Harvard University announced Wednesday that it removed the human skin binding from a gruesome book in its library. The book, called Des destinées de l’âme, was published in the 1880s by French author ...

(TMX) -- Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text. The university said the decision was made because the skin was taken without consent from a deceased woman.

The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades. “Des Destinées de l’Ame,” a book written in the 1880s by ...

Maia Kobabe, has co-written “Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding” about the transgender experience focusing on chest binding and guidance for safe binding while emphasizing the importance of health ...

Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text because it was taken without consent from a deceased woman. Harvard Library announced this month that it had removed ...