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The Sensational Team are reading: Growing Up Strange

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Briar Ripley Page writes about Body Horror and Growing Up Strange

The Sensational Team enjoyed reading, and recommend Briar Ripley Page’s story on the Wellcome Collection blog.

As a child, Briar Ripley Page was terrified by a story about a woman who kept a lifelong secret: that her head was held on only by a green ribbon. But strangely, their older self came to find very detailed, subversive tales of ‘body horror’ a source of support, strength and comfort.

Growing Up Strange [online article]