kinda like a train wreck

Salon posted an article (rather in-depth) about Real Doll owners today. If you haven't seen/read it, I should warn you that there is something inherently creepy about the article. But I couldn't help continue to skim it. There are some troubling things in it to be sure - like requests for much younger-style dolls, etc. - but it's a fascinating look into what seems to amount to a sub-culture of people who make the dolls more than dolls.

I checked out the manufacturer's site (which smacks of porn-ish web design), but I couldn't bring myself to to delve too deeply.

Additionally, some of the pictures in the photo gallery attached to the article contain nudity - albeit doll nudity. So I don't know if that fits into the NSFW realm. Same goes for Real Doll website. Both of the Links are below this heads-up just in case.

That said, it's an interesting piece that begs discussion; about Real Dolls and about the acceptance of this "lifestyle" (it's debatable as far as I'm concerned whether this does in fact imply a lifestyle) in some - and alternately the concern (extending to disgust) it provokes in others.

I found it via Pandagon.