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The Public Domain Review (publicdomainrev@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Sep-2025 01:46:59 JST The Public Domain Review

Bess Lovejoy explores the treatment and mistreatment of Julia Pastrana, one of the most famous “human curiosities” of the 19th century, who was only laid to rest in 2013, 153 years after her passing: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/julia-pastrana-a-monster-to-the-whole-world
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  Julia Pastrana: A “Monster to the Whole World”
  
  Julia Pastrana, a woman from Mexico born with hypertrichosis, became one of the most famous human curiosities of the 19th century, exhibited the world over as a "bearded lady" while both alive and dead. Bess Lovejoy explores her story and how it was only in 2013, 153 years after her passing, that she was finally laid to rest.
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  Sibrosan (sibrosan@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Sep-2025 02:18:29 JST Sibrosan
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  @publicdomainrev The picture is not of Julia Pastrana
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Pastrana#/media/File:Pastrana.JPG
  
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