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Susan Orlean

I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip

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Susan Orlean recalls how her mother struggled to fit into a very stiff and uncomfortable garment that shaped her body tightly. She also remembers how her mother would hurry to remove it after social events, showing how restrictive and painful it was to wear.

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