When I see someone with "bad" posture, I tighten up. LOL. Beth Linker (Beth Linker) at UPenn (Penn) explains how we have over-emphasized posture, how it stigmatizes, and much more. Even wrote a book... I still sat up straight(er) while reading this. LOL nytimes.com/2024/04/26/sci…

Drinking my coffee ☕️☕️now in preparation for this upcoming interview. Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s jessica papin Penn Arts & Sciences

I know this is not the news foremost on most people's minds this morning, but if you're looking for a distraction from debates and The Bear, may I suggest this short clip re: #slouch? Penn Arts & Sciences

I hope this piece (and volume) encourages more scholarship in Scientific ableism! Also Jaipreet Virdi Mara Mills and sarah rose are dream editors ✏️✏️✏️

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Looking forward to being in conversation with the fabulous Jaipreet Virdi tomorrow 6pm Busboys and Poets. If you're in the D.C. area, come join us! Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s

We’re so happy to see the review of Slouch in the latest issue of the TLS! AK Schaffner calls Beth Linker’s new book ‘fascinating’ and you can read more about it here: hubs.ly/Q02H8k0S0

This is exactly the kind of resource we need to advance disability history. Maybe now more of the undergrads I teach will have been exposed to some kind of dis history beyond Pat portrayals of Helen Keller

Thrilled to see this positive review of SLOUCH in The TLS! Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s jessica papin

I'm so gratified that #slouch is resonating beyond the US. While much of the focus of the book is on the US it is nonetheless a global story. Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s jessica papin

"Send this to the most vigilant posture police in your life." huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/does-bad… # via HuffPost UK Life Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s

Is sitting the new smoking? And is slouching bad for your health? On the latest episode of Slate’s Decoder Ring, Beth Linker (author of Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America) debunks these myths and more: hubs.ly/Q02K2v4_0

Thrilled to see #Slouch reviewed here as a "robust" and "astonishing" book, and I love the image of Larry David. Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s jessica papin Penn Arts & Sciences #history

For The New Republic, Daniel Felsenthal calls Beth Linker’s Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America “robust, often astonishing”. Read the full review: hubs.ly/Q02KMlD30

The phrase, “Physiotherapy First” is a not a modern slogan but a call-to-action that is over 130 years old. history.physio/physiotherapy-…

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week lithub.com/5-book-reviews… via Literary Hub Excited to see Beth Linker's "astonishing" SLOUCH: POSTURE PANIC IN MODERN AMERICA reviewed in The New Republic in this terrific roundup from Literary Hub Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

Job vacancy: Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Science and Technology lnkd.in/gNyZHA3b Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

Call for Papers #AAHM 2025: "Scholars, practitioners, librarians, archivists, and activists are encouraged to apply" histmed.org/boston-2025/