Everyone has one and everyone seems to have an opinion about them too. Kim Kardashian has built an empire on hers. Bums are cultural obsession says Heather Radke, an essayist, journalist, and contributing editor and reporter at Radiolab on public radio in the US. The bottom line is that sexism and racism drive attitudes about this part of women's anatomy. Radke puts the issues of beauty standards, cultural appropriation and self worth front and center in her book, Butts: A Backstory.
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