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When Diversity Choice = Blonde or Redhead

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

hmmm… not really

Blue Caprice, Red Desire and Midnight Lace (W Club Lotto)

Unfortunately for fans of Gene Marshall, it was announce last year that Gene would be retiring this year along with her friends Violet Waters (tanned/dark skin doll) and Madra Lord (dark haired doll).

Gene Marshall was designed by Mel Odom and originally produced by Ashton-Drake from 1995 and then by Integrity Toys from 2006 onwards.

Part of the celebration (well not really but it sort of became part of it once the retirement announcement was made in my opinion) of Gene’s retirement was the release of three “mini” Gene dolls in 12″ size, the regular Gene dolls are 15 1/2″ tall. They are very expensive (for me) and that’s why it took so long after their release to get just one doll.

I chose the blonde one (which is odd for me because usually I prefer redheads over blonde… just not in this case).

mini-Gene

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Tags: big dolls, dolls of no color, gene marshall, mel odom
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My New Dolls! POP Christie, Kentucky & FR Luchia

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Finally, my POP Christie, Kentucky Derby along with FR Future Bound Luchia Z. dolls have arrived…

I was waiting for POP Christie to come home so I can finally start writing about dolls in blackface, as in dolls that are of a Caucasian mould but made out of brown plastic. I don’t doubt that there are dark skinned people who have these features but these features are more associated with people of European heritage rather than African ancestry.

Then I can go on (when Arctic Barbie arrives) about how weird it is that dolls that are supposed to be Native American look more East Asian than the dolls that are supposed to be East Asian – yellowface anyone? (I will try to avoid muttering incoherently about various theories involving Indigenous Americans, Mongolians and the Qing Dynasty).

LINKS

Oreo Barbie @ TransGriot 14/04/09
Sigh…Are Negroes still on that good hair, light eyes BS in 2009 @ What Tami Said 14/04/09
Real Women, Fake (White) Noses @ The Mongoose Chronicles 28/03/09
Hello, There Are Beautiful Transwomen Who Are Black @ TransGriot 29/12/08
Black Women Can Be Beautiful Too @ Womanist Musings 18/08/08

Oh yeah, and Luchia – doll of no-color – will also get a post, how seriously undead does she look? *grins*

Aside – although these dolls are examples of the Eurocentric standards of beauty imposed on black women, I have no intention of selling them. BTW would anyone have an AKA Centennial SKU #L9657 doll they wish to sell (to me)?