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 New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude "posture" photos of college students. In this riveting history, Beth Linker explains why...

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 New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude "posture" photos of college students. In this riveting history, Beth Linker tells why...