The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 11: Our Bodies, Our Clothes?

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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 11: Our Bodies, Our Clothes?

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Show Notes:

Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:

Links to research materials: 

History of Boobs in Fashion:

• There Was Never a Time When Western Society Wasn’t Weird About Cleavage: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a38943078/fashion-breasts-boobs/ 
• History of cleavage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cleavage 
• How fashion has freed the nipple throughout history: https://www.ellecanada.com/fashion/trends/how-fashion-has-freed-the-nipple-throughout-history 
• The History of the Nipple: Revealing Paintings from the 17th and 18th Centuries: https://medium.com/illumination/the-history-of-the-nipple-revealing-paintings-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-360a36c609db 
• Agnès Sorel and the History of Toplessness: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/articles/agnes-sorel-and-the-history-of-toplessness/ 
• The Untold Story of a Legendarily Topless Mistress Who Saved France: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne5xaw/agnes-sorel-topless-mistress-france-history-france 
• Free the Nipple, says History: https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/05/17/free-the-nipple-says-history/ 
• Naked Truth: A Look Back at the Greatest Breasts in Fashion History: https://www.eonline.com/news/666973/naked-truth-a-look-back-at-the-greatest-breasts-in-fashion-history 
• The Nipple’s Place In Fashion History: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/braless-fashion-visible-nipple

History of Women in Pants:

• Court Case of Peltier, Booth, and Brown vs Charter Day School- /https://www.acluofnorthcarolina.org/sites/default/files/2016-02-29_Charter_Day_School_Complaint.pdf
• The Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer https://books.google.com/books?id=ojI7AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=amelia+bloomer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-yJ-AgIjbAhXM44MKHURZDuEQ6AEINDAC%23v=onepage&q=courier&f=false#v=snippet&q=courier&f=false
• Smithsonian Magazine Article on Amelia Bloomer https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amelia-bloomer-didnt-mean-start-fashion-revolution-her-name-became-synonymous-trousers-180969164/
• FIT Entry on Bloomers https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/bloomers/
• Smithsonian Article on the 19th Century Bicyle Craze https://www.si.edu/stories/19th-century-bicycle-craze
• Women in Pants- The Aftermath of WW 1 https://thevintagetraveler.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/women-in-pants-the-aftermath-of-world-war-i/
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/you-can-wear-slacks-court-thank-kindergarten-teacher/86ehrPHdpY1K19LKLn79SO/
• Lady GaGa Wears Oversized Pantsuit for a Powerful Feminist Statement https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lady-gaga-wears-an-oversized-pantsuit-for-a-powerful-feminist-reason_n_5bc62f76e4b055bc947ae788

Further Reading:

• Like Totally 80’s: Units http://www.liketotally80s.com/2015/05/units/
• More on Amelia Bloomer:https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/woman-suffrage/bloomer-amelia/