I Grew Up in a Corset. Time to Bust Some Myths. (Ft. Actual Research)

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @BluefishRedfish
    @BluefishRedfish 5 лет назад +7412

    (Bernadette trying to tell people that average measurements ‘back then’ and now are consistent):
    “I really don’t know how to explain to you that people have always been people”

    • @camouflagejumpsuit
      @camouflagejumpsuit 5 лет назад +75

      I am tall and when I was in my 20s had a 21" waist. It is 29 to 31 now. Miss the tight waist I had then. I had more energy carrying no extra weight.

    • @ClAra-ig4er
      @ClAra-ig4er 5 лет назад +115

      I appreciate the joke, and I know this fact doesn't necessarily apply to the Victorian era, but people were actually smaller before. I've seen many old door frames on churches, etc. that are really tiny, smaller than me by at least a head :)

    • @candacerain1
      @candacerain1 5 лет назад +67

      I'm thinking that they were different, mainly because their diets were different. Regardless of more fat etc.

    • @leacody782
      @leacody782 5 лет назад +85

      We also have more hormones in our meat and dairy now, more fat and salt in our processed food, etc. (also more education about and access to vitamins) so we may tend a bit larger, at least on average. There will always be a large range in human sizes.

    • @scottishastronomer
      @scottishastronomer 5 лет назад +45

      @@ClAra-ig4er That may partly be due to the idea of humbling yourself before God by stooping to enter His house and partly due to it being easier and cheaper to build it that way.

  • @bekahjoy6600
    @bekahjoy6600 5 лет назад +12294

    This is so politely salty that it's satisfying.

    • @xSASS1993x
      @xSASS1993x 5 лет назад +83

      Gotta love the furrow of her brow. :)

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 года назад +46

      Politely salty is just like food, no? Of course it's satisfying.

    • @cebbi1313
      @cebbi1313 4 года назад +42

      You must love office emails

    • @custodianvrael6471
      @custodianvrael6471 4 года назад +19

      It's one of the reasons i subscribed

    • @Kat-xy7fm
      @Kat-xy7fm 4 года назад +6

      Not a big fan of the "You Will Be Triggered By This" bit at the start. It is not particularly classy to begin your explanation with "if you disagree with me you have PTSD and thusly cannot have an opinion" but I suppose it fits for historical accuracy

  • @viridia1526
    @viridia1526 5 лет назад +8295

    She’s that girl that could roast me and my fashion sense and I would thank her.

    • @squibmis8381
      @squibmis8381 4 года назад +164

      ArrowsToHeart Honestly, I need someone to roast my fashion sense cause I have none :/

    • @viridia1526
      @viridia1526 4 года назад +43

      Historia Reiss oof same

    • @elizabethwells8893
      @elizabethwells8893 4 года назад +16

      Same ooff.

    • @TheySt0leMyUserName
      @TheySt0leMyUserName 4 года назад +19

      She punched me in the face once. It was awesome

    • @gregputnam7243
      @gregputnam7243 4 года назад +4

      That reminds me of the boss from Devils Wear Prada. I have never actually seen it but Meryl Streep is iconic in that movie.

  • @MrsStormtrooper
    @MrsStormtrooper 4 года назад +4802

    Some extras, from a med student who's been through the hells of anatomy: the lower ribs are very flexible, so much that they'll move if you push hard enough with your fingers, and this is because they are connected to the sternum only by cartilage. They won't be reshaped so easily. And our abdominal organs are mostly soft and hollow, and they're kept in place by ligaments inside the peritoneum (idk if the translation is correct) which is like a big sack going from the diaphragm to the top of the bladder, so independently of how they're squished by the corset, they'll flop back into their original position once it's off, so It's pretty much like squeezing a water balloon. The only issue with corsets is that you can't dive face first into the party's buffet because your stomach and intestines don't have all of their normal space to expand and hold as much food as you'd want :(((

    • @Wandererofrealmz
      @Wandererofrealmz 4 года назад +74

      So do corsets give a noticeable effect on our figure when they are off?

    • @dustypetxls7430
      @dustypetxls7430 4 года назад +474

      I pushed on my lower ribs and they moved. Im uncomfy now

    • @imboredashell8954
      @imboredashell8954 4 года назад +241

      @@dustypetxls7430 My ribs grew eyes to cry with from that comment.

    • @prairieN
      @prairieN 4 года назад +242

      Fun fact about organ mobility, some people can touch the back of their spine through their abdomen in the weeks after giving birth

    • @gracecrowe6787
      @gracecrowe6787 3 года назад +209

      How many people read this and pressed on their lower ribs?

  • @elizabethgem2102
    @elizabethgem2102 5 лет назад +16651

    I love how she has this beautiful extensive vocabulary and then when shes describing a marriage she just says "some dude". Shes awesome.

    • @christinelavallee57
      @christinelavallee57 5 лет назад +64

      Elizabeth Gem my favorite part too

    • @confusiondarkness5058
      @confusiondarkness5058 5 лет назад +32

      I don't understand how that was a good part lol (not trying to throw shade)

    • @jadrobe3492
      @jadrobe3492 5 лет назад +469

      @@confusiondarkness5058 Because she's speaking so eloquent, and then when she speaks about marriage, she drops the eloquency. its the irony that makes it a bit humorous, which is probably why OP likes that part

    • @thekinginyellow7656
      @thekinginyellow7656 5 лет назад +88

      Ann Rice may have wrote that a skilled singer may be able to break a glass with her voice, but the job is easier done by dropping it on the ground. She marries both ideals wells.

    • @jeric_synergy8581
      @jeric_synergy8581 5 лет назад +49

      @@confusiondarkness5058 , contrast, my friend, contrast.

  • @thespiritofadventure3923
    @thespiritofadventure3923 5 лет назад +11705

    you CAN’T convince me that she’s not a time lord

  • @kelsey1406
    @kelsey1406 4 года назад +10495

    I love how people hate on corsets, but will gladly put on shapewear.

    • @zorahbonnin1626
      @zorahbonnin1626 4 года назад +938

      Or high heels ...

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 4 года назад +536

      The idea of shapewear to me is partly hilarious and partly perplexing. Yes the gentler variety giving a smooth line is fine. The stronger ones I see advertised on curvaceous bodies giving them a totally different line, albeit a smooth one leave me shocked. Why wear styles and sizes that clearly don't fit? Look for something genuinely flattering and comfortable. Fashion, style, beauty are not defined by one look alone. Not even a dozen looks. Just why? Yes I like heels too but only when I don't have to walk in them.

    • @jenniferprice9971
      @jenniferprice9971 4 года назад +400

      That is something that I don’t understand. The exact same society that hates corsets not only has shape wear made out of elastic stretchy material but also sells shape wear with boning Which is basically a gentler version of the modern corset but still slims down the figure.

    • @AshleesBathroom
      @AshleesBathroom 4 года назад +117

      They're the same thing, lol. I use corsets to help me with my posture and I like how they feel.

    • @barbstapleton6934
      @barbstapleton6934 4 года назад +19

      Yes that was what I thought too! Its like spanx for your tummy and boobs

  • @asantaimeep
    @asantaimeep 4 года назад +7230

    Victorian girl: *catches tuberculosis*
    Her mother: ugh it's cus you're always on those damn corsets-

    • @fiamumuser
      @fiamumuser 4 года назад +603

      her father: ugh this young ladys and their fancy fashions

    • @FiSH-iSH
      @FiSH-iSH 4 года назад +41

      lmao

    • @naomigwolfe8112
      @naomigwolfe8112 4 года назад +78

      What would her mother be wearing lol? She is older than her! XD

    • @jillthomasma5273
      @jillthomasma5273 4 года назад +166

      Me: gets a stomach ache
      My parents: it’s because you’ve been on the damn phone-

    • @vxgaswxrld
      @vxgaswxrld 3 года назад +22

      She speaks so eloquently! I honestly like corset training ive never had any issues with it

  • @Wendywolffriend
    @Wendywolffriend 5 лет назад +3397

    I always got the feeling that the drawing of corseted women of the Victorian and Edwardian ages were like the Jessica Rabbit of today. HUGELY exaggerated for aesthetics and art but ultimately not real.

    • @spectra3300
      @spectra3300 5 лет назад +78

      Gwendolyn Carey you tellin me you think Jessica Rabbit doesn’t just look like that?

    • @Kozickih
      @Kozickih 5 лет назад +154

      It makes me think of the exaggerated proportions we see in Disney princesses too.

    • @g.strobl4458
      @g.strobl4458 5 лет назад +43

      And Barbie. :)

    • @BygoneT
      @BygoneT 5 лет назад +24

      @@Kozickih "Exaggerated" Y tho. There are millions of women who have those "Unrealistic" proportions, and it just so happens that most people like them more than others. I don't get the push back on looking good.

    • @mothman-cj2yd
      @mothman-cj2yd 5 лет назад

      No...maybe...possibly...Nah

  • @ellooper8728
    @ellooper8728 5 лет назад +5509

    im a dude and its midnight, i dont know why im here but man the way she talks is so clean

  • @robertlopez2052
    @robertlopez2052 5 лет назад +13919

    She speaks in a mix of print, cursive, italics, and essay.
    She’s posh with an American accent.
    She’s a goddess amongst men.

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 года назад +245

      Articulate -- too rare

    • @justentertainingtv9686
      @justentertainingtv9686 4 года назад +216

      As a british woman, we don't notice the difference.

    • @LOLinsultan
      @LOLinsultan 4 года назад +113

      and lesbians...

    • @charlie_7160
      @charlie_7160 4 года назад +41

      i know this is unrelated but robert can have my ovaries

    • @kozlovxei
      @kozlovxei 4 года назад +6

      Nice profile pic

  • @katymcdonald5481
    @katymcdonald5481 4 года назад +3231

    When I was 15 I became a goth and began wearing corsetry. I bought a beautiful black silk corset that was custom made for me by a wonderful costume designer using traditional methods she had learned in her training in England. It was incredibly comfortable and I am very large chested, I believe that the corsetry I wore since that age has prevented me from developing back pain because of the upward support and spinal support offered by the corsetry. I think that bras for large chested women are very often more damaging for the spine and the delicate soft tissue that can be damaged during exercise from excessive bounce. Modern sport’s bras generally go for the ‘squash breasts against the rib cage’ approach of support for exercise. I definitely think for large busted women that corsets can be much more comfortable and supportive and can prevent spinal damage in the long term rather than the shoulders and back carrying the weight of the bust in a bra.

    • @BabyGirl-cw6uj
      @BabyGirl-cw6uj 3 года назад +140

      Wow, this is very insightful 😯. Will definitely invest in one as my back is always killing me 😔

    • @user-hj5io2wt3d
      @user-hj5io2wt3d 3 года назад +67

      Ohh thats why my sports bra is so tight-
      (Edit: not to the point of being uncomfortable tho)

    • @remiliaboutwell8811
      @remiliaboutwell8811 3 года назад +112

      Corsets are also effective as pressure therapy and for back conditions and stuff like fibromyalgia

    • @averikwiatkowski2632
      @averikwiatkowski2632 3 года назад +30

      does anyone know where i could get one and for how much? ive been genuinely considering it.

    • @docholliday1882
      @docholliday1882 3 года назад +72

      @@averikwiatkowski2632 I'm a dude, but I have some tips. The first cotton, heavy duty, double steel boned, waist training corset I bought was from amazon for around $40-$45. I also have a custom satin one from etsy for about $70. Both are prices for underbust corsets. Definitely stay away from cheap costume "corsets" since they aren't real corsets. They only have floppy plastic bones.
      Find out if you have a short or long torso before ordering a corset. If you get the wrong kind, it'll be unusable. Everyone has different amounts they can "squish" down to. If you can/are into that, then standard beginner advice is to order a corset 4" smaller than your natural waist. You can cinch tighter after you break in a new corset for 2wks.

  • @Nailsbyabimae
    @Nailsbyabimae 5 лет назад +24246

    Bernadette: speaks extremely proper at all times
    Also Bernadette: “before her marriage to... *some dude* ”

    • @rainbowbubblegum5284
      @rainbowbubblegum5284 5 лет назад +78

      Abi Mae when does she say that?

    • @abc11645
      @abc11645 5 лет назад +205

      At about 6:25

    • @norwegianwiking
      @norwegianwiking 5 лет назад +207

      Try turning on auto-generated subtitles, its incredible.

    • @jcaylalove8713
      @jcaylalove8713 5 лет назад +58

      You just have to love her! Haha 🤣😎

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 5 лет назад +97

      "speaks extremely _properly"_
      Fixed that for you.

  • @DanaeTroupe
    @DanaeTroupe 5 лет назад +5800

    No idea why this was in my recommended but I watched the whole thing

  • @stefanwalicord2512
    @stefanwalicord2512 4 года назад +7559

    Headcanon: Victorian chicks used the swoon trick go get out of social situations with men too stupid to get that that wasn't for real.

    • @tierneybeckett
      @tierneybeckett 4 года назад +247

      I like this.

    • @communismamirite5522
      @communismamirite5522 4 года назад +81

      Yes.

    • @stefanwalicord2512
      @stefanwalicord2512 4 года назад +396

      @@nidhug9115 if you find a source for this, my quality of life will rise by AT LEAST 15% because that would be hilarious

    • @iflykaya
      @iflykaya 4 года назад +212

      That explains the beginning of the first Pirates Of The Caribbean movie 🤣

    • @intheendgirl
      @intheendgirl 4 года назад +173

      We ladies still use similar tricks today, but we'll never reveal our secrets lol

  • @mamazeta906
    @mamazeta906 3 года назад +1864

    "The fainting, the shortness of breath, the shifted organs and squashed ribs" You're describing pregnancy.

    • @ladybug591
      @ladybug591 3 года назад +20

      Not for me --- never had any of those problems , just lucky I guess or because I was never over weight maybe. Fat inside the body can cause many problems.

    • @Kittikee10
      @Kittikee10 3 года назад +212

      @@ladybug591 look at you being so perfect

    • @chloev91
      @chloev91 3 года назад +168

      @@Kittikee10 lol right, scientifically no matter who you are your organs move during pregnancy. (Pregnant 4 times sometimes I was at a perfect weight and twice I was overweight... All those things happened every single time)

    • @aTheistSammie
      @aTheistSammie 3 года назад +52

      @@chloev91 yep. Currently pregnant with my 2nd. With my first, I started out at 125lb and 5'6". Clearly I had organ shifting, pooping was difficult, and I used pregnancy as an excuse to gain weight. I gave birth at just under 190lbs. 20 weeks into #2 I've only gained 2-3 lbs and Im 163lb. I guess I stored enough fat/nutrients for 2 babies my first pregnancy.

    • @sillypuppy5940
      @sillypuppy5940 3 года назад +5

      There's a corset for that

  • @rosieHolliday5887
    @rosieHolliday5887 4 года назад +3790

    Oh to help you with regards to the whole "swooning" thing. I watched several documentaries about Victorian homes & it was suggested that women would faint not because of their underwear, but because of the high amounts of arsenic in the fashionable green wallpapers. Not only that but the lighting used throughout the house just made the situation worse. The candles would heat up the atmosphere which would trigger the arsenic laden wallpaper to start releasing toxic vapours. Not only that, but it was the first period where gas lighting was introduced. Gas supplies at the time were unregulated & so the fittings were of poor quality. Gas leaking into an already warm sitting room that's loaded with arsenic vapour was basically a death waiting to happen & the person who spent most time in that sitting room was the lady of the house.

    • @emilyrichards4157
      @emilyrichards4157 4 года назад +119

      Did you get all that from absolute history? I love that channel

    • @rangda_prime
      @rangda_prime 4 года назад +217

      Oh! I read that these fumes and gas leaks, along with monoxide syndrome could have been a factor in the Gothic literary and art movement and the sense of dread and angst found in writers such as Edgar Allan Poe etc.

    • @stj971
      @stj971 4 года назад +2

      Interesting

    • @domefun3699
      @domefun3699 4 года назад +90

      In short: the house was the problem.
      Blame the construction of your living spaces not your corset.
      But absolute history? I love that channel.

    • @ariellelionessofYah
      @ariellelionessofYah 4 года назад +15

      Oh my gosh that’s fascinating!!

  • @CocoTheSpookyLibrarian
    @CocoTheSpookyLibrarian 5 лет назад +5929

    I think a lot of the "fainting" and "shortness of breath" was more caused by the tuberculosis that was rampant in the Victorians. I think there is an issue of correlation vs causation.

    • @fatalrob0t
      @fatalrob0t 5 лет назад +471

      It was also seen as feminine to faint.

    • @rowanmiller6035
      @rowanmiller6035 5 лет назад +422

      Or undiagnosed asthma.

    • @sfsin3380
      @sfsin3380 5 лет назад +633

      Or the fact that the majority of things rich people especially women interacted with where made of poison. Up to and including your green wall paper and dress dye being made from arsenic. not kidding.

    • @annacastro5672
      @annacastro5672 5 лет назад +388

      There was actually a trend of “fake fainting” for a while that women used to seem more dainty and delicate

    • @emiliesmith9917
      @emiliesmith9917 5 лет назад +202

      I have a condition called POTS that makes me faint more easily. I’m on medication now, but I used to faint like a Victorian ingenue, L.O.L

  • @ko-lq7vu
    @ko-lq7vu 5 лет назад +4664

    this human is so eloquent,,, my english is quaking in its corset

    • @jeisita24j
      @jeisita24j 5 лет назад +9

      SAME sksksksk

    • @user-je6co3gz2o
      @user-je6co3gz2o 5 лет назад +1

      DISJKNKSDF im Dcnksfd

    • @jaheriawilson19
      @jaheriawilson19 5 лет назад +4

      ||-//

    • @rayn28
      @rayn28 5 лет назад

      Same ;-;

    • @jaclyncamacho2420
      @jaclyncamacho2420 5 лет назад +18

      Shes reading from cards. She writes out what she wants to say first using the most flowery language she can just so she sounds that way. She keeps looking to her left where her cards are.

  • @secretarmy1764
    @secretarmy1764 4 года назад +804

    I too have scoliosis. I had an S-shaped curve that was 51 degrees on top, and 53 degrees on the bottom. When we discovered it, it was so small, but they told us that it would progress with time and that I should get a back brace to help prevent it from worsening; however, because my mom thought that it was not good since it was "just like a corset". My parents didn't allow me to get a back brace until I was 13 years old. unfortunately, it was too late at that time. I wore it 23 hours a day for 9 months before I went back to my doctor and they told me that i needed urgent surgery bc my spine was starting to affect heart and lung function, and the lower half of my spine was so curved it was almost touching my pelvic bone. I ended up having 22 screws and two 13 inch rods put in my back, all because my mom didn't want me to wear "a modern-day corset". So, yeah, re-learning to walk, months of pt, and not being able to bend over is fun.

    • @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
      @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans 2 года назад +133

      How did your mom justify it to you when she saw how damaging her choice was?

    • @KarolOfGutovo
      @KarolOfGutovo 2 года назад +1

      Look at the bright side. At least you didn't have to wear a corset that would make you faint and get tuberculosis and die until you were 13
      /s

    • @eternoplaceboexogeno5840
      @eternoplaceboexogeno5840 2 года назад +124

      @@EmmaJohnsonShenanigans she probably blamed something else, taking away the guilt, deriving it into something else, like an excuse, is a technique widely used by the mothers I have dealt with and their problems with their children, and this is not exclusive to parents, most people do the same thing at the right time.

    • @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
      @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans 2 года назад +56

      @@eternoplaceboexogeno5840 i’m really sorry that she attributed your scoliosis to something probably unrelated
      “it’s those doughnuts you eat all day and your bad posture!”
      -someone’s mom, probably

    • @rubik6142
      @rubik6142 2 года назад +12

      honestly from my understanding with scoliosis as deep as you have you should have went under the surgery immediately, since you should go under the surgery if you have more than 50 degress of curve. however that information is from my rehabilitant and specialist doctors so i may be wrong here

  • @ari-xk4mf
    @ari-xk4mf 5 лет назад +21337

    she literally speaks in italics

    • @clownworldhereticmyron1018
      @clownworldhereticmyron1018 5 лет назад +802

      *cursive

    • @krisostomoyabarrera2255
      @krisostomoyabarrera2255 5 лет назад +957

      @@clownworldhereticmyron1018 cursive AND italicized

    • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
      @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 5 лет назад +320

      doodily doo Too clear and distinct to be cursive. Calligraphic print.

    • @XChiakichi
      @XChiakichi 5 лет назад +389

      She speaks in ink dip pen written, handwritten letter, cursive. Possibly with calligraphic initial to start said letter. Likely sealed with some sort of wax ribbon seal.

    • @anarchy6304
      @anarchy6304 5 лет назад +46

      in that case apparently i speak in italics, because apparently i speak much like she does

  • @dorishaw7831
    @dorishaw7831 5 лет назад +5236

    The ability you have to speak so quickly without stuttering or jumbling your words... very impressive👏🏽 I could talk in sloth mode and I would still jumble first grade level words

    • @deletedaccount8511
      @deletedaccount8511 5 лет назад +79

      Haha, i can not even begin to compare my vocabulary to hers, although in my native language I might get close to it. But I definetly speak a lot faster, my parents have always told me that was due to my older sisters habbit of interrupting me whenever I spoke, I was obligated to do so because otherwise i could never finish a sentence.

    • @Dehnie
      @Dehnie 5 лет назад +10

      #slothmode

    • @juliabotoros
      @juliabotoros 5 лет назад +17

      Now that I hear her talking I realized that my American accent like almost all Americans, we pronounce things like “water” ,
      “wadur” LMAO

    • @KevinEdude
      @KevinEdude 5 лет назад

      The ability to shoot artillery is way cooler. It's like gardening or yoga but you get to kill stuff.

    • @ilianoor6870
      @ilianoor6870 5 лет назад +2

      I absolutely cannot speak fast at all, in English or my native language, but I definitely can read a long manuscript faster than I can say it

  • @Laeiryn
    @Laeiryn 4 года назад +3217

    Having put corsets on a LOT of people: if it's uncomfortable, it doesn't fit/it's the wrong cut for your body!

    • @squibmis8381
      @squibmis8381 4 года назад +78

      Laeiryn I feel comfortable in any corset and waist trainer so yes!

    • @voodoovixen666
      @voodoovixen666 4 года назад +37

      Or too tight

    • @sashenkadumerve3017
      @sashenkadumerve3017 4 года назад +101

      Also, it takes around a week (for me at least with a waist trainer), for my body to adjust to the new compression. My waist started at 26.5 inch and now I’m a 26 inch waist. It also helps with my bad back. Laeiryn I agree most don’t fit properly that’s is why it is sooo uncomfortable.

    • @cristinerose21
      @cristinerose21 4 года назад +46

      You have to be measured for a proper fitting corset and get the right shape and style

    • @aniflowers1998
      @aniflowers1998 4 года назад +51

      @@voodoovixen666 which falls into the "doesn't fitt" category. Just like a to tight shoe that can kill your toes

  • @maryfown6362
    @maryfown6362 4 года назад +445

    The story of a girl in my family is she died because her hair was 6 feet long. It took all of her strength. Found death certificate. She died of tuberculosis. Story’s get distorted over generations. Love your clothing.

  • @golden_starlight_
    @golden_starlight_ 4 года назад +5185

    me: is italian and doesn't understand how inches work
    still me: you are absolutely right, please keep telling me about average waist measurements please

    • @katherinemorelle7115
      @katherinemorelle7115 4 года назад +187

      To help- 24in is 60cm. Generally regarded as the “ideal” waist measurement even of today. Though, that’s natural, without a corset, which leads me to believe that the average young ladies of Victorian times actually had larger waists than today’s ideal. About 27in (68.5cm)

    • @helgaschimmelgrau8405
      @helgaschimmelgrau8405 4 года назад +50

      From a CI user to my fellow CI user: multiply inches by 2,5 (or 2,54 to be more precise) and you'll get centimeters:)

    • @isabellaw.6330
      @isabellaw.6330 4 года назад +53

      @@helgaschimmelgrau8405 As if I can multiply in my head XD

    • @Unknown-uk9he
      @Unknown-uk9he 4 года назад +6

      Golden Starlight
      date a guy, then you’ll know.

    • @MagicalGirlUsagi
      @MagicalGirlUsagi 4 года назад +55

      As an Australian I concur, what the actual fuck is inches 😂

  • @softmodality
    @softmodality 5 лет назад +2365

    Her diction is so strong. She's so stunning. This was in my recommended yet I have no interest in corsets but I watched the whole thing. 10/10.

  • @heathertulip2389
    @heathertulip2389 4 года назад +6316

    Swooning in historical fiction = dramatic nosebleeds in anime

    • @sparks9835
      @sparks9835 4 года назад +325

      Oh god I hope historians judge our culture nowadays by something other than anime. Otherwise their perception of our society would be that of underdressed women with big boobs and constant yelling about friendship.

    • @AlokanandaSen
      @AlokanandaSen 4 года назад +25

      Oh this is so true!!!

    • @icedragonair
      @icedragonair 4 года назад +108

      Don't forget the tentacles.

    • @jasoncai3157
      @jasoncai3157 4 года назад +82

      @@icedragonair r/cursed comments

    • @esppupsnkits4560
      @esppupsnkits4560 4 года назад +12

      THANK YOU!

  • @Chattepliee
    @Chattepliee 3 года назад +619

    You know what really shoves your internal organs out of the way? Pregnancy. Yet no one seems to be worried about the side effects (spoiler alert, third term heartburn is no bueno, and boy do I wish I did belly binding after my second kid when everything came flopping back down). Anyway, those organs are made to move!

    •  2 года назад +28

      pregnancy puts insane strain on the body, organs are made to move a little bit and not for extended periods of time (like pregnancy, it is horrible for body)

    • @TahtahmesDiary
      @TahtahmesDiary 2 года назад +7

      I ended up getting diastasis recti so HAD to belly bind to heal because the Dr mocked me when I tried to explain I was in pain during the check up. It was SO helpful and healing, like having a 2nd set of abs to help me out when I needed it. When my abs feel weak now I still use it, even 6 yrs later.

    • @sarahblack9333
      @sarahblack9333 Год назад +10

      ​@@TahtahmesDiary it's like... Literally the entire _point_ of doctors to listen to people about the pain they're in and then _do something about it_

    • @luiysia
      @luiysia Год назад +2

      @yeah i don't understand how people use this as a justification of how corsets are totally okay. it makes them sound worse.

  • @jakeinator21
    @jakeinator21 5 лет назад +2458

    As someone who listens to audiobooks at 1.35x speed, I appreciate how quickly you speak! Thanks for not wasting my time by breathing!

    • @hannahgrace-grace
      @hannahgrace-grace 5 лет назад +139

      My choir instructor did always say that 'breathing is over-rated'... she wasn't a very good instructor. My better choir director gave tips on how to properly breath.

    • @theweyrd
      @theweyrd 5 лет назад +3

      😂

    • @rsslayersr
      @rsslayersr 5 лет назад +39

      the power of jumpcuts. making a 1.5 hour reading as short as 15 minutes :>

    • @somebloke3869
      @somebloke3869 5 лет назад +14

      @Danny BRITZMAN the strange thing is I can still follow what she is saying at ×2 speed.

    • @LaxLegion
      @LaxLegion 5 лет назад +9

      @Danny BRITZMAN i now hate when people talk slowly IRL

  • @paulangelopineda2534
    @paulangelopineda2534 5 лет назад +4544

    The comments to this video can be summarized into two categories
    1. I like the way she speaks
    2. I have no idea how i got here but i'm not complaining

    • @Ceilvia
      @Ceilvia 5 лет назад +8

      I have no idea how i got here but i'm not complaining

    • @jillyl7662
      @jillyl7662 5 лет назад +8

      @@Ceilvia I like the way she speaks

    • @suerobinson
      @suerobinson 5 лет назад +7

      Both for me. Lol

    • @RVNess
      @RVNess 5 лет назад

      Did you vote no to save animal, because my page it's glitching

    • @LeafyPeels
      @LeafyPeels 5 лет назад +1

      I was going to add a comment including both of these things. Now I don't have to

  • @Woofwoof369
    @Woofwoof369 5 лет назад +15095

    Her english pronunciation is satisfying.

    • @lynseychinnery5707
      @lynseychinnery5707 5 лет назад +260

      Indeed. It's refreshing and rare in this world.

    • @kn1ght-788
      @kn1ght-788 5 лет назад +89

      The Paragon Of Pronunciations

    • @LMvdB02
      @LMvdB02 5 лет назад +148

      It sounds very American

    • @bw4008
      @bw4008 5 лет назад +4

      I noticed that too

    • @dehydra8edwater
      @dehydra8edwater 5 лет назад +139

      I was waiting for her to say "umm," but she never did :')

  • @onyxth3ripper
    @onyxth3ripper 3 года назад +192

    The real reason so many actresses complain is that the corsets they were forced into are trash and cheaply made

  • @Kai-pm3nq
    @Kai-pm3nq 5 лет назад +1769

    I do ballet, and we often have to wear corsets to make costumes more flattering on us. People think wearing corsets are hard while chilling at a tea party? Try having an intense workout with one on!

    • @Betsyschugar
      @Betsyschugar 5 лет назад +222

      KERK_THE_KERKTASTIC! I’m an actor, and I’ve had to wear waist trainers and corsets for several shows including musicals. I totally get what you’re saying, singing to a couple hundred person theater while dancing is so hard!! Wearing a corset in my everyday life is so easy compared to that

    • @sylvansinger
      @sylvansinger 5 лет назад +86

      KERK_THE_KERKTASTIC! I’m guessing “running” a few miles back and forth on stage would be the ultimate test on fainting. 😳

    • @Kai-pm3nq
      @Kai-pm3nq 5 лет назад +16

      Sylvan Singer yup 😄

    • @AnniCarlsson
      @AnniCarlsson 4 года назад +20

      Yeah. I danced as well in one. Was to crappy quality so the bones or what they called in English broke. And danced like west coast swing and other simular dances. Masquerade dance but it is like 5-6 hours off dancing.

    • @aliceputt3133
      @aliceputt3133 4 года назад +15

      This is where the historical romance novels get their “heaving bosoms” came from.

  • @eibhlinnouwens8439
    @eibhlinnouwens8439 5 лет назад +2730

    She needs to teach me how she speaks like that, and does her hair

    • @janes8714
      @janes8714 5 лет назад +104

      Eibhlin Nouwens she has a video on her hair :) and you may not get her accent, but reading more is great for your vocabulary

    • @eibhlinnouwens8439
      @eibhlinnouwens8439 5 лет назад +119

      I actually read quite a bit, but what I wanted to know was how she managed to speak like that so effortlessly, and without stumbling. But thank you for letting me know that she has a video on her hair, I wasn't aware of that. 😁

    • @paulsmith-gi5vm
      @paulsmith-gi5vm 5 лет назад +13

      I agree the styling is classy and flawless.KUDOS Bernadette!

    • @shiandixon2201
      @shiandixon2201 5 лет назад +107

      How to speak eloquently:
      1) Invest in a dictionary and learning "x" words a day as well as their definitions.
      2) Understand English grammar.
      3) Practice by using it in your daily life.
      4) Do not use fillers such as "um's" or long pauses when speaking.
      5) If you are interested in something, it is more likely that you are to talk about it with a sense of excitement. Thus, will decrease the amount of awkwardness within your speech pattern, but also keep in mind to properly pronounce and pace yourself so your audience does not feel rushed.

    • @shazzaisdabest1
      @shazzaisdabest1 5 лет назад +39

      And also start practicing your Enunciation. Learn how to say words properly, rounded vowels and such. A good way iv seen taught in schools in which you learn how to act as a lady in britian is a little plastic stick about the length of the width of your thumb,, held between your top and bottom teeth so you can learn how to round your vowels properly.
      But just in general, no filler words like um and ah, learning new words to express things and Enunciate, Enunciate, Enunciate.
      In australia when i was at primary school you would get in to trouble if you used filler words in speeches, or in general talk hahaha

  • @jordanthomas9745
    @jordanthomas9745 5 лет назад +25002

    god she speaks like an english essay

    • @cassidy7257
      @cassidy7257 5 лет назад +1275

      And it's great

    • @funkybugman
      @funkybugman 5 лет назад +838

      And I LOVE it

    • @gabrielasart8004
      @gabrielasart8004 5 лет назад +44

      dhgjdhdjl

    • @iztaccihuatlromeroflores2264
      @iztaccihuatlromeroflores2264 5 лет назад +579

      As my nerd guy friend would say "that's hot"

    • @chasna4546
      @chasna4546 5 лет назад +781

      English is not my first language but even I can observe how poorly English is being spoken these days - the lack of vocabulary knowledge and serious grammar mistakes even among teachers, doctors and politicians. The way she speaks should have been the norm.

  • @leahpodz
    @leahpodz 4 года назад +248

    I am an opera singer and from personal experience, which has been agreed upon by fellow singers, corsets can actually provide an amazing sense of structure as our main goal is to create pressurized air and the ribs have to be felt to expand and stay expanded while singing!

    • @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
      @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans 2 года назад +4

      But also isn’t it better to take deep breaths?

    • @samueltan1558
      @samueltan1558 2 года назад +18

      When you sing, it's helpful for your core to stay taut. Something to do with better resonance or power. You can do this by having some muscles pushing in and others pushing out. Corsets help so that your core has something other than other muscles to push against. It's similar to how weightlifters wear belts, they too brace their core to keep their spine straight when lifting.

    • @leahpodz
      @leahpodz 2 года назад +5

      @@EmmaJohnsonShenanigans Definitely, it's all a balancing act!

    • @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
      @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans 2 года назад +2

      @@leahpodz ah ok, good to know thanks!

    • @MsWinterlife
      @MsWinterlife Год назад +1

      This reminds me of those large wide belts that heavy weight lifters would wear when they train (and maybe compete?) My husband did deadlifts (different thing, I know, but the beginning part is the same) a while back and got to 200kg at one point, which he says is actually dangerous because the risks of injury are high if you are not properly warmed up and prepared. One day he came home with this almost comical looking belt, and said that it provides support when people do really heavy lifting, because you have something to push against and the belt, being rigid and doesn’t expand, gives the force of the push back to you. I suppose it’s at least valid from a physics point of view, something to do with Newton’s third law, perhaps…

  • @willowashe
    @willowashe 5 лет назад +3577

    If anyone thinks organs will remain in the same position after corseting.... do they also think organs remain all squished and moved about after pregnancy?

    • @lovejoy8674
      @lovejoy8674 5 лет назад +91

      @ Dani Woods you definitely have a good point.🤔

    • @skywuu9608
      @skywuu9608 5 лет назад +3

      Tru

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 5 лет назад +464

      Ironically, the corset haters ignore the fact in case of obesity, the organs do get squashed, moved, AND remain in new positions under the stress of internal fat.

    • @jameelagill5408
      @jameelagill5408 5 лет назад +127

      Did they not have maternity corsets? Corsets, to my limited knowledge, were mainly for two things. Waist shape, and to support the breasts as bras didn't really exist back then. However there were maternity corsets and they were worn by many women because not wearing a corset especially in middle class made you appear "loose" or "vulgar" so many women wore corsets often, some even in pregnancy, even though sagging/big breasts are natural during that process, it was still considered "proper" to wear it. I'm against corsets because to me, it's like a glorified waist trainer. Of course it's not a torture device made by the patriarchy (in fact women seemed to shame women more than men for not wearing them). I'm more against it for what it represented rather than what it was and what you were seen as if you didn't wear one. It's like how nowadays people are judged as sluts if they wear revealing clothing. While I don't believe it caused a mountain of health problems like people say but it damn sure is uncomfortable (as is any restricting garment) and unlike waist trainers, were worn for almost the entire day save sleeping and bathing. Also, unlike waist trainers, you were mentally judged for not being laced. I can't remember the name of the channel, but there was a video where a host was laced up like the average woman in victorian times and was tasked with going up a flight of stairs a couple of times and she was breathing noticeably faster, and her heart was beating faster as well. Corsets were even worn by women in workhouses. Imagine working with a corset on. Also, I think her using herself as an example doesn't correlate well, as her corset like contraption was basically a back brace and gave her support. The average person wearing a leg brace would be inconvenienced and uncomfortable, but someone with a broken leg would find it absolutely relieving no?
      Yes, people grossly exaggerate the negative effects of corseting, but just because people weren't lacing themselves to the point of extreme thinness doesn't mean there weren't drawbacks. Yes it had benefits (it acted as breast support before bras were a thing), but the fact that "maternity corset" was an actual item sold is pretty crazy.
      Maybe I'm just an idiot? I dunno. I just prefer to have on my restrictive gear only when I'm exercising and not throughout the entire day.

    • @sadsprt-501
      @sadsprt-501 5 лет назад +108

      @@jameelagill5408 It honestly just depends on the person and how well your corset is made. I've seen videos by other fashion historians and women who dress in historical garments that have corsets made to specifically fit them that they find comfortable. So yeah it's not for everyone but some people love it and no one should be judged for it.

  • @atlroxmysox98
    @atlroxmysox98 4 года назад +1121

    Opera singers looooove singing in corsets, and we HAVE to breathe down and out. Breathing up into the shoulders/upper chest is the first thing you're taught NOT to do. Of course our corsets aren't 100% historically accurate, but opera existed in the 19th Century and women were wearing corsets on stage that were accurate to their times, so it's still possible to breathe properly down and out.

    • @horseenthusiast9903
      @horseenthusiast9903 4 года назад +98

      Yes!!! I'm not an opera singer, but I've done quite a bit of classical choir and musical theatre in corsets. I find it very comfortable, and enjoy the posture (and breast) support.

    • @Star2Be5394
      @Star2Be5394 4 года назад +63

      Agreed! I once did a show three years ago where I had to wear a steel boned under bust corset for up to four performances a day. I had to sing and dance in it and keep it on for up to four hours a day. It took some getting used to, but after a while I loved how it helped me breathe lower and stand and sit up straighter. Not the same as a Victorian lady, granted, but it was far from tortuous!

    • @Mica_T
      @Mica_T 4 года назад +6

      That was what I was thinking. I'd imagine that as a singer or a player of wind instruments that you'd be unable to breath and play properly since the abdomen is used to "store" air.

    • @hillaryplace9726
      @hillaryplace9726 4 года назад +17

      Back when I was a music major, I LOVED singing in corsets!!! It was soooo comfortable and I always felt like I performed at my best while wearing one.

    • @atlroxmysox98
      @atlroxmysox98 4 года назад +5

      @@hillaryplace9726 Right?? I feel like it really helps my posture

  • @amberc1356
    @amberc1356 5 лет назад +6662

    You have such an expansive and fluid vocabulary!!! I love listening to you talk.

    • @Laceykat66
      @Laceykat66 5 лет назад +22

      I totally agree, but the hot cutting destroys any flow of dialect she is trying to achieve.
      LET HER TALK !!!

    • @saamahmed7435
      @saamahmed7435 5 лет назад +10

      Yeah her voice is so cool! 😁

    • @lisaschooley2978
      @lisaschooley2978 5 лет назад +47

      I agree as well. She sounds very educated in her interest in corsets and in general. You make me want to grow my vocabulary. Lol.

    • @jaclyncamacho2420
      @jaclyncamacho2420 5 лет назад +13

      Shes reading prompt cards

    • @tahliabotha2595
      @tahliabotha2595 5 лет назад +40

      that she wrote
      @@jaclyncamacho2420

  • @Mama.Macabre
    @Mama.Macabre 4 года назад +557

    People forget that women still had things to do during Victorian times or other times that corsets were worn. They raised their children, did housework, etc. They couldn't do all of that if they literally fainted every time they breathed too deeply

  • @DoomDwarf_347
    @DoomDwarf_347 5 лет назад +2112

    "Insert ceaseless list of diseases and ailments claimed but feebly or not at all proven to have been caused specifically by corsetry"
    Wow, that was a sentence and a half.

    • @samanthasowell6350
      @samanthasowell6350 5 лет назад +30

      That was my favorite sentence. I think I would even like reading what she spoke. LOL

    • @xXthataznboyXx
      @xXthataznboyXx 5 лет назад +25

      I can’t even say ‘insert ceaseless’ without messing up

    • @wendysmith4037
      @wendysmith4037 5 лет назад +21

      ...But also seemingly deceptive (not necessarily intentionally though)as there are quite a few health risks but not specific "diseases" that most definitely can be caused by tightly laces corsetry. For example, if a tightly laced corset is used continuously over very long periods it has been shown to weaken muscles that would otherwise be at a reliably healthy strength in people with average lives thus, an over reliance on the corset can develop which puts strain on the woman's body. Also, tight lacing can restrict the amount of food a wearer can eat. While this may not seem particularly negative nowadays, let's not forget the fact that ,due to a heavier sociatal pressure to wear a corset, some women may not have wanted to remove their corsetry as often and as a result a general lack of adequate nutrition could result (this however is not extremely likely). Finally, tight lacing may cause the lungs to no longer be capable of fully expanding (whilst wearing the corset) thus causing short term issues with breathing, especially in cases such as with, hyper ventilation or simply extreme shocks as they have an increased risk of causing fainting as the lungs are incapable of functioning to their full extent (when wearing the corset). Needless to say, frequent enhanced risk fainting is dangerous, simply due to the obvious risks concerned when your entire body and it's weight begins to collapse in any direction (namely, violent collision).

    • @BandEater
      @BandEater 5 лет назад +3

      @@wendysmith4037 Very misleading indeed. Rose tinted glasses I guess?

    • @megancostello
      @megancostello 5 лет назад +20

      @@wendysmith4037 She literally covers all of these points in the video. And makes a significant chunk of her argument about how tight lacing is not the norm, and that's not what she's referring to.

  • @MikaelaCher
    @MikaelaCher 4 года назад +3064

    People seem to forget Queen Victoria wore a corset, and she was a bit fatter than the average women, AND she didn't tight lace it

    • @golden3731
      @golden3731 4 года назад +188

      Apparently Queen Victoria's undergarments/underwear were the same size as King Henry VIII's (8th's) armor.

    • @twiggyjali
      @twiggyjali 4 года назад +387

      ExCUSE me, but Victoria was a modern day XS until probably her 3rd or 4th delivery, and she ballooned after Albert died because she was depressed and inactive like she'd been in her youth. She was also like 5 foot nothing. And she delivered NINE children. Let's see what any woman looks like after that without a personal chef and personal trainer working her up 7 days a week. And being a queen, she would ABSOLUTELY not have breastfed her babies, which meant she was NOT losing her baby weight the usual way other women did (and still do).
      Henry the 8th was already a very large and tall man in his youth, and the amount of food he consumed in a single day is what an average healthy person consumes in 4 days today. Add to that a debilitating chronic injury and several mental illnesses, and you've got yourself a fresh episode of "my 600lb life".

    • @MikaelaCher
      @MikaelaCher 4 года назад +296

      @@twiggyjali still, she gained weight and she wore a corset no problem

    • @golden3731
      @golden3731 4 года назад +254

      @@twiggyjali I'm not saying anything negative about her weight or how she looked. I just stated a fact

    • @Saavik256
      @Saavik256 4 года назад +23

      Good ol' Queen Victoria was also 5'.

  • @vivianm6276
    @vivianm6276 5 лет назад +689

    she even cited her sources omg-

  • @deimantevilnius2113
    @deimantevilnius2113 4 года назад +420

    I think fainting, as you mentioned, was actually a very common literary device. Not just for women - if you were to read Alexander Dumas The Three Musketeers, kissing, crying, and fainting was pretty common among male characters too. Considering that the book was written in the early Victorian era, this would explain the general trend. Of course women, as a more "fragile" gender, were subjected to such depictions more, but I doubt it has anything to do with corsets.

    • @Galaxy-gr7ic
      @Galaxy-gr7ic 2 года назад +33

      I agree. I think most literature of that time was just more 'dramatic'. Also, women in literature fainting all the time could have been a much used literary device to establish a man as noble hero helping a 'fragile' women.

    • @swampdonkey1567
      @swampdonkey1567 2 года назад +8

      Yep look at Frankenstein who faints numerous times some may argue this cause Mary Shelley was women, so look at shacksphere instead, who while a couple hundred years before that arguably proves the point more.

  • @Zekesterboyo
    @Zekesterboyo 5 лет назад +1074

    I am fully convinced she is an immortal sharing some wisdom.

  • @breeannebartle-clar5049
    @breeannebartle-clar5049 5 лет назад +1013

    Her: "I've only been down this research rabbit-hole for a couple weeks."
    Me: "I researched and wrote and presented this project today."

    • @fulccrum2324
      @fulccrum2324 4 года назад +15

      #JustSchoolKidThings

    • @BradyPostma
      @BradyPostma 4 года назад +4

      Research is a relative term.

    • @persephone-vibes
      @persephone-vibes 4 года назад +1

      this is vaguely worded like one of those "you vs the girl he tells you not to worry about" memes and i love it

  • @kamilareeder1493
    @kamilareeder1493 5 лет назад +1114

    Bernadette: I spent most of my younger years in what was effectively, a corset ......
    Me: ..of cor-set was .

    • @teresaellis7062
      @teresaellis7062 4 года назад +16

      Groan.... 😊 (really, I enjoy a good pun)

    • @kamilareeder1493
      @kamilareeder1493 4 года назад +27

      @@teresaellis7062 this one was so bad, that I posted it, deleted and then reposted it.

    • @BlakeSenters
      @BlakeSenters 4 года назад +5

      I just screamed

    • @jkv5332
      @jkv5332 4 года назад +4

      I-

    • @sanest-luchino-fan
      @sanest-luchino-fan 4 года назад +7

      Sksksk this make me laugh so hard can i have more pun?

  • @maggiefiori2565
    @maggiefiori2565 4 года назад +180

    Wow, as someone who wore a brace from age 11 to 15, this was SO affirming! Most of my life I've been trying to explain to people all these little annoying (and sometimes really frustrating/painful) side effects of the brace that might seem really unrelated to having scoliosis-- not being able to finish my lunch at school and then feeling hungry all day, excruciating pain related to muscle loss, total lack of abdominal strength, not wanting to take the brace off or do any of my PT exercises... 15 years later, I only just have managed to regain full core strength and be able to eat 3 normal-sized meals a day. Where were these videos when I was a kid?!

    • @Nemamka
      @Nemamka Год назад

      This is so weird for me to hear. I had two medcorsets from age 13-14, I'm from central Europe. I had to wear it 23 hours a day AND I was put on a strict workout regime to get super strong core muscles, since the whole idea of the medcorset is that it _keeps you together_ so your back muscles are not in use while you're wearing it. I'm reading all these comments and yours and I hear Bernadette say you'd all lost core strength and I'm a bit shocked at this difference in healthcare to be honest :O (I'm saying this because my country is very shitty, not because it's very good, don't get me wrong :D)

  • @emilyk5510
    @emilyk5510 5 лет назад +2609

    Also important to note that women used padding to create the illusion of bigger hips therefore a smaller waist in comparison! So when we look at images from the period what may appear to be a tiny waist is actually an average one with larger than average hips/bust :)

    • @HosCreates
      @HosCreates 5 лет назад +32

      The ever popular bum roll!

    • @daemonnice
      @daemonnice 5 лет назад +80

      As a transperson, this is something I have done to subjugate the straight lines of my masculine frame into the curves of something decidedly much more feminine. A corsetted waist coupled with padding above and below equals curvaceous of a sort. I just came across this channel courtesy of YT algorithm and am subscribing as this topic is of great interest to me.

    • @Nini-mg3ji
      @Nini-mg3ji 5 лет назад +13

      so weird we still see women “editing” themselves this exact same way, 100 years later .

    • @HosCreates
      @HosCreates 5 лет назад +1

      @@Nini-mg3ji hopefully the body positive movement helps with this idea .

    • @daemonnice
      @daemonnice 5 лет назад +7

      @@Nini-mg3ji What is just as weird is not realizing that everybody is different with different opinions, desires and needs, and that your opinion as stated is an attempt to "edit" those of us who believe differently than you. It is fine that you have no interest in corsets, as well, it is fine that some of us do have an interest. Just as there is no such thing as one size fits all, there is no one way for all women. And for you to think that your way is the evolved way and that we corset-lovers are an evolutionary throwback is a product of ego, and stated as such, appears like an attempt to force us to conform to your arrogant beliefs, and if true, is revealing about just how unevolved you truly are. Live and let live. To each their own as long as they are not harming others.

  • @pedrobernardo5887
    @pedrobernardo5887 5 лет назад +1561

    You are loved by the RUclips algorithm. No idea why I am watching. But I watched the whole thing.

    • @blueeyes125
      @blueeyes125 5 лет назад +8

      SAME

    • @katiebelmont9815
      @katiebelmont9815 5 лет назад +13

      Same! Dont really know why youtube showed this channel to me but I'm glad it did. Thank you robot overlord!

    • @NothingButStardust
      @NothingButStardust 5 лет назад +2

      Same here. Seemed so random, but oh well.

    • @stridergirl101
      @stridergirl101 5 лет назад

      Same😂 Loved it though!

    • @Miuya
      @Miuya 5 лет назад +2

      She's just so articulate and her thoughts are so well-considered. Maybe the algorithm just knows we love deep thinkers.

  • @spacecowx3116
    @spacecowx3116 5 лет назад +3233

    I suddenly have the compulsive need to speak more clearly.

    • @imjeaniemarie
      @imjeaniemarie 5 лет назад +8

      Spaced out kid 1 SAME!!

    • @jenniferpearce1052
      @jenniferpearce1052 5 лет назад +26

      More clearly! Pendants everywhere approve of your intention!

    • @AMB-Productions
      @AMB-Productions 5 лет назад +6

      Miss Lyn Yes, you can use words like "clearer" but in essays, you would most likely get a 1/4. Most likely, you’ll use “more clearly” being a simpler and better alternative. It also depends on what situation you are using it.

    • @AMB-Productions
      @AMB-Productions 5 лет назад +14

      Miss Lyn Also,
      The basic rules of forming comparatives:
      One-syllable words take "er":
      EX: clear -> clearer & sweet -> sweeter
      Multisyllable words take "more":
      EX: incredible -> more incredible (not "incredibler") & horrible -> more horrible (not "horribler")
      Two-syllable words ending in consonant + "y" take "ier":
      EX: happy -> happier & pretty -> prettier
      Both "more clear" and "clearer" are acceptable:

    • @AlabasterClay
      @AlabasterClay 5 лет назад +3

      @@jenniferpearce1052 Pedants also approve.

  • @crystalliced
    @crystalliced 4 года назад +115

    The most frustrating thing here, is that I'm in school, and my teachers are teaching us stuff like 'corsets break your bones and reshape ur body and make u pass out' in class, when this stuff is supposed to be *accurate information* and yet I get more researched and well thought out information from a random woman on the internet than the people teaching the next generation.

    • @ellpaca625
      @ellpaca625 3 года назад +37

      I’ve watched this video multiple times and I came back today because of my history teacher. She used corsetry as an example of oppressive beauty standards in history. I’m very tempted to email this video to her, and I am certainly wearing my corset to school tomorrow

    • @connermckay4012
      @connermckay4012 2 года назад +23

      If you happen to live in America, it is a researched observation that schools here are not designed to teach you anything at all. Many schools were intentionally designed to prepare students for the average working conditions they'd be able to access at the time that many traditions of modern schools were being developed. That is to say, they were designed to teach children to work in factories. As time progressed and more opportunities for creative and academic expression in careers became widespread, the school systems remained unchanged, possibly due to the fact that the same behaviors expected of factory workers (acceptance of poor working conditions and low wages, ability to "autopilot" behaviors once learned, minimal sense of individuality, obedience to authority) are the same behaviors that many politicians want for their citizens, as it makes them conveniently easy to persuade. Since public schools are funded and controlled by governments, the people in government have a lot to gain from the behaviors children learn in them, and very little to loose by manipulating them. Additionally, these behaviors are very convenient for corporations now, further reinforcing them within schools. With all of this in mind, it is quite unsurprising that misconceptions and outright lies make their way into education when very important things like food health, individual expression, and international communication are left aside. The schools aren't there to teach you, they're there to program you.

    • @miss_chelles1338
      @miss_chelles1338 2 года назад +6

      @@connermckay4012 that..... makes so much sense, hyperbolic your statement is.😂

    • @vi.vi.vi.vi.vi.d
      @vi.vi.vi.vi.vi.d Год назад +1

      I just returned to this video because in my costume design class today my professor was saying how lucky we are not to have to wear corsets now and how it was the goal for women's waists to be so thin that their husbands could grab their waist with their hand and have their fingers touch

  • @jacobschwartz4940
    @jacobschwartz4940 5 лет назад +3141

    Me: has watched exactly 0 minutes of videos on corsets
    RUclips recommendations at 12:30 am: this video
    Me: has now watched 17 minutes of videos on corsets

    • @vanillangela
      @vanillangela 5 лет назад +6

      this is exactly me!!! i am finishing this video at 12:47am...

    • @tibo6749
      @tibo6749 5 лет назад +2

      it has been in my recommendations for MONTHS.

    • @showfallen
      @showfallen 5 лет назад +3

      and 5 seconds

    • @mennoltvanalten7260
      @mennoltvanalten7260 5 лет назад +4

      Me: Hasn't done anything regarding fashion or corsets or anything like that
      Someone in a discord: Go watch this guys!
      Me: Wow, this is suprisingly good!

    • @Its_Melissa_Yall
      @Its_Melissa_Yall 5 лет назад +2

      Me too.. I have no idea how I got here

  • @Andrea11208
    @Andrea11208 5 лет назад +4979

    What is this channel? I feel like I am watching a time traveler...

    • @alexmunch9275
      @alexmunch9275 5 лет назад +131

      Andrea Soto Jiménez A lady who likes victorian fashion.

    • @Andrea11208
      @Andrea11208 5 лет назад +32

      @@alexmunch9275 cool!

    • @lilactheruevet2424
      @lilactheruevet2424 5 лет назад +8

      you are

    • @Glidiany
      @Glidiany 5 лет назад +23

      like Jane Austen or some old classic british film

    • @Andrea11208
      @Andrea11208 5 лет назад +11

      @@Glidiany Exactly. That is why she got my attention!

  • @shithead-mw4gk
    @shithead-mw4gk 5 лет назад +1309

    The closest thing I’ve ever gotten to a corset is a tight shirt but I subscribed because I feel fancy watching you vids

  • @KateHarmonSiberine
    @KateHarmonSiberine 2 года назад +139

    This is so incredibly helpful. I was just prescribed a heavily structured abdominal binder (Corset. It’s a fancy medical corset) for my Dysautonomia from Long Covid. My transformation into Victorian lady with consumption who must convalescence and take in the sea air is complete.

    • @mojorisin8368
      @mojorisin8368 2 года назад +1

      No such thing.

    • @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
      @EmmaJohnsonShenanigans 2 года назад +20

      @@mojorisin8368 way to invalidate this person? Your comment was really unnecessary

    • @mrjones2721
      @mrjones2721 2 года назад +11

      Oh dear. Are you taking the waters at Bath? I hope they're efficacious, because long COVID suuuuuucks.

    • @bethanybrookes8479
      @bethanybrookes8479 2 года назад +2

      What's Dysautonomia? I've never heard if it before and I'm curious...

    • @KateHarmonSiberine
      @KateHarmonSiberine 2 года назад

      @@bethanybrookes8479 It's the dysregulation of your autonomic nervous system. Here's a great explainer: ruclips.net/video/TGB_cK0olRY/видео.html

  • @wuraolaolagunju
    @wuraolaolagunju 5 лет назад +5359

    Someone please show this to the ladies at buzzfeed

    • @Volvith
      @Volvith 5 лет назад +669

      You speak as if they're capable of having a reasonable conversation... ;3

    • @atsukikuroe2613
      @atsukikuroe2613 5 лет назад +165

      And Hollywood

    • @robynwilson9227
      @robynwilson9227 5 лет назад +635

      @@Volvith theyre too busy bitching about Safiya Nygaard leaving their bitchy asses and actually being successful to have a reasonable conversation. As a feminist, they spit on the name of equality. That manspreading video was utterly atrocious content and behavoir.

    • @letsgoalready5515
      @letsgoalready5515 5 лет назад +45

      Robyn Wilson I never knew safiya was apart of buzzfeed :o

    • @robynwilson9227
      @robynwilson9227 5 лет назад +286

      @@letsgoalready5515 Yeah she used to be! Part of the Ladylike crew. But the girls were aparrently toxic (Saf never said this outright but its obvious: you can search "Buzzfeed girls shading Safiya" and you'll find plenty of proof), and BuzzFeed apparently doesn't pay well and stifles your personality and interests to be what THEY want. They gave her NO control over Ladylike, despite it being HER creation in the first place and they give employees NO independence. She has a whole video on it on her channel where she goes in depth about her mistreatment at the company and why she left it.
      . As a matter of fact there is a CONSTANT theory that Buzzfeed is still trying to exploit her (a theory made by Safiyas fans but that actually has TONS of proof and has some big youtubers backing it up) that involves how everytime she posts a video, it seem Buzzfeed will post a video with the SAME idea less than two weeks later. Several other youtubers are former Buzzfeed employees too and almost all of them have videos on why they left (or in some cases were actually fired for appearing on videos that Buzzfeed didnt make, because BuzzFeed seems to think they own their image) that state very similar reasoning:
      JustBetweenUs
      Candace Lowry
      Brittany Ashley
      Kenny Moffit
      Michelle Kare
      ElloSteph
      Chris Reinacher

  • @RynDummer
    @RynDummer 4 года назад +858

    When I wore my brace, a kid ran into me in the hallway and hit my brace. He was really scared when he hit plastic instead of skin 😂

    • @elizabethstults9783
      @elizabethstults9783 4 года назад +38

      😅I had a brace too and that happened with one of my friends

    • @karenz3853
      @karenz3853 4 года назад +65

      One time my friends friend punched her while she was wearing her brace and he thought he almost broke his hand 😂

    • @sekar_exe
      @sekar_exe 4 года назад +92

      Reminds me when I was a kid I pinched my cousin's leg and her skin stretched so much I got scared 😭 turns out she wore nude colored stocking

    • @RynDummer
      @RynDummer 4 года назад +42

      @@sekar_exe I had on tights when my school went to a symphony and i was playing with them and scared my friends. I also have scars from my scoliosis surgery and while I was in middle school I was changing for a musical and a seventh grader saw my scars and thought they were self harm or abuse scars 😬. Luckily my choir director knew about my surgery so I didn’t have to do anything besides tell the seventh graders that didn’t know me so they wouldn’t report it to the counselor 😬

    • @schlieffenska
      @schlieffenska 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @starlightabuteen8478
    @starlightabuteen8478 5 лет назад +3661

    I feel like I gained 100 IQ points watching this

    • @nyankosensey1531
      @nyankosensey1531 5 лет назад +5

      More like lost them.

    • @justinwang4386
      @justinwang4386 5 лет назад +50

      Nah. Gained them.

    • @DAYBROK3
      @DAYBROK3 5 лет назад +10

      Nyanko Sensey I wondered what your profile pic was, um, really a Siamese cat sitting on a peanut butter and jam sandwich?

    • @amelia4384
      @amelia4384 5 лет назад

      I have 100

  • @nataliamartin1958
    @nataliamartin1958 4 года назад +69

    In theatre school, we had to purchase our own corsets and I made the mistake of buying mine then loosing a bunch of weight, causing my corset to be too big. My classmates were always horrified by how tightly I would tie mine up. However in reality, even though it tied up as tightly as possible, it was still too big, so I would pad my hips and bust, creating the illusion that my waist was much smaller than it actually was. It was actually quite comfortable.

  • @bgii2000
    @bgii2000 5 лет назад +1460

    How many corset myths come from producers demanding that actors in period pieces fit into too-small corsets?

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 5 лет назад +210

      I'd say most? Also wearing a corset on bare skin and lacing it so tight that there are red marks on the skin left after taking it off. That's BDSM stuff at that point.

    • @AnnekeOosterink
      @AnnekeOosterink 5 лет назад +118

      Probably not aided by the likelyhood that those corsets were not actually made to measure but just any old corset the actress gets to slap on... Those are less comfortable even if the size is correct, which is another option too.

    • @atrocious7766
      @atrocious7766 5 лет назад +34

      @Abdur Rahman If you're into that kind of thing, sure. If not, then no.

    • @ejedwards988
      @ejedwards988 4 года назад +18

      Well considering that producers are why horses are the most confused animals in Hollywood I would say a lot of them.

    • @ReadObituaries
      @ReadObituaries 4 года назад +10

      Kasumi Rina Gaming you are correct lol that is “BDSM type stuff” but it’s called tight lacing& isn’t done by people who corset regularly. It’s usually for aesthetics’s (or in my case, “BDSM type stuff” lol)

  • @keeeevbbvvvvvv
    @keeeevbbvvvvvv 5 лет назад +605

    Bernadette means business when she pulls out a paper out of nowhere.

  • @dragonfruit1001
    @dragonfruit1001 5 лет назад +515

    I’m literally in love with your vocabulary. Please be my English teacher.

  • @leopardshadow333
    @leopardshadow333 3 года назад +95

    Having worn a period accurate(except the boning, metal instead) civil war era corset for reenactments for several years, i can confirm they are actually nicely supportive and generally comfortable. Having the right size and fit is important, as well as not expecting a garment meant to be worn with a hoop skirt to also be made for action sports. As well as being a little less comfy in extreme heat than a modern bra and tank, this is more to do with the rest of the period outfit having long sleeves and so many skirts. Also
    young women were often starting wearing youth corsets around the same time a modern girl would wear a training bra, so it stands to reason some of those would have been very small, giving rise later to myths of full grown women with 9 year old girls waists when seen by lazy historians

  • @aleksandramakari
    @aleksandramakari 4 года назад +697

    After reading Dracula, I can assure you, there's no mentions of corsets causing fainting.
    Now loss of blood and a few deaths, yes, then there was fainting.

    • @squibmis8381
      @squibmis8381 4 года назад +33

      Aleksandra Makari Ah yes there was a handful of deaths consisting blood loss from vampires “wink wink”

    • @twiggyjali
      @twiggyjali 4 года назад +22

      Leeching and blood letting were actually pretty costly, and they didn't drain all that much to start with. The entire story of Dracula is an allegory for syphilis.

  • @rosyyae
    @rosyyae 5 лет назад +2902

    She speaks like the "T" in spongebob where he had writers block.

  • @isabellarizzo7373
    @isabellarizzo7373 4 года назад +604

    fun fact: i wore a reproduction victorian corset with a 19-20 inch waist as part of a costume in a ballet. look up the esmerelda entrance, which is what the costume was for; it’s incredibly physical and i did it all in a corset, under stage lights, about 15 separate times and was completely fine

    • @bandashee
      @bandashee 4 года назад +40

      Correction: completely fine except for potential toe bleeds and point shoe changes. XD

    • @ytreece
      @ytreece 4 года назад +11

      To be fair, that is an incredibly tiny waist measurement, and FAR smaller than the average. Ballet dancers are generally far below average weight. I don’t feel envious at all. I feel sad at this story.

    • @tinkersdinkers
      @tinkersdinkers 4 года назад

      @@ytreece why

    • @katherinemorelle7115
      @katherinemorelle7115 4 года назад +30

      @@ytreece there’s a reason why some (not all, but some) ballerinas are that small. It’s due to the fact that they are the highest possible level athletes (and artists), and so would naturally tend to be rather small. That will happen when you do as much physical exertion as they do. Also, ballet as an exercise would be mostly cardio and body weight endurance type of strength- which tends to result in long, lean musculature.
      I didn’t go professional (not as a ballet dancer, to be specific), but I did do ballet for many years, as well as other forms of dance (which I did get paid for). And I was pretty small. A US size 0-2 certainly. I also ate a LOT. Healthy, for the most part, but a lot more than I eat today as someone who is now disabled and completely, 100% sedentary (what extremes, eh?). Probably double, at least. I would never have eaten less than 1500kcal/day, and that would be low for me- I usually aimed for 1800-2000kcal/day.
      Because when you have to exert that much, your body needs a lot of fuel in order to keep going. My meals usually consisted of protein (meat, eats, beans and lentils), carbs (whole meal pasta or rice, sometimes potatoes, and I loved my whole meal bread- a massive 4in high salad sandwich h just stuffed to the gills with everything was one of my favourite lunches), and of course veg. I’d eat fruit and nuts for snacks. I’d occasionally eat fast food, though not often, because it’s basically empty calories. They don’t provide the nutrition and long lasting energy you need. And I’d always spare a bit for some of my favourite sweet treats- chocolate and pastries are my favourite.
      There did used to be quite the issue with acceptable body types in ballet, everywhere. This isn’t so much the case anymore in the West. Unlike in Russia, where dancers are expected to have that very long, lean line, in the US you’ll see short dancers, tall dancers, muscular dancers, busty dancers. And there’s more of an emphasis on health, and not just achieving the perfect line. There are still problems, don’t get me wrong. One teacher told me to bind my breast because “large breasts are vulgar, and we don’t do vulgar in ballet!” Ugh. I switched teachers after that. And it’s been really nice to see Lauren Lovett rise up the ranks at NYCB, as she is naturally very busty.
      No, you aren’t likely to find overweight professional ballet dancers (though there are some companies that specifically hire people of larger size, that’s obviously a rarity, and honestly, some of that is a gimmick, which I think sucks). But you also aren’t likely to find overweight professional marathon runners either- and they’re of a comparable size to female ballet dancers.
      So I hope my meandering essay (apologies for that) has helped you to not feel so sad anymore. I promise, it’s almost always just a product of the type of extreme exercise they do, along with healthy eating, and does not necessarily indicate an eating disorder. There’s nothing to be sad about.

    • @ytreece
      @ytreece 4 года назад +7

      @@katherinemorelle7115 your story is indeed inspiring. I’m glad you found a healthy lifestyle as a dancer. While I’ve never been on your side of dance, I’ve very much enjoyed it as a spectator. My comment was not intended to belittle or accuse dancers of having an eating disorder. It was simply to say that for the vast majority of people, a 20 in waist is not something to aspire to. There is no need for women to apply corsets or shape wear to their bodies.
      I am also a small framed woman who has been very lean to somewhat chubby due to a medical diagnosis. I’ve been a distance runner, and an MS patient who sometimes simply cannot exercise. I also blew out my knees running. So now I’m around 50, cannot tolerate heat or prolonged running. If you’ve been a dancer and are now sedentary, you will understand. My spirit flies across the pavement or trail, but my body does not. If my self worth were tied to my muscularity or ability to move, I would be sad indeed. A small part of that is simply the memory of having been muscular, very lean, and physically powerful. It feels like shit sometimes when I can’t lift a box, so heavy landscaping for my gardens, or climb a rock. I live in the Rockies and can’t ski, snowshoe for any length of time, or kayak large rapids. I CAN hike short distances, snowmobile, ride an ATV, shoot, and canoe or kayak smaller currents. I am intelligent, and can study botany, hunt mushrooms, study geology, and cook. I can do these things near my home because I live in a natural paradise. I can’t get to the top of the mountain, but I can know the base of it intimately.
      I sincerely hope you have found some things you can do as well, despite the limitations of the body. The mind can be nourished. The view can be enjoyed from the deck.

  • @erinhildebrand3284
    @erinhildebrand3284 4 года назад +114

    I'm 15 and have just been diagnosed with pretty severe scoliosis and am about to get permanent bracing which is kind of a coincidence because I also REALLY love historical clothing/costuming. Its comforting to see that someone has gone through it in a similar way I will be. I'm not thrilled about it because I'll have to wear a brace for the rest of my high school life and probably more which is not the best time to have something like this happen. But I am glad someone I'm inspired by has overcome one of my personal struggles and insecurities. Thank you😁

    • @Mezmer7777
      @Mezmer7777 2 года назад +5

      Get a medical corset (if you don't have money for a nice corset, a $70 medical corset is a million times more beneficial and comfortable than a $70 fashion corset) they're cute anyways! I love mine. To avoid losing core strength which can cause your curve to worsen, do some ab exercises, just lay on your back and shift your legs back and forth. you can look this exercise up. These two methods together are what prevent me from needing surgery at 25 yrs old with very severe scoliosis. Best of luck to you, you are gorgeous no matter what your body looks like btw :) I know I sure as hell needed to hear that years ago

    • @bigDbigDbigD
      @bigDbigDbigD 2 года назад +2

      Please don’t let it get you down. Bernadette is extremely attractive.

    • @amandaforeman2626
      @amandaforeman2626 2 года назад +3

      As someone who has severe scoliosis and went through jr high and high school in braces and casts ! Hold your chin high and never take shit ! You are doing what’s best for your health ! I missed a lot of school because I had to have 5 surgeries . Blessings and love !

    • @Mcabrita7
      @Mcabrita7 Год назад +4

      Erin dont you worry girl, i had the same experience in the 80's ( Portugal) and couldn't wear all that time the fashion clothes but i got the best support from my family and friends at school, accept that as a gift because its all about your health in the future and please, dont miss exercises all the way long, is essencial to keep your muscles training, swiming is perfect, pilates is essencial and you'll thank yourself for that believe me. Be proud of yourself on the process, you can do it. Kiss

    • @Nemamka
      @Nemamka Год назад +1

      Hey Erin, since this comment is two years old, how is it going? Did you get your brace/corset? I hope you're okay!
      Love: from a fellow scoliosis-kid (I wore mine when I was 13-14, in 2008.)

  • @ErdTirdMans
    @ErdTirdMans 5 лет назад +2130

    I normally hate this kind of overanunciation as it comes off as pretentiously trying to sound smart at the expense of quick communication... but you're so fluid in your speech that it just sounds genuinely... correct! It's positively, liltingly, poetically beautiful! Keep doing English goodly!

    • @randid.c3558
      @randid.c3558 5 лет назад +72

      Same.Normally it sounds fake but her way of pronouncing actually sounds real.

    • @achyka3802
      @achyka3802 5 лет назад +47

      @@randid.c3558 she lived in the UK for a long time (she's in NY rn) so both accents got mixed up. That's why she sounds not British English nor American English.

    • @iomartinez4143
      @iomartinez4143 5 лет назад +18

      She make good words

    • @BlackVelvetBeauty
      @BlackVelvetBeauty 5 лет назад +16

      So...if someone's voice doesn't sound like her's they shouldn't have a wide vocabulary and pronounce their words properly? I am just curious. I guess as I tend to run into people who think I am pretentious,arrogant, or otherwise. (At least by people who don't know me and don't realize I talk this way all the time.) So while I am not "triggered" I do have a personal stake in this.

    • @toastymouse8230
      @toastymouse8230 5 лет назад +14

      Pinkcontour_ Beauty
      Don’t twist words around to make your argument sturdier. It makes you look stupid, which I know you aren’t.

  • @bunjistee
    @bunjistee 5 лет назад +1081

    I was so shocked by such small numbers until i converted cm to inches and found out i do have a 23 inch waist... 23 inches just sounds much smaller then 60cm

    • @Gloomysushiroll
      @Gloomysushiroll 5 лет назад +35

      katarina cvetkovic 23 inches is 60cm?!

    • @jeffulloa218
      @jeffulloa218 5 лет назад +43

      @@Gloomysushiroll Yeah, from it cames the clasic '90, 60, 90'. 90 cms of chest, 60 cm of waist and 90 cms of hips.

    • @chuuchuu1503
      @chuuchuu1503 4 года назад +72

      @@jeffulloa218 _sweats in 96,76,114_

    • @mikuenjoyerXD
      @mikuenjoyerXD 4 года назад +11

      I just measured my waist and I have a 23 inch waist as well

    • @NemuriNezumi94
      @NemuriNezumi94 4 года назад +23

      Same with 61 cm! (1,68m tall 55kg)
      It is certainly no that impossible and I do have curves too 🤔
      People are just too overdramatic when it comes to thinner "smaller" bodies

  • @Yes-qd8tl
    @Yes-qd8tl 5 лет назад +8112

    *her vocabulary is bigger than my future* -._-.

  • @007Julie
    @007Julie 4 года назад +47

    As a fellow scoliosis sufferer I wish with all of my heart that I had lived in an era where corsets were worn on the daily basis. My spine would’ve never deformed and I would’ve avoided the hellish and nightmarish pain that scoliosis has inflected on my poor tiny body. Oh and also I would’ve avoided a 10 hour surgery where they fused 13 vertebrae, such good times I tell you.

  • @shoshanahelek
    @shoshanahelek 5 лет назад +463

    I've heard that essentially swooning was a Victorian trend, something women would actively do when they were shocked to show they were delicate because that's how they wanted to be viewed. Following the "fainting" these women would rest for a bit and be tended to. If I was a wealthy Victorian women I would fake fainting if i was bored at a social event and i could see how the pressures of society at the time could have contributed to them wanting to put on the image of fragility to fit in.

    • @TakiKimono
      @TakiKimono 5 лет назад +54

      "Damn this party is boring. We need a fainting or three. GIRLS. ORGANIZE"

    • @jeniwatkins3297
      @jeniwatkins3297 5 лет назад +12

      They also fainted because they had access to this new gizmo that vibrated. Lol

    • @sladewilson9741
      @sladewilson9741 5 лет назад +15

      Woman faking things for attention? Nah, I can't imagine that at all...

    • @jameshardison5618
      @jameshardison5618 5 лет назад +7

      It was also a theatrical trope of the time in popular plays. It was big and showy and played well to the cheap seats in the top balcony. So it’s a “thing” in novels and plays and then jumped into silent film acting too. Swooning away was not common practice for the woman of the day.

    • @derekwheeler4299
      @derekwheeler4299 5 лет назад +1

      I also suspect that it probably happened a few times in ernest such as if a woman with asthma wore an extraordinary tight corset. The resulting situation would have been so interesting and a drama filled that it would disproportionately influence fictional writing.

  • @JohnJones-oy3md
    @JohnJones-oy3md 5 лет назад +3155

    01:05 - I heard you say "strictly for the benefit of the male gaze" but my confused mind initially registered "strictly for the benefit of the male gays". LOL

  • @victoriansquirrel
    @victoriansquirrel 5 лет назад +1431

    I think most of the misconceptions about corsets stem from how they are presented in movies and other mass media.
    Someone being forced into a tight corset makes for a great analogy for being forced into the rules of society. And a girl saying „ugh, I hate my corset“ automatically establishes her as a badass, rule-breaking heroine. See: Elizabeth Swan, Tim Burton‘s Alice, ...
    It‘s important that we don‘t believe everything we see on TV, and maybe screenwriters should get some new clichees.

    • @suzannederringer1607
      @suzannederringer1607 5 лет назад +31

      Um...'Bra-Burning Feminists of.the 1960s. Badass women rejecting Society's rules - in a very visible/sexual way!

    • @Mashkablue1
      @Mashkablue1 5 лет назад +56

      So true! And even historical references to tight corsets and small waists were mainly from upper class women. The average woman would not have experienced this.

    • @colleennikstenas4921
      @colleennikstenas4921 5 лет назад +3

      melancholia I think of the Meet Me in St. Louis scene specifically.

    • @llamafromspace
      @llamafromspace 5 лет назад +1

      That makes a lot of sense.

    • @PBOCG
      @PBOCG 5 лет назад +15

      To be fair in the first POTC Elizabeth Swan was most likely shocked by the tight-lacing that was being forced on her not the corset itself....it being 'all the rage in London' (since she'd undoubtedly had to wear a corset for at least a coule of years at that point) though it isn't clear in the actual film that she's reacting to the tightlacing and not the corset and it gets further muddied by one of the later scenes "if you like pain, try wearing a corset" which as we know is just nonsense.

  • @moxyyeena5581
    @moxyyeena5581 4 года назад +46

    Showed this to my fiance to explain the points i couldnt as im starting to wear a corset nearly daily for straightening my posture(partial tightlacing, not too extreme, i can breathe easily and fit my hand between my body and corset snugly) so thank you for making this video!

  • @sonyeolovessweaters
    @sonyeolovessweaters 5 лет назад +2922

    Her speech skills: How I write my essays
    Me irl: stuttering, ineloquent verbal English 😭😭😭

    • @grahamhaggerty2132
      @grahamhaggerty2132 5 лет назад +11

      Me too! The struggle is real

    • @aethin6829
      @aethin6829 5 лет назад +35

      She does seem to heavily edit the videos and the cuts in them are very noticeable, at least to me. I'm not sure how she'd be in a natural 1 on 1 conversation, without the edits; if she'd really be this consistently eloquent like this is the persona she portrays in her videos, or if she'd be be more colloquial. The way people have noticed the "some dude" line that slipped in, it may be more the latter point in the day-to-day of screen interactions, but she'd still likely be quite well spoken.

    • @小彭-t5n
      @小彭-t5n 5 лет назад +29

      @@aethin6829 You can watch her vlogs, she speaks pretty much the same in casual conversation.

    • @rolanddawson117
      @rolanddawson117 5 лет назад +3

      Aethin I literally just noticed…

    • @aethin6829
      @aethin6829 5 лет назад

      @@rolanddawson117 Haha. And now you will never unnotice it! I'm sorry. XD

  • @Addcilantro
    @Addcilantro 5 лет назад +1393

    When she said “some dude” i was shooketh. She used provenance in the previous sentence.

  • @daniellemoreau7788
    @daniellemoreau7788 5 лет назад +628

    I’ve personally always liked the feel of a tight spandex bodysuit. It’s like a thundershirt. Squeezing or pressure over large portions of the body has a calming effect. This probably contributes to some women’s love of a well-structured corset.

    • @carbon1255
      @carbon1255 5 лет назад +11

      Hugs for days!

    • @mksabourinable
      @mksabourinable 5 лет назад +22

      Yea like I wore a body slimmer (with ribs - basically a 21st century corset!!) From age 17 to age 23. I originally started bc I was insecure about my weight, but after a while the pressure was just comforting...
      Now I just wear sports bras which achieves the same effect (in terms of comforting pressure), while also giving more support for the girls lol

    • @yumi_1067
      @yumi_1067 5 лет назад +9

      Same with me! I love wearing girdles because it makes me feels grounded in a positive way. And it helps that I look even better in those too.

    • @dichterfuerstin
      @dichterfuerstin 5 лет назад +3

      One of my favourite dresses is almost too tiny for me. It fits, but it’s very tight and I love it

    • @mals86
      @mals86 5 лет назад +20

      @@mksabourinable How interesting. I've been wondering why my daughter, who has generalized anxiety, greatly prefers sports bras to any other kind. (I HATE them. I can barely wear them long enough to actually exercise in them.) But maybe that's the reason, they feel comforting to her.

  • @うーじい
    @うーじい 3 года назад +28

    This makes me think of heels; not everybody is wearing crazy platform heels but many are wearing casual ones

  • @inactiveluka
    @inactiveluka 5 лет назад +2039

    If she argued that gif was pronounced gif, I’d agree on the spot

    • @jessroberts6646
      @jessroberts6646 5 лет назад +145

      Reading this i pronounce the first gif in one way and the second in another-but we may pronounce them differently and this will probobly lead to some sort of mind boggling crisis

    • @norwegianwiking
      @norwegianwiking 5 лет назад +82

      so long as its not jif we're good.

    • @mystii8134
      @mystii8134 5 лет назад +15

      폭시 is it not pronounced gif?

    • @norwegianwiking
      @norwegianwiking 5 лет назад +12

      @@mystii8134 it is, but some people insist its pronounced gif.

    • @miagrimard8654
      @miagrimard8654 5 лет назад +26

      norwegianwiking because the creator of gifs said its pronounced jif

  • @maggiee639
    @maggiee639 4 года назад +698

    I feel like women would swoon when they were over the convention/ were bored so they could go lie on the sofa by themselves. That’s absolutely what I would be doing. I would seem so dainty instead of perpetually pissed off!

    • @eselcool3720
      @eselcool3720 4 года назад +131

      "Oh, yes, I'm feeling short of breath. Let me go take a moment."
      *in her mind* oh my god finally I can get away from this dude-

    • @maggiee639
      @maggiee639 4 года назад +27

      Eselcool think of the fights you could avoid!

    • @eselcool3720
      @eselcool3720 4 года назад +6

      @@maggiee639 Yes! 😂

    • @Chestna1
      @Chestna1 4 года назад +20

      Swooning put the "resting" in "resting (so over this nonsense) face".

    • @maggiee639
      @maggiee639 4 года назад +3

      Sarah Kelly oh yea totally. I was being somewhat facetious in my comment but I’m sure those balls were stressful as hell

  • @Pine-m6h
    @Pine-m6h 5 лет назад +1217

    me: *watching you speak for half a minute*
    me: this one. i like her. she is cool.

  • @mh605
    @mh605 4 года назад +26

    In "The Secrets of Distinctive Dress," a book from the late teens and early1920's, the author has a whole chapter about corsets and how to fit them correctly. (Apparently, women of the time wore corsets to achieve that straight, smooth shape of 20's fashion. ) The author is very particular that not every corset fits every woman and it's essential that one wear the right-size corset for her body.

  • @xxjuiciixx
    @xxjuiciixx 5 лет назад +5066

    One thing that's interesting is that high waisted jeans are in right now and they usually cinch the waist just enough that you have to breath into your chest rather than your stomach. Never heard anyone bash those.

    • @Sofi-kf9oz
      @Sofi-kf9oz 5 лет назад +152

      Aren't we supposed to breathe into our chests anyways?

    • @eigenkatteneerst
      @eigenkatteneerst 5 лет назад +329

      @@Sofi-kf9oz no, the stomach. i know our lungs are under our chest but we breath using our stomach (getting round and flat again each time we inhale and exhale), and of course by doing that your chest will follow along but never only the chest!

    • @Sofi-kf9oz
      @Sofi-kf9oz 5 лет назад +118

      @@eigenkatteneerst Honestly I only breathed with my stomach when I was a kid, I have been breathing with my chest almost my entire Life lol

    • @zaddkiel4458
      @zaddkiel4458 5 лет назад +58

      I remember people telling me the contrary when I was a child and this is so wrong now I try hard to teach myself to breath with my stomach again

    • @martinacampea2756
      @martinacampea2756 5 лет назад +137

      Actually men breaths more "into their stomach" while woman more "into their chest" because... pregnacy: It is un convenient for a girl breathing more into her stomach because this mechanism could damage the baby. Or at least this is what I learned at university.
      For singing however It is general used a more diaphragmatic breathing, I thinking for resonance or sustain better your note but I honestly do not know

  • @yogawarriorgirl
    @yogawarriorgirl 5 лет назад +541

    I remember those many lady's guides instructing ladies to NEVER sleep in their corsets and to spend time out of them- it seems a certain few matrons knew what was up when it came to corset health and hygiene.

    • @semoremo9548
      @semoremo9548 4 года назад +58

      Yeah but doctors advice the same thing for women wearing bras these days..

    • @whitneyg9150
      @whitneyg9150 4 года назад +29

      I feel like corsets were the bras of the past and I hate wearing bras unless they are a sport or bralette
      I'd be part of the "screw corsets" train I'm sure 😅

    • @sammygecko_
      @sammygecko_ 4 года назад +34

      Don’t sleep in any tight fitted clothing, the advice goes for everyone.
      Be careful with binders, corsets, sports bras, and bras (any type).. even underwear is advised to not be worn during the night.
      At this point in time, I can’t even wear a slightly too small shirt without going crazy when I’m trying to fall asleep.
      Sleeping is how you recharge/heal, so it makes sense that you should unrestricted your body during that process.
      Sanitation is the only real issue if it comes up at _all_ .

    • @star_is_deactivated4731
      @star_is_deactivated4731 4 года назад +13

      @@sammygecko_ Yeah in my family we've never worn underwear to bed unless we're staying with other people. Its just a thing we've always done.
      I prefer to wear a bra everyday even if I'm not going anywhere just because it's supportive (I'm on the more busty side) so not wearing one at night is how I get a break from it. There's a noticeable difference in how my chest and back feel when I wear one to sleep and when I don't. It's better when you don't wear one. Your chest feels a lot looser because it's not constantly having boobs held against it.

    • @miiwithoutu
      @miiwithoutu 4 года назад +4

      Whitney Gibson they basically were bras, they supported women’s chests

  • @Seduku
    @Seduku 5 лет назад +4377

    no one:
    RUclips Recommendations:
    I Grew Up in a Corset. Time to Bust Some Myths. (Ft. Actual Research)

  • @camicanessa7303
    @camicanessa7303 2 года назад +22

    I also wore a corset because of scoliosis and I was shocked when you said that you loved it! It was the most uncomfortable time of my life (not because my organs were squashed) because it hurt a lot when sleeping and sitting. You made me realize that maybe it wasn't done very well :(

    • @Azure_Sky222
      @Azure_Sky222 2 года назад +4

      It is sweaty and extremely uncomfortable and itchy the first year but this is my 3rd year. I find it decent, and when I take it off my back position feels out of place so I think you'll grow to miss it the longer you wear it.

    • @azatooth1
      @azatooth1 2 года назад +8

      In my personal opinion sometimes is not that bad, sometimes it feels great and sometimes it hurts. I have quite a relationship of hate and love with and my back brace

  • @ttuwu4130
    @ttuwu4130 5 лет назад +306

    “Vulnerable squishy bits are well armored” lol

    • @_1442
      @_1442 5 лет назад +23

      My friend has scoliosis too and he got a brace but didn't tell me. He asked me to punch him in the stomach and I readily agreed bc I knew I probably couldn't hurt him and he was annoying so why not.
      My hand really hurt after that.

  • @alfienice3636
    @alfienice3636 5 лет назад +5013

    This ain’t a waist trainer this a back brace I got scoliosis

    • @ecologist_to_be
      @ecologist_to_be 5 лет назад +142

      Yes but it similar principle

    • @mikaelazamarron1583
      @mikaelazamarron1583 5 лет назад +82

      Love that TikTok

    • @katiet8926
      @katiet8926 5 лет назад +31

      I snorted at this comment

    • @g.strobl4458
      @g.strobl4458 5 лет назад +146

      The point is that not all corsets were intended/used as waist trainers.

    • @zackcook6635
      @zackcook6635 5 лет назад +204

      she... she actually has scoliosis

  • @tweakfreak87
    @tweakfreak87 5 лет назад +759

    I will now refer to my innards as “vulnerable squishy bits.” 😂😂😂

  • @SOUTHWAP
    @SOUTHWAP 3 года назад +13

    My grandmother lived with us when I was growing up. She wore a corset every day, but complained that they were beastly hot and sweaty. As you say, they were made for her and she had several. The day's corset was washed nightly (by hand of course) and took at least a day to dry. There was always one on a drying rack in her room.

  • @cathryncampbell8555
    @cathryncampbell8555 4 года назад +310

    A lovely video: Thank you, Bernadette! Empress Elisabeth of Austria was a tight-lacer with a vengeance -- we're talking about a 16" waist on a 5' 8" figure! -- but she was also an athlete who rode horses & walked for miles compulsively. We never hear of her *fainting* due to tight lacing. So I agree with you: corsets need a reappraisal. But please, ladies, no 16" waists!

    • @yippeeflowers
      @yippeeflowers 2 года назад +7

      @Jack Snow wow, captain obvious back at it again! we know. that's the whole fucking point 🤣

    • @cathryncampbell8555
      @cathryncampbell8555 2 года назад +19

      @Jack Snow Well, Elisabeth also engaged in starvation diets & bulimia, so she managed to be unnaturally slender. She was the 19th century version of Diana, Princess of Wales.

    • @mimiharv
      @mimiharv 2 года назад +2

      @Jack Snow Sure there is. I'm 5'9 and until the age of 24 I had a natural waist of 52 cm. Detract an inch of the height, add an eating disorder and tightlacing and a 40 cm waist becomes possible. Not normal, but possible for some. (And keep in mind, she was famous for it - absolutely no one thought it was the norm, even at the time)

  • @SophiaAnnDickinson2001
    @SophiaAnnDickinson2001 5 лет назад +720

    Something about you reminds me of Belle from beauty and the beast

    • @Llovesmakeup21
      @Llovesmakeup21 5 лет назад +20

      Fia :D it’s the hairstyle and makeup simple and young yet elegant and classy

    • @monicav9151
      @monicav9151 5 лет назад +2

      Everything?

    • @lifethroughhereyes3958
      @lifethroughhereyes3958 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly! Such a beautiful young lady with flawless skin and beautiful brown hair!

    • @phoenixdavida8987
      @phoenixdavida8987 5 лет назад +9

      I could totally see her playing Belle. (I didn't like the Emma Watson casting in the recent movie too much.) But good call! From the physicality, to the vocal eloquence and physical poise-- even her hairline and hairstyle are very "Belle." She comes off as intelligent and is also has a distinct unique look herself-- one that lends itself to Belle impressions.

    • @autumnsteinke7531
      @autumnsteinke7531 5 лет назад

      Fia :D I’ve never even seen it (don’t come after me) and I agree with you!

  • @FaultAndDakranon
    @FaultAndDakranon 5 лет назад +341

    I’ve been pregnant. My organs were massively squished up due to the way I carried. I never fainted. It was quite uncomfortable. Corsets are nothing on that.

    • @DeidresStuff
      @DeidresStuff 4 года назад +12

      My sister is barely 5 feet tall and had a baby with a man who is over 6 feet tall. My nephew was so big that when he stretched, she couldn't breathe. She had to keep going to the hospital but no one ever picked up on the whole gigantic baby thing. They kept giving her breathing treatments.

    • @Phoenixx1127
      @Phoenixx1127 4 года назад

      Thank you for this comment

    • @galaxypickle1166
      @galaxypickle1166 4 года назад

      Wait so is tightlacing still bad?-
      Say you wear a tightlacing corset for like 7-8 hours for 5 days a week, is that bad or not?

    • @ghillies4life
      @ghillies4life 4 года назад +1

      I did pass out multiple times from the baby compressing my inferior vena cava (the vessel that returns the blood to the heart). But I'm 5'1" 120lbs, back-tilted uterus and carried far back.

    • @Alice-gr1kb
      @Alice-gr1kb 4 года назад +3

      Galaxy Pickle tightlacing is bad because that much pressure could actually deform ribs, but proper corest wearing didn’t do that

  • @parish5488
    @parish5488 4 года назад +41

    Immediately after watching this I saw a video recommended in the sidebar called "Three Inventions Deadly to Women" and the thumbnail for the video... was a corset. Bad timing or comedic timing, take your pick

  • @Yukiaku
    @Yukiaku 5 лет назад +231

    I have subscribed to this channel for two reasons
    1. i have a genuine interest in the Victorian and Edwardian life style and fashion
    2. i like the way she talks

    • @carbon1255
      @carbon1255 5 лет назад +2

      You don't have to claim to be genuine here on the internet.

    • @nohtopia
      @nohtopia 5 лет назад

      same same same

    • @RoseOfSharonGaming
      @RoseOfSharonGaming 5 лет назад

      I know right! Same for me too!

  • @asminamalla2147
    @asminamalla2147 5 лет назад +1105

    her vocabulary is so strong. i feel like i have to sit down with a dictionary and watch this video. or maybe im just dumb and her english is average. but either way i need a dictionary

    • @asminamalla2147
      @asminamalla2147 5 лет назад +5

      @Peach Rosé yours too!! i like your user name too.

    • @neo-xc4ky
      @neo-xc4ky 5 лет назад +1

      same

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 5 лет назад +37

      Are you a native english speaker? Because all those words she uses are pretty common. She has a beautiful speech pattern and fluency, but the words themselves are nothing special.

    • @neo-xc4ky
      @neo-xc4ky 5 лет назад +5

      @@magiv4205 well i, am not. idk about the other person but there were definitely some words that people wouldn't usually use in a casual conversation. i didn't recognize one word though. just one.

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 5 лет назад +11

      @@neo-xc4ky oh that's fair. I'm sorry if I may have sounded condescending, that wasn't my intention. I'm not a native speaker either, but maybe it's as some others have pointed out in other comments, that she just reads alot (certainly as part of her research on this topic aswell), and that reading english books in many different genres, like I love to do, leads to a different speech pattern and a larger active vocabulary. She is definitely very well spoken, I give you that.

  • @zaylo4830
    @zaylo4830 5 лет назад +2717

    I just realized I can't speak English

    • @fusslig7811
      @fusslig7811 5 лет назад +95

      Same. At least I have the excuse that it is my second language

    • @christmansonpunk2927
      @christmansonpunk2927 5 лет назад +25

      No American can

    • @zaylo4830
      @zaylo4830 5 лет назад +13

      @@christmansonpunk2927 but I'm not American though

    • @Jixsurez
      @Jixsurez 5 лет назад +4

      @@fusslig7811 same lol

    • @leebennett4117
      @leebennett4117 5 лет назад +2

      Neefur con ee,