Overview
Bad Shoes & the Women Who Love Them is a lighthearted wake-up call to women to make informed decisions when buying and wearing fashionable shoes. Arming the reader with essential facts, citing medical literature as well as leading podiatric surgeons and orthopedists, Tanenbaum covers the history of high heels, Chinese foot binding, the controversy over cosmetic surgery of the foot, and what Freud had to say about women's shoes and sex. Illustrated by artist Vanessa Davis throughout, Bad Shoes & the Women Who Love Them also includes hilarious anecdotes from women who love shoes. And yes-it is possible to make smart footwear decisions without sacrificing style! Tanenbaum shows you how.
Full Product Details
Author: Leora Tanenbaum ,
Vanessa Davis
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 15.20cm
Weight: 0.197kg
ISBN: 9781583229040
ISBN 10: 1583229043
Pages: 179
Publication Date: 01 June 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Do your feet a favor and breeze through this easy-to-read book. -- Venus Zine <br> Bad Shoes & the Women Who Love Them is an eye-opener of a book...I found myself in sync with author Leora Tanenbaum's feminist take on feminine footwear. -- CheapJap.com <br> [Bad Shoes is] a sexual hitory of high heels form doctors' advice on how to save your peds from peril...Tanenbaum gives a fascinating history: Who knew that men were the original wearers of wodden clogs on stilts, and as early as 1740 women were being warned against the dangers of heels? -- TheGloss.com <br> In Bad Shoes & the Women Who Love Them...Tanenbaum examines our footwear fetish - just why we love shopping for shoes so much and the bold irony tht smart, self-aware women wear painful shoes they know damage their feet. -- Lemondrop, AOL.com <br> Leora walks us through the psyche of the women who craves chic sexy shoes, the ugly problems the said women will eventually face, and some smarter shopping steps one s
Do your feet a favor and breeze through this easy-to-read book. -- Venus Zine Bad Shoes & the Women Who Love Them is an eye-opener of a book...I found myself in sync with author Leora Tanenbaum's feminist take on feminine footwear. -- CheapJap.com [Bad Shoes is] a sexual hitory of high heels form doctors' advice on how to save your peds from peril...Tanenbaum gives a fascinating history: Who knew that men were the original wearers of wodden clogs on stilts, and as early as 1740 women were being warned against the dangers of heels? -- TheGloss.com In Bad Shoes & the Women Who Love Them...Tanenbaum examines our footwear fetish - just why we love shopping for shoes so much and the bold irony tht smart, self-aware women wear painful shoes they know damage their feet. -- Lemondrop, AOL.com Leora walks us through the psyche of the women who craves chic sexy shoes, the ugly problems the said women will eventually face, and some smarter shopping steps one s
As a feminist writer, it seems only natural for [Tanenbaum] to tackle the phenomenon of perfectly sensible women wearing shoes that are unhealthy in the name of fashion and feeling feminine ... Overall the book is not a call for us to burn our heels but for us to become more informed consumers. -Juxtapoz There are not enough books out there on the choice many women make everyday--between sex appeal, attractiveness and comfort, health. And Tanenbaum explores the implications of wearing heels with a critical eye but avoids preaching because she identifies with the motivations for wearing 'high, high heels.' Best of all, her pace is quick and witty like a fashion magazine. -Psychological Books blog Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them should be a prerequisite for all shoe-enthusiasts. The book offers practical advice that can easily be incorporated into even the most fashionable of wardrobes. -Feminist Review
Author Information
LEORA TANENBAUM writes about women and girls and the unique problems they face. She is the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, Catfight: Rivalries Among Women—From Diets to Dating, From the Boardroom to the Delivery Room, Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them, and Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality. She lives in New York City.
