Reacting to Vogue's "Everything You Need to Know About the Corset" cause we haven't suffered enough.

I've heard this called chronological snobbery-- the belief that everything in the past must be inferior to the present by virtue of it being...old.

I love how Karolina just casually looks like she is breaking code at Bletchley during WW2.

I love it when they cite doctors from back then as proof corsets were torture devices, but then they ignore how these same doctors genuinely believed in things like the wandering womb.

When my grandmother developed severe osteoporosis, it was recommended that she wear a back brace. The one she received was uncomfortable and didn't provide adequate support to ease her pain. My mother, who went to fashion design school and a skilled seamstress, made my grandmother a series of custom corsets, built to perfectly fit her body , and support her torso, while making them easy to put on. Those corsets provided a lot of relief to my grandmother and made her quality of life so much better There are many types of corsets, and to malign them as patriarchal oppression is a crazy simplification

Bernadette telling you to take a shot every time they talk about patriarchy and then saying patriarchy 3 times in one sentence killed me 😂

"Now women of all sizes can hide their fat!" I died laughing at this. I'm plus sized and I would prefer to make myself a corset anyday over looking like a large sausage in a small casing in spanx. No thanks! Corsets are so much more comfortable thank you.

I always just find it extremely funny when they tack on the “women just wanted a skinny waist” line WHILE MEN ACTUALLY DID SUCH THINGS WITH STAYS AND CORSETRY AND ITS NEVER BROUGHT UP BY ANY OF THESE LARGER MEDIA SITES

"It's almost like we are trying to prove our own 'anti-patriarchy' by imposing a patriarchal lens on the past" omg Bernadette you couldn't be more accurate. I think we do that in many ways nowadays when we look back at history.

"It is our modern idea of patriarchy that we are imposing on the past". WELL SAID, Bernadette! This happens across so many categories of history, not just fashion.

Something that no one mentions when talking about the whole "corsets moved internal organs" thing is that even if they did move internal organs, WOMEN'S ORGANS ARE MEANT TO MOVE! THAT'S HOW PREGNANCY WORKS! Your organs actually rearrange to make room for the baby! And then they move back over time after the baby is born. Our bodies are crazy cool.

That unearthly dissonance where a one-size-fits-most unit of Spanx is supposed to be more "accessible" to women of all shapes and sizes than a custom tailored pair of stays.

I used to work in historical reenactment and living history. The FIRST question I was asked on a daily basis by visitors was some version "What's it like to wear/work in a corset?" I had to remain in character. I would express the general disbelief and shock that women would even consider not wearing a corset and petticoats. "Sir/Madam, that would be most uncomfortable. All of these layers resting on the skin would not put one at ease. Imagine how that must feel? Not to mention the lack of support for one's back when completing the daily chores. I understand that some doctors believe that we women should not wear corsets as it may be injurious to our health when the laces are drawn in severely, but I for one cannot count a single woman whom I know to follow this practice. Perhaps this is something only the very wealthy do, but one also cannot trust the photographs of Ms. Clifford. She is well known for "painting" her appearance. To tighten a corset so severely would indeed be uncomfortable and is a mark of plain vanity. A corset, properly worn, supports the back and abdomen as well as the many layers of dress and thus prevents harm. No sir/madam, I do not think the corset will ever become unnecessary-particularly for women who work or are expected to maintain their own households." The very idea that a corset could be comfortable was so utterly alien to them that many refused to believe that what we said was true and would argue with us, telling us were were "poor and oppressed" victims of a patriarchal society. One of my fellow reenactors got very annoyed one day and responded to one such comment with, "Yes, of course I must not be able to think for myself. I must need a man to tell me how to live and how to train this horse." Before she proceeded to gentle the still-wild stallion we had recently acquired from BLM. She was our horse trainer-her character was based on a real person from our records who ran one of the largest ranches in the region. That shut the visitor up. I will always remember that one.

Why did Vogue not reach into their OWN archives to research the women's articles?

Seriously, Vogue? Friendly reminder that wearing Spanx for long periods of time is not only incredibly uncomfortable and inconvenient, but has repeatedly been linked to circulation problems, varicose veins, and serious digestive problems. But they are Definitely The Healthy And Safe Modern Replacement For Corsets! Good gracious. Thanks for debunking. Great video.

"Some doctors believed..." didn't the doctors believed that the women anatomy was not designed to ride a train? or was that just a myth like the mandatory metal corset at the begging?

you know how back then doctors would dismiss women’s symptoms are “hysteria”? I wonder if a similar phenomenon happened with the corset. like “oh your health problems aren’t real, it’s probably because you lace your corset so tight”.

Top tier, honestly. I would’ve added a rule about “drunk every time metal boning was made out to be this god awful horrible thing” as if we don’t have metal underwire in modern bras 🙄

I challenge you all to make an “everything you need to know about corsets in 5 minutes” video. See how much accurate information can actually be included

"Take a drink every time they bring up the patriarchy" Bernadette was out for her liver

Vogue missed a huge opportunity to go into their OWN archives and make an informative video. Instead we got clickbait.