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The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Revolution: The Story of the First Bikini
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:30:30
Publish Date: 2017-02-10 16:00:28
Description:

In 1907, the professional swimmer Annette Kellerman was arrested on a Massachusetts beach for wearing a revealing bathing suit -- a skin-tight black ensemble which covered most of her body. 

Less than forty years later, in 1946, the owner of a Parisian lingerie shop invented the bikini, perhaps the smallest amount of fabric to ever change the world.

In this podcast, I'll tell you what happened to change people's perception of public decency in those forty years and explain how the bikini represents the best -- and the worst -- instincts of modern American culture.

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