Leora Tanenbaum
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Bad Shoes & The Women Who Love Them Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them is a lighthearted wake-up call to women to make informed decisions when buying and wearing fashionable shoes. Arming the reader with essential facts, citing medical literature as well as leading podiatric surgeons and orthopedists, Tanenbaum covers the history of high heels, Chinese foot binding, the controversy over cosmetic surgery of the foot, and what Freud had to say about women's shoes and sex. Illustrated by artist Vanessa Davis throughout, Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them also includes hilarious anecdotes from women who love shoes. And yes—it is possible to make smart footwear decisions without sacrificing style! Tanenbaum shows you how. Being dressed to kill shouldn't mean killing your feet! It’s time to liberate ourselves from the tyranny of shoes that hobble our mobility and disfigure our bodies in the name of sexiness. With this book, Leora Tanenbaum shows us how to take the first step. -Audrey D. Brashich, author of All Made Up: A Girl's Guide to Seeing Through Celebrity Hype and Celebrating Real Beauty In Leora Tanenbaum's Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them, the woman who exposed slut-bashing, cat-fighting, and God-reclaiming takes on women's masochistic relationship with their feet. Run (while you still can) to your nearest bookstore and save your sole. -Jennifer Baumgardner, author of Look Both Ways, Manifesta, and Abortion & Life Advocate for women Leora Tanenbaum has written a witty, insightful, highly readable, and frankly shocking exploration of high heels that is a must-read. Tanenbaum urges readers to use common sense and not wear high heels that make us hobble. This lively book makes me want to give my pointy-toed, 4-inch stilettos a new place in my closet: the archives. -Liz Funk, author of Supergirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Crisis of Overachieving Girls I want to squeal with delight - someone finally gets it! I have spent twenty years taking care of people's feet in all sorts of states of disrepair. Finally, here is a book that states the simple fact that high heels damage one's foot irreparably. What a waste of the perfectly good feet with which we were born. Snap out of it! -Johanna Youner, DPM Smart, fashion-conscious women will be sobered by what they learn in this important and insightful work. -Amy Sohn, author of Prospect Park West and Run Catch Kiss I am well aware that women want to look elegant, fashionable and sexy. But they need to become informed consumers and know when the shoe fits. It is never a good option to change your foot to fit the shoe. The result is often mutilation. On the other hand, as the author points out, with so many shoe choices on the market, it is possible to find elegant shoes that do not destroy your feet. Treat your shoes like desert: on occasion it is all right to splurge, but not every day! -Carol Frey, MD |
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