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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2021-10-05 05:39 pm

[ SECRET POST #5387 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5387 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2021-10-06 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Doll drama is always so weird to me. I mean, I know that all hobbies have their drama, more or less, but somehow drama among adult collectors of dolls is especially bizarre.

I’m assuming it’s just general racist hate, possibly around considering “black features” to be ugly?

(Anonymous) 2021-10-06 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Not OP, but a lot of the drama does seem to be centered on Makena because people say her new mold makes her look like a cheap knockoff of an American Girl doll and/or that her facial features don’t resemble the features of actual black girls. And yeah, lots of people just calling her plain ugly.

There’s also some mild drama surrounding Evette (the curly-haired doll on the left) because she’s biracial and AG’s being accused of “whitewashing” one of their POC dolls.

Personally, I’m surprised there isn’t more drama surrounding Maritza since her book centers on undocumented immigrants, but I guess either people don’t read the books or AG’s audience has gotten more progressive.

(Anonymous) 2021-10-06 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
AYRT. Thanks for the info! Quite interesting.

(Anonymous) 2021-10-06 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
As someone into doll fandom, American Girl is unusually fucking wild. The collectors and moms scare me.