Bad Shoes & The Women Who Love Them

by Tanenbaum, Leora; Davis, Vanessa

• ISBN13: 9781583229040
• ISBN10: 1583229043
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

"Leora Tanenbaum is one of the most astute and thoughtful of the new generation of feminist writers."-Elizabeth Wurtzel"Tanenbaumrs"s prose is provocative."- San Francisco Bay Guardian"Tanenbaum is thorough but never patronizing. Warm and informative, her own voice enriches the text."- BUST"[Tanenbaumrs"s] intimate perspective is personally revealing and enormously informative."- Feminist ReviewBad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them is a lighthearted but highly informed wake-up call to women to make smart decisions when buying and wearing fashionable shoes. Arming the reader with essential facts, citing medical literature as well as leading podiatric surgeons and orthopedists, Leora Tanenbaum covers the history of high heels, Chinese foot binding, the controversy over cosmetic surgery of the foot, and what Sigmund Freud had to say about womenrs"s shoes and sex.Illustrated throughout by artist Vanessa Davis, Bad Shoes also includes hilarious anecdotes from women who love shoes. And in case yours"re wondering: yes, it is possible to make good footwear decisions without sacrificing style! Tanenbaum shows you how.Leora Tanenbaum is the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation ; Catfight: Rivalries Among Women ; and Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality . She lives in New York City.Vanessa Davis is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist. Her first book, Spaniel Rage , was published by Buenaventura Press in 2005, and her second, Happy Chappie , is due out from Drawn & Quarterly in 2010. She produces a comics column for Tabletmag.com.

Author Biography

Leora Tanenbaum is the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation; Catfight: Rivalries Among Women; and Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality. She lives in New York City.
Vanessa Davis is an illustrator, cartoonist, and creator of Spaniel Rage. Her second book, Make Me a Woman, is due out from Drawn & Quartely in 2010.

Table of Contents

Preface Pop Quiz	p. 1
Introduction: Head Over Heels	p. 3
Beautiful Shoes, Ugly Feet	p. 9
Love Stories, Horror Stories	p. 27
What you should know from Heel to Toe	p. 55
Toetox: Cosmetic Surgery of the Foot	p. 75
The History of High Heels	p. 93
The Sex Life of Women's Shoes	p. 119
Shoes Wisely: How to Shoe Shop	p. 141
Notes	p. 163
Index	p. 173
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