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These Are The Last Women With Bound Feet In China (15 photo + 1 GIF)

Over thousands of years, women have been expected to conform to ridiculous (if not dangerous) beauty standards. But for women in China, beauty standards were downright incapacitating until the 20th century, and even then the tradition continued. As part of her "Living History" series, Jo Farrell has captured a world we have never seen. These women are the last generation to have had their feet bound, and they're baring all.

Over thousands of years, women have been expected to conform to ridiculous (if not dangerous) beauty standards.

A Penguin Called Bagpipes Got A New Foot And Is So Damn Happy About It (7 photo)

Bagpipes lost his leg in 2007 when he became entangled in a fisherman’s net off the New Zealand coast. He now spends his days at the International Antarctic Centre, in New Zealand’s Christchurch. Earlier this week he was fitted with a 3D-printed prosthetic leg, made for him by Don Clucas​, a senior lecturer in design and manufacturing at the University of Canterbury.

Bagpipes lost his leg in 2007 when he became entangled in a fisherman’s net off the New Zealand coast. He now spends his days at the International Antarctic Centre, in New Zealand’s Christchurch.