Everyone is Obsessed with People Who Are Obsessed With Being Mermaids
LatestObviously people want to be mermaids, even if the government says they don’t exist. They look like people but have glittery tails. Some of them were called Sirens and had the power to control men with their sexiness. They can breathe underwater. And they are probably related to/actually are manatees, the best animal on earth.
Despite the fact that it should be very clear to everyone that people want to be mermaids, the latest look at these people in the New York Times Magazine this weekend is a lovely reminder for those who have forgotten. Virginia Sole-Smith travels to Weeki Wachee, Florida, “the world’s only city of live mermaids,” founded in 1947, where ladies (and a few men) dress up as mermaids and perform underwater. It’s where Esther Williams filmed Neptune’s Daughter, but as Sole-Smith explores, Weeki Wachee Springs is currently a Florida State Park, a weird fit for what’s essentially a water park.