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Beth Linker

@bethlinker

Author, Historian of Science, Medicine & Disability. Professor @Penn. Book #Slouch @PrincetonUPress. Byline Time, Boston Globe, Huffpo. Rep. @jkpapin

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Join us on September 16 as author and professor Beth Linker talks about her latest book, "Slouch", the strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America! Register here: loom.ly/4RP0Lew

Join us on September 16 as author and professor <a href="/BethLinker/">Beth Linker</a> talks about her latest book, "Slouch", the strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America! 

Register here: loom.ly/4RP0Lew
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Tomorrow (9/19) at 7 pm EDT: Join Beth Linker at Joseph-Beth Books, in conversation with Katherine Sorrels, for a discussion and signing of her book Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America. For more details, visit: hubs.ly/Q02Q2h520

Tomorrow (9/19) at 7 pm EDT: Join <a href="/BethLinker/">Beth Linker</a> at Joseph-Beth Books, in conversation with Katherine Sorrels, for a discussion and signing of her book Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.

For more details, visit: hubs.ly/Q02Q2h520
Beth Linker (@bethlinker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thrilled to be talking about the history of scientific ableism (using SLOUCH and posture sciences )with smart and wonderful colleagues at UvA #dishist #histstm Princeton University Press

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The annual History of Science meeting comes to a close today, but there's still time to visit us at table 7 if you haven’t yet! Browse through our latest selection of titles and save 30% (in the US & Canada) through November 30 with code EXH30. #HSS24

The annual <a href="/hssonline/">History of Science</a> meeting comes to a close today, but there's still time to visit us at table 7 if you haven’t yet! Browse through our latest selection of titles and save 30% (in the US &amp; Canada) through November 30 with code EXH30. #HSS24
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1/ As there's been some chatter about disability, work & Marx on here lately & the theme of this year's #UKDHM (which starts tomorrow!) is 'Disability,Livelihood & Employment', reckon now might be a good time to re-read this interesting article SJDR.

1/ As there's been some chatter about disability, work &amp; Marx on here lately &amp; the theme of this year's #UKDHM (which starts tomorrow!) is 'Disability,Livelihood &amp; Employment', reckon now might be a good time to re-read this interesting article <a href="/SJDResearch/">SJDR</a>.
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That erect posture is good for you is a truism that we rarely examine or question. But this modern obsession has dubious origins. In today’s Idea, an expert examines the science of posture Beth Linker psyche.co/ideas/in-defen…

Zoe Adams, MD (@zoe_m_adams) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In my review of Beth Linker's history of posture for The Nation, I talk barre class, slouching over desktops in residency (we sit more than we stand), and whether our obsession with posture is a moral panic, pseudoscience, or something in between. thenation.com/article/cultur…

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The next seminar in our History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality series (Thur, 3 Apr, @ 5pm, EDT) features Dr. Bridget Keown's "'The Permanent Prize for Nerve': Examining Women's Postwar Battles with the US Veteran's Bureau." @bethlinker commenting. Register: masshist.org/events/permane…

The next seminar in our History of Women, Gender, &amp; Sexuality series (Thur, 3 Apr, @ 5pm, EDT) features <a href="/SevenPaperclips/">Dr. Bridget Keown</a>'s "'The Permanent Prize for Nerve': Examining Women's Postwar Battles with the US Veteran's Bureau." @bethlinker commenting.

Register: masshist.org/events/permane…