Ep. 7 | Foot binding | 缠足

WARNING: This episode contains sensitive content, and may not be suitable to all listeners, especially children.

In some museums, one can find exhibits of pairs of shoes, which were cone shaped like a lotus bud. Handmade from cotton or silk, they were small enough to fit into the palm of a hand and seemed like they were for little girls.

Except these shoes weren’t just for little girls, but they were also for fully grown women as well…

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