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[gwendolyngrey]

American Girl, I'm ashamed of you!

I just got the latest catalogue in the mail, and I was appalled at what appears to be an attempt to whitewash the historical girls.  The newest girls, Julie (1974) and Rebecca (1914) had the largest spreads, while Kit, Molly, Kirsten, and Felicity all had a couple pages each.  Josephina and Kaya each had only one page (side by side after all the others), and Addy was nowhere to be found.

I don't what what they were thinking...

Addy was featured in the front page lineup... SO WHY WAS SHE NOT THERE?!  And why put the other two girls of color in as an afterthought?

This is not the same company I loved as a little girl.

(I still haven't forgiven them for eliminating Samantha either...)

Comments

[idlewild-grey.livejournal.com]

Oh no, there's definitely not a shelving of the historical dolls. Flipping through the catalogue in order... Rebecca has eight pages, then Julie with four, Molly with two, Kit with four, Kirsten with four, Felicity with four, and then Josefina with one and Kaya with one. No Addy.

Cherish your Kirsten because according to the front inside page, we'll 'soon be saying farewell to Kirsten' too. :(

I think the company started with three dolls: Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly... perhaps Molly will be next on the chopping block.