We Need to Talk about Trump’s Ugliness

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So I’m grateful to Nina Burleigh for writing so brilliantly about body horror in the Trump era. (Don’t miss Nina’s Substack!)

Body horror is a form of science fiction in which characters are confronted with the decay, viral invasion, stretching, fusing, or mutation of human flesh. Examples include The Fly, The Thing, The Substance, and Dead Ringers.

Nina sees body horror at play in the fascination with Trump’s uncanny allure to Natalie Harp, his young assistant and possible mistress.

Here Nina says what we’re all thinking: