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9/12/19

Instead of Using Foot Numbing CBD Cream, Buy Shoes That Don't Hurt

The phenomenon of encouraging human beings to injure themselves in order to wear shoes meant to protect feet from…

Emily Alford

PublishedSeptember 12, 2019

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6/3/19

Women in Japan Petition Against Workplace High Heel Mandates

Women in Japan are asking that the government ban employers from discriminating against women who don’t wear high…

Frida Garza

PublishedJune 3, 2019

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In DepthFeatures

The Fascist, the Flat, and the High Heel

In one of the many brisk, readable chapters of Summer Brennan’s new book High Heel, she points out that a high heel…

Catherine Nichols

PublishedApril 29, 2019

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6/17/18

Meghan Markle Is a Mere Mortal Who Trips in High Heels

Lest you thought you’d be free of Meghan Markle news now that the royal wedding has come and gone, NOPE. Today, from…

Rebecca Fishbein

PublishedJune 17, 2018

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Entertainment

Actually, Bryce Dallas Howard's Character in Jurassic World Loves Running in Heels

If by some miracle, you don’t recall the footwear drama around Jurassic World—the continuation of the Jurassic Park…

Frida Garza

PublishedJune 4, 2018

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12/8/15

Finally, NYC Will Have 'High-Heel Friendly' Subway Grates

Some positive news for accident-prone New Yorkers who love heels: Those annoying subway sidewalk grates that you…

Clover Hope

PublishedDecember 8, 2015

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10/22/15

Bryce Dallas Howard Will Not Be Running in Heels in Jurassic World 2

This summer, Jurassic World enraged shoe-wearers nationwide after it depicted Bryce Dallas Howard’s type-A character…

Joanna Rothkopf

PublishedOctober 22, 2015

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6/10/15

Bryce Dallas Howard Spends Jurassic World Running in Heels. As One Does

Hello, ladies! Don’t you just hate it when you’re minding your own business, creating genetically modified dinosaurs…

Kelly Faircloth

PublishedJune 10, 2015

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5/19/15

Cannes Film Festival Won't Admit Women Wearing Flat Shoes

The Cannes Film Festival is reportedly not allowing women into screenings if they’re wearing flat shoes. I’m not…

Anna Merlan

PublishedMay 19, 2015

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10/30/14

Here Is a Map of the United States By Average Heel Height

The online shopping site Gilt employs a Principal Data Scientist, which is unsurprising and probably not that…

Kara Brown

PublishedOctober 30, 2014

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9/10/14

Here's That Exhibit Devoted to Sky-High Heels That You Didn't Ask For

Sky-high heels are finally getting their own museum exhibit! Visit and contemplate all the ways you could grievously…

Kelly Faircloth

PublishedSeptember 10, 2014

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1/24/14

Pedi Alert: Sarah Jessica Parker's Shoe Collection Debuts in One Month

The last episode of Sex And The City aired in 2004, but thanks to two movies and The Carrie Diaries it never really…

Dodai Stewart

PublishedJanuary 24, 2014

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CelebritiesNews

Mike Bloomberg Would Wear Heels If He Were A Lady, Says Mike Bloomberg

What would New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg wear if he were a woman? is a question that has probably kept zero…

Erin Gloria Ryan

PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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8/28/13

High Heels Are Turning You Into a Hobbling Claw-Toed Monster

Great news! Your feet are fucked. And so are mine, and so are that lady's over there, and so are all the feet of all…

Lindy West

PublishedAugust 28, 2013

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2/27/13

High Heels Signify Status, Separate the Classy From the Trashy

I don't know about you, but whenever I go shopping for shoes, I'm always stunned by the incredible disproportion of…

Lisa Wade, PhD

PublishedFebruary 27, 2013

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1/28/13

Why Men Stopped Wearing High Heels

From the late 16th Century until the early 18th, high heels were a men's fashion, and then a unisex fashion trend in…

Jenna Sauers

PublishedJanuary 28, 2013

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11/21/12

More Women Are Literally Chopping Off Their Pinky Toes to Fit Into High Heels

More women are chipping away at their feet — a shortened toe here, a completely amputated pinky there — so they can…

Katie J.M. Baker

PublishedNovember 21, 2012

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7/8/12

Shoes Abandons Ship Mere Inches Before the Finish Line

Participants in Glamour high heels race run to the finish in downtown Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 7, 2012.…

Doug Barry

PublishedJuly 8, 2012

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3/22/12

Wearing Heels Does Not Make You A Bad Feminist

Are you overdue for a reminder that your high-heeled shoes are nothing more than pretty, pretty evidence of your…

Jenna Sauers

PublishedMarch 22, 2012

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