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27 January 2017

Alma Mahler was NOT a Nice Person

I was going to make this a slightly longer blog post, but seriously: ALMA MAHLER SEX DOLL. That’s all you really need to know. Prepare yourself for the horror:

If you’d like to learn a little more about her, listen to the episode. As promised, you can click here to listen to her complete song list. But honestly, we spend a lot of time on this thing.

My Google history will never be the same.

Also, here are some images of the doll as painted by her owner, Oskar Kokoschka, who makes it look almost not terrifying.

Almost:

If you’re not entirely creeped out yet, you can read Kokoschka’s explicit instructions to the doll maker over at The Paris Review. You’ve been warned.

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