Tatas of Yore

Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They're usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we're pregnant. They're more...

By Liz Tracy

October 13, 2011

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Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They're usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we're pregnant. They're more than just fabric propping up our tatas, they're markers of our past. In the play Cups, a woman looks at her life though her brassieres. Gwynyth Walsh (of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and DaVinci's Inquest fame) stars in this one-woman show taking place during Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the Aventura Arts and Culture Center.
Tuesdays-Sundays, 8 p.m. Starts: Oct. 12. Continues through Oct. 22, 2011

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Liz Tracy is a culture and health journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, and Vox. Previously, she served as New Times Broward-Palm Beach's music editor for three years. Wherever she goes, she brings a little bit of Miami with her.

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