Lisa Lindhal and her Amazing, World-Altering Underwear!

In Other Words

Content provided by Susan Scher/Perfect World Network. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Susan Scher/Perfect World Network or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

6y ago 1:00:31

MP3•Episode home

Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)

When? This feed was archived on May 27, 2022 02:29 (2y ago). Last successful fetch was on April 05, 2022 04:28 (2y ago)

Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.

What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.

Lisa Lindahl created the sports bra because she needed one. I get it. I used to run with my arms folded across my chest before her invention.

Along with Title 9, which came along at the same time, the sports bra is considered to have contributed greatly to rise to prominence of women athletes. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History said of it: “The introduction of the sports bra did more than improve athletes' performances. It represented a revolution in ready-to-wear clothing, and for many women athletes, past, present, and future, it actually made sports possible.”

And yes, the first one was made from two jock straps. It looked something like the picture on the left. For obvious reasons, Lisa wanted to call it the jockbra. But the word jock had connotations then that it doesn't have now, so she had to change it to — yes, you guessed it: the jogbra.

She's got a book out now, called Beauty as Action: The Way of True Beauty and How its Practice Can Change Our World.

Click here to listen to the 20-minute edit.

Click here for the blog post.

42 episodes

#Society #Susan Scher/Perfect World Network