Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America by 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”

Slouch by @bethlinker.bsky.social is now in #paperback!

Discover the strange & surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics & posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture."

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Keeping good company!

Thank you Phil Edward's for this excellent rendition of my book. My Gen Z kids will now know what my book is about! @princetonupress.bsky.social

@jay.bsky.team Penn's STSC Faculty have been following all of your successes! We are so very proud. You are a prime example of why we need more humanistic programs that focus on STEM!

Tammy Duckworth Is Done Playing by the Old Rules In an exclusive interview, the senator laments the lack of resistance to Trump and describes her rescue in Iraq as a “gift.”

I caught up with @chicagomag.com about my efforts to push back against Trump's disastrous policies, my time as a Blackhawk pilot, what I've learned throughout my life of service and more. Check it out here: www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

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Beth Linker

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America by Beth Linker

Tomorrow (March 19) at 6 pm EDT: Please join @sciencehistory.org in welcoming @bethlinker.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America. This is a hybrid event.

To register for this free event, visit: www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events...

Hard to think about things like historical scholarship on human posture sciences when destructive politically posturing is happening rn in the states. But @infinite-women.com was a great interviewer and you should check out this site.

Congratulations @evanpsullivan.bsky.social happy to be mentioned along with other amazing scholars.

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Prizes 2024/5 ROY PORTER STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION 2024-roy-porter-prize-entry-formDownload Rules and Entry Form The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2024/5 Roy …

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The Roy Porter Essay Prize deadline is 1 Feb! Submit for the chance to win cash, a conference plenary slot, mentoring, & places at our publication masterclass! Details, eligibility & entry form 👇
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The US Department of Health and Human Services: Its Importance in the Past and Present We, as historians of medicine, express our support for the federal agencies and regulations that protect and promote human health. We know the long-term value of health-related federal agencies and…

I organized this statement on the historical importance of federal agencies that protect and forward human health. As Project 2025 is dismantling them as I write, it is important that these agencies employ thousands of people committed to scientific research. #histmed nursingclio.org/2025/01/27/t...

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

Interested in public health campaigns and back pain? Mark your calendars for my latest book talk on MARCH 19th at the fabulous Science History Institute, in person and online. @princetonupress.bsky.social #histmed #skystorians #histstm

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What Is Scholarship Today? – AHA Inspired by the AHA's Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship, a dozen historians share the diverse ways they do history today.

Two years ago, the AHA Council issued the Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship. Last May, we asked #AHAPerspectives readers to tell us: Why is what you do scholarship?

Today, we share essays by 12 historians in answer to that question. 🗃️ 🧵

Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America Professor and author Beth Linker reveals the surprising origins of our concerns over poor posture.

Interested in public health campaigns and back pain? Mark your calendars for my latest book talk on MARCH 19th at the fabulous Science History Institute, in person and online. @princetonupress.bsky.social #histmed #skystorians #histstm

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Really happy with the outcome of this beauty. I like to write long and apparently knit long, too #knitting

Surprised and not surprised

Ah yes! Thank you @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and looking forward to diving into this pack of body historians!

You're ahead of me!

Hey, hey, hey, I love fan (bluesky) mail! Thank you @infinitewomen.bsky.social If folks are looking for an amuse bouche, may I suggest a recent essay I wrote: psyche.co/ideas/in-def...

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"My old relationship was so toxic, and...oh no! My 'x' just walked into the bar"

Cartoon depiction of Twitter x walking in the door. User and bluesky having a drink together.

I think there may be some ppl on this platform who will enjoy this. Oh and I still love getting paper magazines and newspapers. #comics