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WP2: Becoming My Own American Girl
A justification for the $100 dolls of my childhood.
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Introduction
Introduction
The toys we play with during our childhood shape us for the rest of our lives. In these crucial developmental years, the objects we are…
Logan Forster
Mar 6, 2021
“Why Girl”
“Why Girl”
My introduction to American Girl Dolls was through Samantha Parkington, a historical doll from the Victorian era. My family thought this…
Logan Forster
Mar 6, 2021
2: Floral Dresses, Flour Sacks, and Feeling Grateful
2: Floral Dresses, Flour Sacks, and Feeling Grateful
I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I never had to worry where my next meal was coming from, what clothes I would wear when I…
Logan Forster
Mar 6, 2021
3: Perspectiva Cultural
3: Perspectiva Cultural
As most girls did, my older cousin once had an American Girl Doll phase, but by the time she got to her mid-teens, very much outgrew it…
Logan Forster
Mar 6, 2021
4: Living Vicariously Through a 1970’s SJW
4: Living Vicariously Through a 1970’s SJW
As ironic as it sounds, my first introduction to feminism was through a doll marketed to me using the most stereotypical girly colors and…
Logan Forster
Mar 6, 2021
Works Cited
Forster, Logan. College Application Essay, 20 Sept. 2019, p.1.
Logan Forster
Mar 6, 2021
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