Dressed to Possess: island of the Dolls and Haunted Dolls Okiku, Frozen Charlotte, and La Pascualita
This week, Noelle takes us to the eerie Island of the Dolls in Xochimilco, while Melissa dives into Frozen Charlotte, Okiku, and La Pascualita.
We're talking haunted folklore, creepy doll history, and how dresses, hair, veils, and tiny shoes can turn a toy into something that feels just a little too human.
Dressed for the Grave; Where fashion meets its darkest consequences. 🖤
14 Oct 2026
Dressed to Glow: Beauty, Poison & the Radium Girls, Part Three
Content warning: Occupational poisoning, severe illness, disfigurement and death.
The women are sick, the evidence is mounting, and somehow radioactive face cream is still getting a sales pitch.
In the final installment of our radium series, Melissa and Noelle follow the Radium Girls' fight for compensation in New Jersey and Illinois, millionaire Eben Byers's disastrous enthusiasm for Radithor, and Tho-Radia's promise of a scientifically improved complexion.
From courtroom delays to beauty-counter bullshit, we explore what happened after the warnings became public and the lasting legacy of the women who painted those luminous dials.
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And remember: Dress to impress yourself, not the coroner.
7 Oct 2026
Dressed to Glow: Beauty, Poison & the Radium Girls, Part Two
In Part 2 of Dressed to Glow: Beauty, Poison & the Radium Girls, the sparkle finally turns sinister.
We're diving into the women who painted glowing watch and clock dials with radium, the infamous "lip, dip, paint" technique and the horrifying illnesses that followed.
Turns out, glowing in the dark is significantly less glamorous when your jaw starts falling apart.
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