Talking About the Power of Tits with Sarah Thornton, Author of Tits Up
Description
This week Thibault talks with best-selling author Sarah Thornton about her latest book "Tits Up: Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts", which was listed as one of the New Yorker Best Books of 2024. After her own botched breast reconstruction surgery, Thornton delved into what breasts/tits/titties mean to women all over the world from the sex work industry to witches and everyone in between.
About Sarah Thornton
Sarah Thornton is a writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture.[1] Thornton has authored four books and many articles about artists, the art market, bodies, people, culture, technology and design, the history of music technology, dance clubs, raves, cultural hierarchies, subcultures,[2] and ethnographic research methods.
Show Notes
NY Times Book Review of Tits Up https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/books/review/tits-up-sarah-thornton.html
The Guardian Review of Tits Up https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/15/one-womans-quest-to-reclaim-her-breasts
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