intended!
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was an interesting book about the history of butts and what‘s been deemed fashionable over time, including how things rise in popularity such as bustles and “buns of steel”. It‘s also a study of the relationship between butts and race - which I found the most intriguing. I recommend to anyone interested!
Readers who enjoy this book might also enjoy "Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History" by Florence Williams. ?
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pickInformative and intriguing if you‘re into butts and history. Radke weaves her own experience as a woman with a butt in the USA which adds a relateable component 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑
pickI started this on audio but quickly switched to print as I wasn‘t retaining anything. Radke covers the history of the butt from its importance to allowing us to run the way we do to how society in general became focused on women‘s butts as sexual objects. Her discussion of the random sizing of women‘s clothes was really interesting to me and confirmed something I‘ve always felt — they aren‘t designed to fit.
