Model believes she is from another planet

[frameacloud]

Trigger warnings: The comments on this post mention an eating disorder (anorexia). The linked article contains snakes and brief mentions of plastic surgery. The linked video also contains these, in addition to profanity, and a lot of offensive, sexist hate speech about women's bodies. There's also some remarks equating spiritual beliefs with mental illness. It's the whole "catch 22" where the patriarchy gives impression that only beautiful women will be treated with respect or like their ideas are worth listening to, but then it turns out that women who do their utmost to be beautiful are treated hatefully and assumed to be unintelligent anyway.

July: A model named Valeria Lukyanova, 23, in the Ukraine, "believes she is from another planet - possibly Venus, but she isn't quite sure - so isn't really human like the rest of us. [...] She genuinely believes she's from another planet. 100 per cent. She's not making any money from her life - not even from the seminars she gives - which is originally why I thought she was doing this."¹ The VICE documentary series "My Life Online" ran an episode about Lukyanova this month. The full episode (over 20 minutes long) can be viewed on the official VICE site.² In it, Lukyanova talks briefly about her memories of her past incarnation and her spirituality, but this is not the focus of the documentary.

I am not aware of whether Lukyanova is involved with communities of people who identify as extraterrestrials, the starseed community, or anything similar.



Sources

1. Martha De Lacey, "The voices in her head, internet trolls and an OBSESSION with perfection: Inside the world of 'real life Barbie' Valeria Lukyanova." 2013-07-25. Daily Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2377832/Human-Barbie-Ukraines-Valeria-Lukyanova-new-Vice-documentary-Will-Fairman.html

2. William Fairman, "Space Barbie." My Life Online. Vice. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/my-life-online/space-barbie-full-length

Comments

[hoyvinglavin64.livejournal.com]

I'd say a trigger warning should also be added for Valeria being pro-ana.

[frameacloud]

I'll add that.

[frameacloud]

Are eating disorders mentioned in the source article, or in the video? I need to know which one to put trigger warnings for.

[hoyvinglavin64.livejournal.com]

Doesn't seem to be mentioned directly in the article, and haven't watched the video, but as a warning (if her unhealthily low BMI wasn't enough evidence), she seems to be supporting eating disorders under the guise of her "spirituality": http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/411525/20121205/valeria-lukyanova-s-human-doll-diet-raw.htm#.Ufqh51OBYwE

She's also a white supremacist: http://exposebarbie.com/valeria-lukyanova-is-still-racist/

I really don't want the otherkin community associated with her. We've had enough people supporting unhealthy and racist ideas associated with us.

[frameacloud]

Those are valid concerns. Thank you for bringing them to my attention.

[slinkslowdown.livejournal.com]

I've read about her a lot recently. It's so fascinating.