In Which I Visit a Sideshow and Find Myself Onstage
September 6, 2012 by Laura Benedict - 2 Comments
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Being a kid who was attracted to the unusual, the disturbing, the alien, and otherness, I always wanted to visit a sideshow, but I was discouraged from it by my folks and, later, friends. Mostly on the grounds that it was a rip-off. But, finally, at my advanced age of *ahem*, I decided that I …Read More