{"id":3676,"date":"2014-07-21T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2015-07-15T13:35:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T17:35:30","slug":"shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2014\/07\/21\/shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found a cool new podcast, 99% Invisible, and kicked off my listening with the ep <a href=\"http:\/\/99percentinvisible.org\/episode\/feet-of-engineering\/\">&quot;Feet of Engineering,&quot;<\/a> all about high-heeled shoes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Provisionally I have to say that 99% Invisible rocks. It took a highly gendered subject &#8212; high-heeled shoes &#8212; about which the discussion can quickly devolve into &quot;Why would anyone wear such painful and impractical shoes?&quot; and addresses it with thoughtfulness, playfulness and even some historical perspective. In fact, the podcast&#8217;s view of high heels as a status symbol that, over time, has become increasingly sexualized, exaggerated and feminized [hello platform stilettos!], makes a lot of sense and explains a lot of the appeal of the heel. Bravo 99% Invisible!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m going to put my feet [clad in sneaker sandals] up on my desk, take a quick look at my 365 Days of Shoes calendar [filled with full-color photos of mostly high-fashion heels from the past few years] and then listen to some more of this podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Platform stilettos!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/miscdaz\/jareth\/goof01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">This entry was originally posted at <a href = \"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1657173.html\">http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1657173.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I&#8217;d prefer it if you&#8217;d <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1657173.html?mode=reply\">comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found a cool new podcast, 99% Invisible, and kicked off my listening with the ep &quot;Feet of Engineering,&quot; all about high-heeled shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[701],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-signature-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5428,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions\/5428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}