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'Wearing a corset is liberating!' Meet the woman living a modern-day Victorian life..
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 14, 2013 | Olivia Fleming

Posted on 11/14/2013 12:06:40 PM PST by C19fan

For more than 50 years, American women have cast off constrictive undergarments, which feminists have long criticized as symbols of repression. But for one Seattle resident, embracing the corset in the 21st century has been a tool of empowerment -- not oppression. For the last four years, 33-year-old Sarah Chrisman has not only worn a corset on a daily basis, she has also unabashedly embraced the 19th century, deciding to live a wholly Victorian-era lifestyle.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: babes; victorian
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Nice posture in the first photo. Beats the grunge look prevalent in Seattle. She is the counter-culture.
1 posted on 11/14/2013 12:06:40 PM PST by C19fan
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To: NYer

ping


2 posted on 11/14/2013 12:07:37 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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'Wearing a corset is liberating!'

That's great.....where's my dinner?

3 posted on 11/14/2013 12:12:11 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: C19fan


"Hello, hello"
4 posted on 11/14/2013 12:13:26 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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Her husband, Gabriel, a recent Masters of Library and Information Science graduate from the University of Washington who works at a local bicycle shop and library”

...liberals.


5 posted on 11/14/2013 12:16:07 PM PST by albie
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Good for her. It’s rather sweet and countercultural. Plus, she’s not hurting a soul and her husband seems to be enjoying her immensely.


6 posted on 11/14/2013 12:16:56 PM PST by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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Corsets, if laced too tightly, can displace internal organs. They honestly can be a health hazard.


7 posted on 11/14/2013 12:18:33 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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she has also unabashedly embraced the 19th century, deciding to live a wholly Victorian-era lifestyle.

I have no problem with what they are doing and offer a hearty "good for them." On the other hand I think a couple of weeks in 1880's London would disillusion them of much of their Victorian romanticism.

8 posted on 11/14/2013 12:19:32 PM PST by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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The lady says her posture has improved ... I dunno ...


9 posted on 11/14/2013 12:23:10 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: C19fan

Everybody needs a hobby.


10 posted on 11/14/2013 12:23:52 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: albie

Bicycle Repair Man!


11 posted on 11/14/2013 12:26:24 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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To: C19fan

I too embrace a bygone era of when men were men and women were woman. Todays LGBT .....whatever, sickening!


12 posted on 11/14/2013 12:28:43 PM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: knarf

They can be dangerous. Doctors starting objecting to their use.


13 posted on 11/14/2013 12:29:05 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: C19fan

Which does more harm...a corset...or Obamadork care?


14 posted on 11/14/2013 12:31:01 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yeah, baby!

15 posted on 11/14/2013 12:35:25 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Hardraade

See how he uses that spanner!


16 posted on 11/14/2013 12:35:43 PM PST by jmacusa (I don't think so, but I doubt it.)
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To: colorado tanker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Hz6hsWnso


17 posted on 11/14/2013 12:37:14 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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Does the term “Victorian” apply to the US? Since her tastes in clothing and literature seem to be mostly from the 1880’s and 1890’s, I would say that she lives a postbellum lifestyle.


18 posted on 11/14/2013 12:40:43 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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Corsets, if laced too tightly, can displace internal organs. They honestly can be a health hazard.

I think corsets are covered on pages 1873 and 1946 in Obamacare, in addition to a few hundred pages of regulations derived from those pages.

19 posted on 11/14/2013 12:41:33 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Everyone get online for Obamacare on 10/1. Overload the system and crash it hard!)
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To each his/her own. Seems harmless and if it makes her happy...


20 posted on 11/14/2013 12:41:59 PM PST by pgkdan
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