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Speaking of dolls: Have you seen the new "American Girl" doll Sonali? She is only the third non-white doll the ridiculously popular AG outfit has put out (check this out if you are unfamiliar with the AG phenom) and, according to the official AG literature, she is "at least part South Asian" and "she is also quite smart." She is also depicted as one of the "mean girls" of the AG pack, which I hope doesn't influence the legions of little Brown Girls who will buy her too much. Thanks to Parul in Chicago for the tip!
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My daughter begged and begged for the American Girl doll and while I was happy that she wanted something "Indian" I truly hated the whole American Girl craziness. As for the sling, most kids play house but I can't imagine buying my kids mini versions of everything you need in a house!
Wow, next up they will have Britney writing a parenting book!
they let that lady write a book?? I wouldn't trust her advise on how to raise a pet rock let alone a child!
I totally felt the same way about little strollers for kids! I wondered why anybody would want their kids to play with that kind of stuff. But lo and behold, my 3 year old daughter saw one (as well as a mini kitchen, and a mini washer and dryer) and immeidately wanted it. Who knows why.
"...at least part South Asian ... quite smart ... and mean"?!?!
That's a little disconcerting. While I'm all "woo" about desis in the mainstream as evidenced by an at least part desi AG doll, I'm less "woo" about the other descriptions of this doll. "Quite smart"? Well aren't all Asians smart (much sarcasm)?
I admittedly know very little about the AG phenomenon other than walking down Mich Ave in the dead of winter and feeling bad for legions of parents hauling giant AG boxes. However, why is there a "mean girl" group at all? And why is our darling, smart, partially desi Sonali a part of such a thing?
Agree! I'm not out to start a crusade against a doll or anything but isn't it a little 80s to depict an Asian doll as "smart"? Whatever, I guess it's better than having her say "math is hard"!
Lordy I don't know what I would rather not buy: This book or those vomit bags you posted about! Why does this stuff get made??
As for the baby sling: I can only hazard to guess that that idea made sense in an econonmy when people had money to burn,.
Wait til someone makes a 'designer pretend vomit bag' ...