Archive for November, 2014 The bearded lady: The most famous human curiosity of the 19th century. How we treat our fellow humans reveals much about our own humanity… Julia Pastrana: A “Monster to the Whole World” (The Public Domain Review) “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. When Julia Pastrana was born, in the mountains of Western Mexico in…