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Slouch Posture Panic in Modern America

Beth Linker

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture” In 1995, a scandal erupted when the

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This book explores the history of posture and how modern beliefs about the health benefits of posture may not be as scientifically grounded as we believe.

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If you have bad posture, that leads to bad health. That belief is something self-evidently true and unquestioned.

— Episode: Is good posture actually good?

Episode: Is good posture actually good?

This book explores the history of posture and how modern beliefs about the health benefits of posture may not be as scientifically grounded as we believe.

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If you have bad posture, that leads to bad health. That belief is something self-evidently true and unquestioned.

She's a historian of science who wrote a whole book on the history of posture called Slouch.

stiff immobility of a bashful booby.

Our modern posture story actually starts in the late 1850s.

It just makes sense, right?

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