[ SECRET POST #2631 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2631 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[(Anonymous)]

"The American Girl books (historical) are just about white girls with no real problems."

This is what people who haven't followed the collection since they were kids themselves think, and when they kindasorta hear news about it, they assume it's gotten worse with the all-whiteness when it's really gotten a lot better.

"So I hear they're retiring Molly... well whatever, they'll just replace her with another privileged white girl." Yes, Molly was just retired. You know what other dolls have been retired? Know what they have in common? All of them are white. Meanwhile many of those were replaced with dolls of color. As for the "have no real problems," some of the newest white girls' stories are about living in the middle of a plague and in a war zone. No, no problems at all.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[greenvelvetcake]

Wait what?? One of the original girls was Addy! Addy was a black girl who escaped from slavery with her family! What the hell?

You tell me who these people are and I will cut them. No one messes with Addy.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure Addy wasn't one of the original three. It was the pioneer girl, the Victorian girl, and the WWII girl.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[shortysc22]

Except the first three dolls were Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly. I think Felicity was added next and then Addy. To most girls, the originals were Kirsten, Samantha, Felicity, Molly, and Addy.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[greenvelvetcake]

Yes, I consider those five the originals since they were the ones that were out by the time I got into American Girl dolls. Didn't realize there was a seven-year gap between the first three and Addy. Whatever, she still counts!

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[(Anonymous)]

The more I hear about American Girl, the cooler it sounds. We're getting a store in my city sometime this year, and I kinda want to check it out.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[(Anonymous)]

No! Molly?! I loved Molly! She was probably my...third? favorite! Who else is gone?

Anyway, this kind of frustrates me, because I really related to Molly, and I drew inspiration from her as a kid. No, her problems weren't huge and meaningful, but neither were mine.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[(Anonymous)]

Don't worry, the Molly books are still being published! Retired just means they're not as actively marketed and the doll is discontinued. The other retired dolls so far are Felicity, Samantha, and Kirsten.

Re: Annoying misconceptions people have about things you're a fan of?

[abharding]

Thing is I could the present day American Girl "Girl of the Year" books - and the very first American Girl books where all white girls but although some of the problems those girls faced were not exactly no big deal.

Regarding the yellow fiver plague. While my niece was reading/being read the Cecile (who was a black girl) & Marie Grace books, all some of the dolls in her dollhouse came down with yellow fever.