Nude pictures of luminaries, and really, generations of college students, stashed away in dusty archives caused a major stir in the 90s - but why did those pictures exist? Beth Linker explains on the latest episode of The Pulse whyy.org/episodes/redis…

This book SLOUCH is so good, and WHYY does AMAZING book coverage

Also, I guess I’m quoted in the segment! Go listen, and get Beth Linker’s book, which made me sit up straight — and then realize I can resist the cultural pressure to do so!

npr.org/2024/05/03/120… Excellent in-depth interview with Beth Linker for her new book SLOUCH: Posture Panic in Modern America Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Dystel, Goderich & Bourret NPR The Pulse

TODAY at NOON on #STUDIO2 :

🥤Micro- and nano-plastics, they are all around and inside of us. We talk w/ Phoebe Stapleton, of Rutgers University, about what it does to our health.
🧘Also, the history of slouching w/ Beth Linker, author of #Slouch Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s.

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Loved DISABILITY VISIBILITY ed by Alice Wong 王美華
Looking forward to the latest. Congrats to all contributors.

clickbait headlines, but wow...Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Princeton Audio jessica papin Penn

#Slouch is among the springtime bestsellers at
OverDrive! Thank you to Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s
Princeton Audio and the amazing actor laurel lefkow for your brilliance in helping to bring this book to life!

Medical students are caught in the residency 'research arms race' - STAT or why is medical education about publishing not patient care. Good one. #MedicareForAll statnews.com/2024/04/29/res…

Thank you Nadja Schaetz for bringing this amazing posture scandal and its data losses to my attention ! From The New York Times interview w Beth Linker about her new book on (the politics of) slouching.

nytimes.com/2024/04/26/sci…

Monday on Unsung History: The Negro Leagues

Stop worrying about your posture, Slouch author Beth Linker tells Matt Richtel: “It’s the phrenology of the 20th century. . . It’s shallow and ableist to estimate what another person can or cannot do based on their posture.” Read the interview in NYT Science: hubs.ly/Q02vbfNr0

Outstanding Beth Linker! Go Penn Arts & Sciences

Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head nytimes.com/2024/04/26/sci…

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