amazing. i owned and loved molly. i read all her adventure books and i was obsessed with her wearing her tap dance outfit and walking her adorable pup, bennett. she had somewhat reddish hair which is why i think i originally wanted her, being annoyed at all the blonde and brunette doll options growing up. she is still in mint condition with all her clothes and props carefully kept in my childhood bedroom closet. if only molly and i were hanging now in our adorable glasses.

healywu:

I never EVER got an American Girl doll. My little sisters got Kirsten and Felicity, the cunts. I was so jealous, even though I was like 11.

BOO SADS.

I coveted those early, huge catalogs though. I even had the one that had Samantha only and the one that Molly was introduced in.

fannylemon:

This is depressingly accurate. I begged for Samantha!

Molly McIntire:
If you had Molly, you probably wanted Samantha instead, but contented yourself with Molly because you too wore glasses, liked books, were bad at math, and would concoct various schemes to get attention. (Oh, Molly.) If you were a Molly, and had a Molly (as opposed to being a Molly and aspirationally owning a Felicity), you were imbued, then and now, with an immutable sense of self. At least Molly could tap dance, which is frankly more talent than any of the other girls exhibited.

As an adult, you’ve developed a carefully honed aptitude for sarcasm. You’ve gotten contacts, and a slightly edgy haircut. You still sort of want attention, but you deny it. You’ve thought back on your American Girl Doll, and tried not to be too resentful towards the person who gave her to you, who so obviously associated you with the descriptor “mousy.”

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