Posts tagged “leora tanenbaum”
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Occasionally Offensive reviews Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them
September 13, 2011
I recommend this book for red-carpet type women who love teetering sexy shoes, and for run-with-the-wolves women who are baffled by people who spend hundreds of dollars on torture devices which they they wear of their own volition.
Tags: bad shoes and the women who love them, blogs, leora tanenbaum, reviews
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Leora Tanenbaum’s “Stepping Up” in Brown Alumni Magazine
August 2, 2011
“Here I am at age forty-one, a shoe maven . . . in fact, feet are a feminist issue.” — Leora Tanenbaum
Tags: bad shoes and the women who love them, brown alumni mag, leora tanenbaum
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Toronto SlutWalk!
April 13, 2011
In January a member of the Toronto Police force, Const. Michael Sanguinetti, suggested to students at York University that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”. In response, SlutWalk was born. The SlutWalk, which strode just yesterday, was a march designed to draw attention to the way in which the term “slut” is used to stigmatize and invalidate women.
Tags: gender, leora tanenbaum, politics, protest, slut
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Listen! 1450 WHTC Audio Interview with Leora Tanenbaum
March 30, 2011
Leora Tanenbaum, a native New Yorker and icon of the third-wave feminist movement, wrote the book on sexual double standards with Slut! Growing Up With a Bad Reputation, now a mainstay in women’s studies classes. Since then, she’s written on female in-fighting (Catfight! Women and Competition) and religion (Taking Back God: American Woman Rising Up for Religious Equality), but it’s her fourth book, on women and the shoes we choose, that is bound to start a conversation.
Tags: bad shoes and the women who love them, feminism, leora tanenbaum
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Leora Tanenbaum on The Today Show
February 9, 2011
Leora Tanenbaum, author of Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them, interviewed at The Today Show.
Tags: bad shoes, interview, leora tanenbaum, today show
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Leora Tanenbaum on Reality Check
June 8, 2010
From the June 6 edition of the podcast “Reality Check,” here’s Leora Tanenbaum talking to Amanda Marcotte about bad shoes, bunions, and the troubled relationship between fashion and women’s health. Listen at the Reality Check website by clicking here.
Tags: amanda marcotte, interviews, leora tanenbaum, podcast, reality check, women's health, women's issues
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The Baddest Shoes Contest winners announced!
June 4, 2010
The results are in, the judges have deliberated, and Seven Stories Press is pleased at last to announce the winners of the BADDEST SHOES CONTEST, celebrating the publication of Leora Tanenbaum’s new book Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love…
Tags: bad shoes, contests, desiree stimpert, fashion, johanna youner, leora tanenbaum, tip top shoes, women's health
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Bad Shoes reviewed at Juxtapoz
May 19, 2010
Growing up in a home where my mother covered the floor of her closet with pumps, sandals, flats, and more shoes than Imelda Marcos could shake a foot at, it’s no wonder that at 25 my shoe collection is nothing to play with. Being that my closet is filled with heels ranging from 3 ½”- 5”, I was quite skeptical when I began reading Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them by Leora Tanenbaum. While I do not plan on trading in my Calvin Klein platforms for a pair of Aerosoles, I have been convinced to be a bit more practical when deciding which shoes to wear to work versus the ones to wear on date nights.
Leora Tanenbaum is no stranger to shining a light on some of the everyday issues that plague women in this seemingly modern age, her first three books dealt with slut-bashing, cat-fighting, and women reclaiming God. As a feminist writer, it seemed only natural for her to tackle to phenomenon of perfectly sensible women wearing shoes that are unhealthy in the name of fashion and feeling feminine. In the attempt to issue a much needed wake up call to the stilettoed masses, Tanenbaum enlists a bevy of experts on feet, fashion, and the Carrie Bradshaw wannabes who walk Manhattan in Louboutins to the detriment of their bodies. … Overall the book is not a call for us to burn our heels but for us to become more informed consumers. —M.I.S.S. at Juxtapoz
Tags: bad shoes, fashion, juxtapoz, leora tanenbaum, reviews, women's health, women's issues
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Bad Shoes reviewed in Venus Zine
May 11, 2010
After undergoing a surgery brought on by a fondness for cutely covered feet, feminist fashionista Leora Tanenbaum knew she had to change her bad shoe-wearing ways. Illustrated by Vanessa Davis, Tanenbaum’s Bad Shoes explains why women need to start putting their heads over their heels by learning the art of moderation. From the Venus Zine review of Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them
Tags: bad shoes, leora tanenbaum, reviews, vanessa davis, venus zine, women's health
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Leora Tanenbaum interviewed by Liz Funk
May 5, 2010
… What surprised you the most as you were writing and researching this book in particular?
As I was speaking with women for my research, I would educate them and say, ‘Guess what? If you wear a high-heeled shoe on a regular basis, over and over and over again, you’re going to change the shape of your feet and be likely to have serious foot pain later. ‘
And occasionally women would say, ‘Oh, I don’t care, it’s worth it. When it happens, I’ll just have the surgery.’
There was one woman in New York City whom I interviewed who told me that she wore these heels that weren’t even that high but they were too narrow and too tight so she literally had to take them off and she didn’t have money to take a cab home. She had to walk around the city barefoot. And I said, ‘Oh, that’s awful. So now you’ve learned a lesson, right? Next time, if you wear those shoes, you’ll carry a second pair of comfortable shoes to change into.’ She looked as me as though I was crazy.
It was as though she felt, I must wear these shoes, even if it is unhealthy, because I look great. If you stand back and examine this, it’s oppressive. She’s a savvy, sophisticated woman but in her mind, she must wear a certain shoe in order to look attractive. — Lemondrop interview with Leora Tanenbaum
Tags: bad shoes, health/nutrition, lemondrop, leora tanenbaum, liz funk, women's health, women's issues
“leora tanenbaum” Posts
- Sep 13, Occasionally Offensive reviews Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them
- Aug 2, Leora Tanenbaum’s “Stepping Up” in Brown Alumni Magazine
- Apr 13, Toronto SlutWalk!
- Mar 30, Listen! 1450 WHTC Audio Interview with Leora Tanenbaum
- Feb 9, Leora Tanenbaum on The Today Show
- Jun 8, Leora Tanenbaum on Reality Check
- Jun 4, The Baddest Shoes Contest winners announced!
- May 19, Bad Shoes reviewed at Juxtapoz
- May 11, Bad Shoes reviewed in Venus Zine
- May 5, Leora Tanenbaum interviewed by Liz Funk
