Heather Radke

And all these kind of like, over and over again, the meanings we have about butts that you realize they don't come from the actual... you know, factor, the science of the butt, it actually comes from different cultural moments. So thin bodies and thin butts kind of come into fashion in the 1920s. And in the 1920s, super thin women's bodies start to become equated with a certain sort of

And all these kind of like, over and over again, the meanings we have about butts that you realize they don't come from the actual... you know, factor, the science of the butt, it actually comes from different cultural moments. So thin bodies and thin butts kind of come into fashion in the 1920s. And in the 1920s, super thin women's bodies start to become equated with a certain sort of

And all these kind of like, over and over again, the meanings we have about butts that you realize they don't come from the actual... you know, factor, the science of the butt, it actually comes from different cultural moments. So thin bodies and thin butts kind of come into fashion in the 1920s. And in the 1920s, super thin women's bodies start to become equated with a certain sort of

liberation and bohemianism and kind of chicness. And that's essentially a stereotype and a way of thinking about bodies that's really continued well into the 20th century and really has never gone away. So, that's sort of a stereotype in a sense about small butts. And then, you know, I did a bunch of work also about what I would call like fit butts.

liberation and bohemianism and kind of chicness. And that's essentially a stereotype and a way of thinking about bodies that's really continued well into the 20th century and really has never gone away. So, that's sort of a stereotype in a sense about small butts. And then, you know, I did a bunch of work also about what I would call like fit butts.

liberation and bohemianism and kind of chicness. And that's essentially a stereotype and a way of thinking about bodies that's really continued well into the 20th century and really has never gone away. So, that's sort of a stereotype in a sense about small butts. And then, you know, I did a bunch of work also about what I would call like fit butts.

So in the 1980s, as the aerobics revolution starts to happen, there's an aerobics program called Buns of Steel that comes into being. This man named Greg Smith, he invented it. It's like wildly popular and people... start to try to actually not just have like big butts and small butts, but also like strong steely butts.

So in the 1980s, as the aerobics revolution starts to happen, there's an aerobics program called Buns of Steel that comes into being. This man named Greg Smith, he invented it. It's like wildly popular and people... start to try to actually not just have like big butts and small butts, but also like strong steely butts.

So in the 1980s, as the aerobics revolution starts to happen, there's an aerobics program called Buns of Steel that comes into being. This man named Greg Smith, he invented it. It's like wildly popular and people... start to try to actually not just have like big butts and small butts, but also like strong steely butts.

And that's definitely, you know, it's part of a much bigger trend that's about having fit bodies, but it really speaks to a way we think about our bodies as reflections of our own ability to control ourselves essentially. So to have a strong butt is to be kind of in control of your body to be a, to like have a bond of steel is to have a butt that's like,

And that's definitely, you know, it's part of a much bigger trend that's about having fit bodies, but it really speaks to a way we think about our bodies as reflections of our own ability to control ourselves essentially. So to have a strong butt is to be kind of in control of your body to be a, to like have a bond of steel is to have a butt that's like,

And that's definitely, you know, it's part of a much bigger trend that's about having fit bodies, but it really speaks to a way we think about our bodies as reflections of our own ability to control ourselves essentially. So to have a strong butt is to be kind of in control of your body to be a, to like have a bond of steel is to have a butt that's like,

Oh My goodness, you're absolutely right. It's I mean, I think it's like actually just pretty difficult to change your body One of the things when I started working on this book really early on was this was a question I have it's like how can a body part come in and out of fashion? I mean it happens all the time but what it's really asking of people and of women in particular is to

Oh My goodness, you're absolutely right. It's I mean, I think it's like actually just pretty difficult to change your body One of the things when I started working on this book really early on was this was a question I have it's like how can a body part come in and out of fashion? I mean it happens all the time but what it's really asking of people and of women in particular is to

Oh My goodness, you're absolutely right. It's I mean, I think it's like actually just pretty difficult to change your body One of the things when I started working on this book really early on was this was a question I have it's like how can a body part come in and out of fashion? I mean it happens all the time but what it's really asking of people and of women in particular is to

radically alter something that's all but unalterable. These days, the most extreme way and a way that's very popular to alter your butt is to have plastic surgery. But really, it's one of the only ways you can meaningfully change what your butt looks like. You can do what Jane Fonda calls like rover kicks, like donkey kicks or whatever.

radically alter something that's all but unalterable. These days, the most extreme way and a way that's very popular to alter your butt is to have plastic surgery. But really, it's one of the only ways you can meaningfully change what your butt looks like. You can do what Jane Fonda calls like rover kicks, like donkey kicks or whatever.

radically alter something that's all but unalterable. These days, the most extreme way and a way that's very popular to alter your butt is to have plastic surgery. But really, it's one of the only ways you can meaningfully change what your butt looks like. You can do what Jane Fonda calls like rover kicks, like donkey kicks or whatever.

all day long and you'll have like a slightly bigger butt but you can't really make an enormous butt out of a small butt. It's just not really possible. So it's one of the reasons why it's actually just so bizarre that fashion asks us this of us is that it's asking something that's kind of not actually humanly possible is to change what your butt looks like.

all day long and you'll have like a slightly bigger butt but you can't really make an enormous butt out of a small butt. It's just not really possible. So it's one of the reasons why it's actually just so bizarre that fashion asks us this of us is that it's asking something that's kind of not actually humanly possible is to change what your butt looks like.