EP 1,151B - A BOOBS LIFE: How Americas Obsession Shaped me...and YOU

Published: June 6, 2023, 5 a.m.

b'ep-1-151b-a-boob-s-life-how-america-s-obsession-shaped-me-and-youAuthor\\xa0Leslie\\xa0Lehr\\xa0wants to talk about boobs. She\\u2019s gone from size AA to DDDD and everything between, from puberty to motherhood, enhancement to cancer, and beyond. And she\\u2019s not alone - these are classic life stages for women today.At turns funny and heartbreaking,\\xa0A Boob\\u2019s Life\\xa0explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman\\u2019s body.\\xa0Lehr\\xa0deftly blends her personal narrative with national history, starting in the 1960s with the women\\u2019s liberation movement and moving to the current feminist dialogue and what it means to be a woman. Her insightful and clever writing analyzes how America\\u2019s obsession with the female form has affected her own life\\u2019s journey and the psyche of all women today.

From her prize-winning fiction to her viral New York Times Modern Love essay, exploring the challenges facing contemporary women has been\\xa0Lehr\\u2019s life-long passion.\\xa0A Boob\\u2019s Life, her first project since breast cancer treatment, continues this mission, taking readers on a wildly informative, deeply personal, and utterly relatable journey. No matter your gender, you\\u2019ll never view this sexy and sacred body part the same way again.'