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The rise of the TikTok Mengele

Paul Virilio on flesh sculpting as eugenicist art

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Mary Harrington
Feb 11, 2023
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If I had Madonna's money, I'd do exactly the same thing to my face

I wrote last week about the “facial feminisation surgery” of TikTok personality Dylan Mulvaney. Heavily documented, it culminated in a “face reveal”: a video in which the finished “product” was showcased in a heavily stylised video. I’ve been puzzling, ever since, at an event that felt deeply significant in ways I have struggled to articulate.

I found …

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