Extra-Special Snowflakes

Christa Menegas
Nov 5 · 4 min read

How Twins, Spitting Images, and Reunions Mess with our Illusions of Self

Photo by Amir-abbas Abdolali on Unsplash

Long before selfies and a culture of endless self-replication, there were body doubles. These are nature’s replicants. Whether they’re twins or clones or spitting images, they are deliciously freaky, especially when they act as a single unit.

Stanley Kubrick’s sisters in The Shining, Diane Arbus’s matched pairs in…

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