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Lammily tries to normalize all sorts of things, body shape, scars, even cellulite and stretch marks. What other normal thing has been overlooked by doll companies for years? That's right: periods! They are no longer being overlooked, thanks to Lammily. Now you, yes you, can purchase your very own "period party pack" for your dolls! Because nothing says "party!" like a period!
You better buy yours now, because you know that kids are going to be clamoring for this for Christmas. I know when I was little all I really wanted to play with were doll sized sanitary pads.



And on the normal side of things:


One of the things people have wanted were more skin tones. Well, they will be releasing a dark skin tone early next year, and she is currently up for preorder. I think she has a different face mold (I'm horrible at differentiating molds with fashion type dolls, so I'm not 100% certain). It appears to be the same body. She's kind of cute:



And, yes, you can also purchase her with a period party pack.

And I was just talking about the Harrison Bergeron notBarbie this morning...

Please tell me this is some sort of modern art or internet troll thing. Feminine hygiene as a toy? Do you get a PMS mood swing playset too?

I'm not entirely sure what to make of it, to be honest.

Making the whole thing less taboo/icky/whatever is a good thing, imo. And it does come with a leaflet explaining what periods are (which has to be better than my introduction to them - "you'll bleed - talk to nanna and she'll give you special towels" - I had visions of huge wads of cut up bath towels!) But it seems gimmicky - like the baby dolls that wet themselves.

And I can say with 100% certainty that I have never looked this overjoyed about periods!

DollyKim wrote:And I was just talking about the Harrison Bergeron notBarbie this morning...

Please tell me this is some sort of modern art or internet troll thing. Feminine hygiene as a toy? Do you get a PMS mood swing playset too?

Nope, not internet trolling or an art-concept piece. It's a real thing. And as someone who greeted her hysterectomy with cries of joy...if I had been given this as a toy option, I would have rammed the whole thing down the giver's throat.

victoriavictrix wrote:Nope, not internet trolling or an art-concept piece. It's a real thing. And as someone who greeted her hysterectomy with cries of joy...if I had been given this as a toy option, I would have rammed the whole thing down the giver's throat.

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Double like. And as for the period party can dolly have mood swings and cramps too?

I had to blog about this and why the root of my life's problems must be not having a doll that's just like me. http://littlewalken.tumblr.com/post/129 ... n-bergeron

i kind of wonder if this is perhaps the Lammily founder's strange form of retaliation upon at least the more militant elements of the feminist community, i dunno...

Maybe he's lashing out at something he can't have or be, or it could be a case "if I'm not special then no one can be special".

Dolls are just dolls.

DollyKim wrote:Maybe he's lashing out at something he can't have or be,...?

I don't understand that mentality. As a caregiver for my 21yo daughter and as a husband, I don't see anything particularly desirable about that process. It is what it is, but it has nil play/aesthetic value.

It's just an idea and a personal opinion. Maybe he wasn't allowed to play with Barbies when he was younger so he developed such a dislike he had to make an anti-Barbie and stick his face on the first one. I can let the face thing slide because it's common enough for artists.

There's just a lot of little personal reasons and experiences that bother me about the idea about the doll and making everything about her "average".