One of the things that a lot of the fluffy bunny people don't seem to realise is that the "freaks" who worked in those sideshows were happy with what they did. They didn't really have any other avenues available to them and felt that they had every right to cash in on what they were born with.
It always made me a bit angry that a lot of the shows were closed down for "exploitative" reasons. And the people who worked at them basically had no where else to go after having their work taken away from them by well meaning people.
A peeve of mine, I apologise for the sudden rant. I've done quite a bit of research on the subject and will devour any piece of information I stumble across regarding it.
An ex roommate of mine also used to have trouble with brushing his teeth because of his gag reflex. You could walk past the bathroom when he was in there and hear the *hack!* and then him begin to swear, quietly so the rest of us wouldn't hear.
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Re: freaks
Date: 2001-06-02 04:35 pm (UTC)bunny people don't seem to realise is that the
"freaks" who worked in those sideshows were
happy with what they did. They didn't really have
any other avenues available to them and felt that
they had every right to cash in on what they
were born with.
It always made me a bit angry that a lot of
the shows were closed down for "exploitative"
reasons. And the people who worked at them
basically had no where else to go after having
their work taken away from them by well meaning
people.
A peeve of mine, I apologise for the sudden
rant. I've done quite
a bit of research on the subject and will devour
any piece of information I stumble across
regarding it.
An ex roommate of mine also used to have
trouble with brushing his teeth because of
his gag reflex. You could walk past the bathroom
when he was in there and hear the *hack!*
and then him begin to swear, quietly so the
rest of us wouldn't hear.