“Slouch unearths the history of posture to reveal how it was more than a signifier of good breeding and class civility: it was a central aspect of social and personal hygiene that, if neglected, could become a public health crisis. A richly detailed book about what it meant—and means—to be ‘posture conscious.'”

– Jaipreet Virdi, author of Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History