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The title could be changed to \\\"Freak in the Attic,\\\" since lots of these examples aren\\\'t insane (many of them have other conditions) or women.

And just as a question, would Toph Bei Fong from \\\'\\\'AvatarTheLastAirbender\\\'\\\' count (if only as an aversion, subversion, playing with, etc.)? She was raised in more of a GildedCage setting than the stereotypical \\\"chained in a dingy attic or basement\\\"--she lived in luxury and had the run of the whole estate. But she was still kept a secret from the world because of her condition.
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The title could be changed to \\\"Freak in the Attic,\\\" since lots of these examples aren\\\'t insane (many of them have other conditions) or women.

And just as a question, would Toph Bei Fong from \\\'\\\'AvatarTheLastAirbender\\\'\\\' count (if only as an aversion, subversion, playing with, etc.)? She got off a lot better than most of the examples on the page. She\\\'s not insane or deformed, she\\\'s just blind. And she was raised in more of a GildedCage setting than the stereotypical \\\"chained in a dingy attic or basement\\\"--she lived in luxury and had the run of the whole estate. But she was still kept a secret from the world because of her condition.
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