Since she debuted in the public eye, she's said she works as a "teacher" at some sort of new-age type institution. There's videos and such of it, so it's not a complete lie. She was, most likely, into it before her whole "human doll" endeavor as well.

IRREGARDLESSICAL, I feel like the "puppy running under the couch to avoid bath time" GIF will be appropriate w.r.t. Whatever the outcome of the case is....(noun).

By he has a biblical-y first name? A good Christian boy? Etcetera?

I hope he suffers every day of his life.

Can we lock him in a basement, assault, punch, and starve him? I know we can't, and that this is not how law works and isn't how society works, and that violence does not help, but there is something satisfying in the whole 'eye-for-an-eye' thing.

I'm definitely reserving judgement for now...when Genesis and Lady Jaye began their transformation, they were both already well-versed in performance art and the value of questioning identity. This woman may well end up just as transgressive and interesting - but if nothing else, she's still very young, and I would be…

I'm admittedly against the death penalty anyway, but it seems like a plea that would keep him in prison for the rest of his life might be the best result. I'm not sure that testifying and being cross-examined and having to see the fucker again would be helpful for his victims.

Definitely. I immediately think Orlan and Cindy Sherman (et. al) when I think about body modification and appearance altering as a form of performance art and an expression of a certain mode of identity politics. I'm not sure what I think about this one yet— I'll withhold judgement until I know more.

Yeah...I think that, for example, Breyer P-Orridge has honestly really explored some amazing things about identity. I'm not sure if this young woman is in that vein, or is just very eccentric (which is also legit, but not necessarily discussion-provoking).

Hang on. She's saving us from superficiality?

I could have really gotten into this because I do buy into physical transformation as a form of artistic expression and I would have loved to hear her perspective on the criticisms and obsessions with how she looks.

And now this...?

I have.... many, many questions, but the most important one rattling around my head and setting off a klaxon in my brain like I just saw Elle Driver from my hospital bed is...

I feel like not only is VICE trolling us, but this girl is trolling us with her entire existence. Dedication?

All of his interns are named Monica, his wife is extremely close to Hillary, he's extremely creepy. Just dye your hair white, you're almost there!

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Cumsocket and fucksock are new to me.

Well, there are the childish euphemisms that most of us grew up using:

Speaking personally...

Except that they did mention it, making you totally wrong: