Is there a specific name for body horror burlesque? Gurolesque or something?

@Sparrow is this ... a thing?? I kind of love the concept

@modernmodron but yeah, I can see it being used to express all kinds of body alienation, dysphoria, dissociation, discomfort, for all sorts of reasons. To me (as someone with dance/theatre training growing up) it's a visceral way to express very personal feelings of discomfort artistically.

@Sparrow oh that's a wonderful perspective! thank you for sharing :D

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of course! the beauty and complexity of "monsters" is really dear to me. I guess being a "monster" is how I conceptualize those feelings of bodily self-loathing. I really want to explore them in an artistic way, stay tuned, haha. :P

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