Episode 76
Episode 76 - Human Barbie and Other Plastic Tales
Squaring the Strange · Celestia Ward
October 12, 20181h 14m
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Show Notes
First, Ben examines some disturbing consequences to child abduction rumors on a popular app in India and Mexico. Then we look at modern plastic surgery oddities and, specifically, the media myth of the Human Barbie, also known as Russian model Valeria Lukyanova. What outrageous things were said about her, and how much of the narrative can be taken as fact? We also compare her to her counterparts, namely the three men who promote themselves as "human Ken dolls."