Podcast
Unexplainable
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.
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.
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?