Press
Book Reviews
Mead, Rebecca. “The Truth Behind the Slouching Epidemic.” The New Yorker. April 8, 2024.
Schaffner, Anna Katharina. “Slouch: Posture pandemic in modern America by Beth Linker | Book review.” TLS. July 17, 2024.
Felsenthal, Daniel. “The Bad Politics of Bad Posture.” The New Republic. August 8, 2024.
- Piyarali, Shahina. “Book Review: Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Shelf Awareness. February 9, 2024.
- Lanks, Belinda. “‘Slouch’ Review: The Panic Over Posture.” The Wall Street Journal. April 12, 2024.
- Berwick, Isabel. “Slouch — office workers, sit up and take note.” Financial Times. July 11, 2024.
- Adams, Zoe. “Why Americans Are Obsessed With Poor Posture.” The Nation. November 20, 2024.
- Sastry, Rajiv M. “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Disability & society. (2024): 1–3.
Interviews
Richtel, Matt. “Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture On Its Head.” The New York Times. April 26, 2024.
- Thomas, Tanisha. “The PA expert pushing back on ‘posture panic.’” Spotlight PA. May 4, 2024.
- Ansley, Laura. “Are You Sitting Up Straight?” American Historical Association. May 9, 2024.
- Silva, Katelyn. “Beth Linker’s new book explores the science of posture.” Penn Today. May 21, 2024.
- “Taylor Swift’s posture-correcting bra costs $185. A posture historian shares why she’s skeptical of ‘one-size-fits-all’ solutions.” The Business Insider. May 24, 2024. Gale General OneFile (accessed July 31, 2024).
- Ruscoe, Glenn. “Interview with a Historian.” history.physio. July 31, 2024.
- “Your back and neck pain might have nothing to do with your bad posture, a posture historian says.” The Business Insider. May 30, 2024.. Gale General OneFile (accessed July 31, 2024).
Podcasts
Paskin, Willa, and Dan Kois. “Standing Up for Sitting Down.” Produced by Max Freedman. Slate: Decoder Ringer. July 31, 2024. Podcast, 41:16.
Hassenfeld, Noam, and Beth Linker. “Rediscovering America’s War on Bad Posture.” Produced by Byrd Pinkerton. Unexplainable. July 17, 2024. Podcast, 21:26.
- Clovis, Mark, and Beth Linker. “Posturing over Protests and Protesting over Posture.” Produced by Marshall Poe. Science, Technology, and Society: New Books Network. March 21, 2024. Podcast, 31:50.
- Pollock, Kelly Therese, and Beth Linker. “American Posture Panic.” Presented and produced by Kelly Therese Pollock. Unsung History. April 15, 2024. Podcast, 47:52.
- Pesca, Mike, and Beth Linker. “Posturing over Protests and Protesting over Posture.” Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara. The Gist. May 3, 2024. Podcast, 44:01.
- Kabaservice, Geoff, and Beth Linker. “Slouching and the posture panic, with Beth Linker.” Niskanen Center. May 21, 2024.
- Panasevich, Jake, and Beth Linker. “Dr. Beth Linker: Slouch, Posture Panic in America, Posture Science and Misconceptions About Posture.” Yoga With Jake. August 5, 2024. Podcast, 59:29.
- Beversdorf, Laurel, Court, Sarah, and Beth Linker. “Posture Panic Part 3.” Movement Logic. September 25, 2024. Podcast, 1:16:52.
Radio
Scott, Maiken, and Beth Linker. “Rediscovering America’s War on Bad Posture.” Presented and produced by Maiken Scott. The Pulse (NPR). May 3, 2024.
Gregg, Cherri, Wolfman-Arent, Avi and Beth Linker. “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Produced by Debbie Bilder. Studio 2 (NPR). May 3, 2024.
Taylor, Laurie, and Beth Linker. “The Politics of the Body.” Thinking Allowed, Radio 4, BBC. Produced by Jayne Egerton. June 11, 2024. Radio, 29:00.
- Won, Grace and Beth Linker. “Beth Linker’s Book ‘Slouch’ Recounts History of ‘Posture Panic.’” KQED. March 25, 2024.
- Ferguson, Susie and Beth Linker. “Prof Beth Linker: In defence of slouching.” RNZ. June 7, 2024.
- Boyd, Krys, and Beth Linker. “The Straight Story about Posture Panic.” KERA Think (NPR). June 7, 2024.
- Manasan, Althea and Beth Linker. “Sore back? Your bad posture may not be to blame after all, experts say.” CBC. June 23, 2024.
- Megarry, Brett, Mackling, Greg, and Beth Linker. “Slouch Interview.” The Start with Brett Megarry and Greg Mackling, CJOB. August 6, 2024.
TV Appearance
Baumgarten, Robin, Potash, Larry and Beth Linker. “America’s slouching epidemic.” Morning News Guests. WGN9. Chicago. June 27, 2024.
Articles/Mentions
- Marx, Patricia. “Is the Pandemic Breaking Our Backs?” The New Yorker. March 22, 2021.
- Cowen, Tyler. “What I’ve been reading.” Marginal Revolution. March 26, 2024.
- Piyarali, Shahina. “The Best Books this Week – Science – Slouch.” Shelf Awareness. April 12, 2024.
- Richtel, Matt. “Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head.” The New York Times. April 26, 2024.
- Violante, Antonia, and Evan Nesterak. “Behavioral Scientist’s Summer Book List 2024.” Behavioral Scientist. June 5, 2024.
- Glover, Amy. “How Bad Is ‘Bad Posture’ For You, Really?” HuffPost UK, July 22, 2024.