follow your inner star

doll sideblog / 27 / autistic / follows from mccoppinscrapyard

[autistickirstenlarson]

Hi! I’m Alaina. I’m 27, and I started this blog on a whim to post topics related to AG and other dolls (mostly just my original characters though.). I’ve been getting back into an old special interest!

I got my first doll, Kirsten, in 2003, and my second doll, Molly, in 2006, Marie-Grace in 2021, and Josefina (with a custom Grace wig) and JLY 29 in 2022, and Melody in 2023. I also own two Hearts for Hearts dolls, Consuelo and Dell, and an Our Generation doll, Rosalia.

My Most Wanted dolls are Addy, Cecile, Claudie, Kit, and Rebecca.

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27 / autistic / bisexual / she/her

My Dream Dolls (original characters)

Dolls I own:

+ Melody, Mona (Our Generation Rosalia), Francesca (Ruthie)

+ Marie-Grace, Cécile, Rebecca, Kit, and Nanea mini dolls

And I look most like Nicki and JLY 39!

[agheaven]

Molly’s Surprise

Newer Illustrations by Nick Backes

(When I have access to the original Molly books with the original illustrations, I’ll upload them in a separate post. Why yes, Molly did use to have different illustrations.)

(This is also in my top favorite holiday books from the AG series)

[americangirlstar]

Marie-Grace and the Orphans and Troubles for Cécile illustrations by Christine Kornacki.

[barsilaybdroer]

american girl also doesn't have any middle eastern or muslim characters... come on now

[barsilaybdroer]

@ ag you want to do a middle eastern and/or muslim goty sooo bad. better yet, like a syrian or armenian historical character. the first mosque in the US was built by syrian immigrants in rural north dakota!

[autistickirstenlarson]

Most of my dolls are at my parents’ house and I’m thinking about selling them, and would probably want to give first choice to AG tumblr people.

I don’t have experience selling dolls but I’ve sold outfits and accessories in the past before so it’d probably be through Mercari.

For reference I have:

- Kirsten

- Molly

- Marie-Grace

- Josefina (with Grace’s wig)

- JLY 29

- Melody

- Ruthie

[americangirlstar]

five years on, im still just sitting here thinking "why couldn't courtney have been asian." with her best friend being japanese, it's clear AG wanted to acknowledge how much japanese culture is connected to gaming, even specifically arcade gaming (her favorite game, pacman, is famously japanese in origin) so why not just have her be japanese?? legit how hard would it have been?? "oh but it might seem like the nerdy asian stereotype" well huh maybe they wouldn't have that problem if they had more than one asian historical. but right now they have zero and the company is almost 40 years old. like come ON man

[samantha-and-nellie]

finally unsubscribed from american girl emails

[in-pleasant-company]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

American Girl books about Irish girls

Nellie’s Promise by Valerie Tripp

Kathleen: The Celtic Knot by Siobhán Parkinson

Secrets on 26th Street by  Elizabeth McDavid Jones

(photos: Irish Dance Costume; Irish Dance Outfit of Today)

[americangirldollwho]

requested by anon

[in-pleasant-company]

Does anyone remember a (continental) Indian 18" doll? From another one of those companies started by a mom? I am totally blanking out on her name.

@desertdollranch tagging you because I'm like 80% sure you might have posted about her

[in-pleasant-company]

Found her! She's Laila from Every Girl Dolls.

Laila - 18" South Asian Doll, beautiful brown doll

Laila is abeautifully crafted South Asian doll, dressed in a traditional attire, celebrating cultural diversity and inspiring young girls.

It looks like the company has added two more dolls - Anika (a girl) and Kiaan (a boy).

[desertdollranch]

Yep, that was me! Very good company and I'm pleased to see how well they're doing. I got my own Laila in December and highly recommend her!

[karacoconutag]

I've always wanted American Girl to add another Indigenous doll to their lineup, whether present day or highlighting another historical period. We have the thoroughly researched and consulted Kaya from the Nez Perce tribe who I love dearly, but it would be really cool to have another character join her in the lineup representing another Tribe with its own history and culture.

While that unfortunately still hasn't happened, I was thrilled when I learned about Maplelea's Saila Qilavvaq doll! She lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, speaks English and Inuktitut, and shares her Inuit heritage through her journal, which takes place in present day. 

And now, I'm proud to say that she is officially joining my doll collection! Welcome, Saila!

We love to see beautiful Indigenous dolls, that's for sure. I can't wait to take more pics of her and learn more about Inuit culture. ❤️

[desertdollranch]

“Tía Magdalena is teaching me about important plants. Every plant needs to be harvested at the particular time when it has the most power. Most remedies are best gathered now, in the autumn, when the full strength has come into the plants. I need to know these remedios so that I can be a curandera one day.”

[agfanforever]

American Girl “My First” plush line, $50 for each plush

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Femslash February 2025

012. Suede - Kirsten Larson/Singing Bird, American Girl: Kirsten Larson, 1854

[abbieandbeanna]

Taken directly off the American girl website. It was too dope not to snag and share. Happy black history month.

[no-one-picked-maris-deactivated]

i'm fucking shocked at how horrible the illustrations in marie-grace and cecile's stories are.

i mean holy fucking shit. where is the life in their facial expressions? why does it give AI vibes?

she's like, not even integrated into the scene. it feels like she was auto-generated and copy/pasted onto a background.

[juuliealbright]