Tiny Waists and Steel Corsets: The Tough Body Expectations of the

I love the blithe glamour of these vintage corset adverts. They remind me of the uber-glamorous Modess adverts of the 1950s (never before or since have feminine hygiene products been so aspirational). All of these adverts claim comfort (I guess that’s a relative term), and one even has a blissful cherub sleeping snuggled inside it()

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Tiny Waists and Steel Corsets: The Tough Body Expectations of the

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Tiny Waists and Steel Corsets: The Tough Body Expectations of the

I shrank my waist to 11.8 inches — the size of a red Solo cup