Strangers try to fix my posture. According to them, my shoulders slump, and my neck protrudes on a diagonal, as though I’m constantly reading a book or peering down at a phone screen. My critics come ...

In 1995 Ron Rosenbaum wrote a New York Times Magazine article about a batch of nude photographs he discovered in the Smithsonian Institution archives. The collection of images, numbering in the ...

The unusual and unexpected evolution of the perceived crisis of poor posture in contemporary America—spanning from eugenics and posture contests to present-day advocates of "paleo posture." There’s ...

In the US, the message is clear: sitting up straight is good, and slouching is bad. But Beth Linker, author of "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America", says it's more complicated than that. In her ...

The strange history of good posture reveals a century-long obsession in America with standing up straight, intertwining pseudoscience, scandal, and social control. This video, featuring insights from ...

One of the latest and surprising findings in the field of physical therapy is that slouching is not as bad as we think it is. Certain researchers have gone so far as to say that the conventional fear ...

While rehearsing for the Eras tour, Taylor Swift wore the $185 posture-correcting Forme Power Bra. The bra is designed to "immediately improve upper body alignment" and fix your posture. Beth Linker, ...

You know that slouched position you fall into when you’re working at your computer, scrolling your phone, or binge-watching Netflix? That rounded shoulders, forward head, compressed chest posture that ...

Your mom was right all along. Standing up straight isn’t just about looking confident or adding those extra inches to your height. The way you hold yourself throughout the day could be silently ...

Out of all the things I tried to fix my bad posture, it’s funny how a simple app did the trick. Having used it for a week now, I’ve started catching myself sitting straighter without even thinking ...

If you’ve been trying to improve your posture and you just can’t seem to do it, let me introduce you to what might be a surprising idea: the way you stand, or the way you sit in your chair at work or ...