"Hir necke like to an yvorie shining tower Where through with azure veynes sweete Nectar runnes, Or like the downe of …"

"Her necke like to a stately towre, Where Love himselfe imprisoned lies."

"Even as delicious meat is to the tast, So was his necke in touching, and surpast The white of Pelops' shoulder."

"Fair as an Ivory Column’s tow’ring Height, Her lofty Neck advances to the Sight."

"I came into this project with preconceptions like most people have, that this was a custom only done by the elite who…"

"For one of my pieces on camera, I balanced a pair of embroidered doll shoes in the palm of my hand, as I talked about…"

"Most people’s immediate reaction is how bad this custom was. I now see it as more of a means to an end. In their soci…"

"The bandages that women used for footbinding were about 10 feet long, so it was difficult for them to wash their feet…"

"Looking back on it, I am not sure what I was expecting. Such cruel and ugly words are used to describe bound feet. I …"

"Certainly the "three-inch golden lotuses" were seen as the ultimate erogenous zone, with Qing dynasty pornographic bo…"