Why are there tiny bows on all our underwear?!

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CHAPTERS
Intro 00:00
01:57 A brief (pun intended!) history of bras
09:19 But why do we STILL have so many tiny bows?
13:17 Structural support, status symbols, and systemic misogyny
24:06 Outro

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Underneath It All: A History of Women’s Underwear by Amber J. Keyser: https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/Cors...
Corra Harrington tweets:   / 1476252443101077507  ,   / 1139717950057750528  
Teen Vouge bra burning: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bra-b...
Sports bra invention (‘jock-bra’): https://defector.com/the-mostly-untol...
Are bows anti-feminist: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
Cosmo history of the bra: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-be...
600-year-old bra discovery: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-c...
Strapped in: the origins and evolution of the bra (Google): https://artsandculture.google.com/sto...
World War I and corsets: https://www.history.com/news/world-wa...
NPR https://www.npr.org/2014/08/05/337860...
The bra: An uplifting tale (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/2...
Rise and fall of the bow: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion...
Peak girl: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023...
Everything to know about the history of the bra (Vouge): https://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news...
Evolution of the bra: https://www.theexploresspodcast.com/e...
Gemma Correll’s support bras image: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaEQ7EUrM...