Posts Tagged: ‘boobquake’

There’s been a lot of breast-related news lately, from a controversial bra ad to a popular Internet meme. What’s the big deal about boobs? Molly and Cristen explore the history, politics and symbolism of breasts in this episode.

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Thanks to Monday’s Boobquake, I’ve had breasts on the brain this week. Specifically, the sexualization of women’s cleavage – not to be confused with men’s “he-vage”‘ – in Western culture. According to Marilyn Yalom’s History of the Breast, women’s fashions favored décolletage throughout the Renaissance, but today it’s far more fraught with innuendo. Tracking down [...]

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