Synopsis
‘Excellent’ Economist
Most women in the developed world are dissatisfied with their breasts. They dismiss them as silly boobs, lament their less-than-ideal forms, or renounce thinking about them altogether. Why is this emblem of womanhood so often derided and maligned?
Tits Up investigates breasts through the eyes and lives of women experts. It explores the truths of mammary glands, from strip...
Details
12 June 2025336 pages
9781035053933Imprint: Bluebird
Reviews
A consciousness-raising romp around feminism via the rack.Philippa Perry
An excellent new book. . . Owners and admirers will not look at breasts in the same way again.The Economist
Will make any woman reconsider her body, and any man reconsider how he treats the bodies of the women in his life.Sunday Independent
[Thornton’s] impassioned polemic makes a convincing case that the derogatory way Western culture views tits…helps perpetuate the patriarchy . . Tits Up asks readers to reimagine the bosom, no matter its size and shape, as a site of empowerment and even divinity.New York Times
