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I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron The Man with the $100,000 Breasts by Michael Konik Horsemen of the Esophagus by Jason Fagone Judging a Book by Its Lover by Lauren Leto I Can Barely Take Care of Myself by Jen Kirkman The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.Ī Walk in the Woods, In a Sunburned Country and The Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon’s office where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk.
In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. What makes breasts so mercurial-and so vulnerable? Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. But in the modern world, the breast is changing.
This installment of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams.ĭid you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece.
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