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EPISODE · Mar 22, 2024 · 32 MIN

Support All Women: The History of the Sports Bra and Spandex

from Wiki University · host Wiki U, Jheisson Nunez, Kyle Berseth

Was the sports bra as important as Title XI for women in sports? What moment in female sports history made the sports bra acceptable as outerwear? Do you know what WD-40 stands for? What were women's girdles made of prior to the introduction of spandex? Kyle and Jheisson answer these questions and more as they mansplain their way across Wikipedia from the history of the sports bra, to WD-40, and the spandex shortage of 1987! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wikiuniversity YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmPDDjcbBJfR0s_xJfYCUvwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wikiuniversity/Music provided by Davey and the Chains

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