Anyway, look at all you’ve learned about conjoined twins so far today.” (full article at: ) Anatomical Answers! The criticism that TLC isn’t doing enough to educate its viewers is a weak one, because, if you really wanted to explore the world of science, you wouldn’t rely on the folks who brought you A Wedding Story to do it.
This is one of the stalest observations a person can make on the internet but, since you brought it up, TLC’s (alleged) downward spiral began with the program Jon and Kate Plus 8… From there, we moved to 19 Kids & Counting, Toddlers & Tiaras, and now the apex of observational learning Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo. “So basically the show exists so we can oggle these girls in private? I thought TLC was supposed to be The Learning Channel. One quote in particular is very relevant: Gawker published a very informative article about the girls.
TLC’s website really only provides videos and images from the show, and not much real outside information about the women. The obvious: how does one control each side? how do they attend college classes? how do they drive? what parts of their bodies do they share? And the questions you want to know, but are afraid to ask: What if one of the girls was a lesbian and the other was straight? How do intimate relationships work when there’s no privacy? How does privacy even work? Fortunately, the show does a lot of answering of these questions through interviews with friends and the girls themselves. Even though the preview was sensationalized, as they usually are, we were intrigued and had SO MANY QUESTIONS. When Abigail and I saw the promo for this show, we knew immediately that we would HAVE to watch it. To some, without closer investigation, this almost makes it appear that they are “a two-headed girl.” The “interesting” part of their condition is that they each have a separate head, but their bodies are joined. Abigail and Brittany Hensel were born in 1990, and they are dicephalic parapagus twins, which means they are conjoined twins.
No discussion of the similarities and differences between TLC programming and antiquated sideshows is complete without a post about Abby and Brittany.