Extremely Life-Like Dolls Cause a Frenzy in Brazil

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A young woman posts a video where she seems to show her holding her baby, Bento, and preparing him to go to the hospital. She describes him as "one of the busiest and scariest days for me." She grabs pajamas, a bottle and medical documentation, and shoves him into the back of a car. In the hospital, they weigh him up and lie him down in a bed, where they take off his pacifier, give him the bottle and wipe his cheek with a few drops of formula. B…

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Brazilian Internet users make up a universe with billions of daily interactions that each time is shaken by a feverish episode, where an issue grows rapidly and exponentially to monopolize conversation and have effects in the real world. The most recent febrile peak is featured in videos starring reborn or reborn dolls and their mothers. Women who collect and raise hyperrealistic baby-size dolls, hand-made, who change diapers, feed or take out a…

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Dolls based on social media posts and videos have become a cultural and political flashpoint in Brazil.