butim-justharry:licieoic:rush-keating:npr:thegetty:The story behind The Laundress.This is so good. -
butim-justharry:licieoic:rush-keating:npr:thegetty:The story behind The Laundress.This is so good. -EmilyI find that hard to reconcile with how 18th century dresses had boobs practically hanging out of them. Maybe the chest wasn’t as sexualized as the ankles were back then…I have a dim memory from back in high school… I think someone once told me that breasts were no big deal back in corsetry-and-necklines-down-to-there days, they were considered a food source for children and that’s it.But ANKLES. Oh, GOD. ANKLES. The ANKLE was connected to the LEG, which connected to THIGHS, which hid a woman’s SECRET FLOWER. The ankle was the gateway to the secret flower, so it was considered quite a stirring sight!I have never considered that “leg bone connected to the ankle bone” song as a sexy tune before but -- source link
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