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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-10-03

Books mentioned on Selects: How Bras Work

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Bras are loved and hated, sometimes at the same time. But as difficult and restrictive as they can be, they rescued women from a much cruel contraption: corsets.

Charles W. Chuck Bryant discussed Uplift by Jane Farrell-Beck and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Uplift

    Jane Farrell-Beck; Colleen Gau · at 56:16

    Discussed
    “according to that book Uplift that we mentioned earlier, uh, despite Victoria's Secret and its history, uh, women have really been key to the development of bras in the United States.”
    Charles W. Chuck Bryant Selects: How Bras Work 2026-10-03
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