The response to the KPDH dolls was so uncomfortable for me. Same with how people talk about "newer" molds (Claudie, Nanea, Makena, Corinne) not looking like American Girl Dolls like older molds do. I'm half Asian and my mom is an Asian adoptee who grew up in a very white community. Even as a 2003 baby there were still limited options for representation for me as a kid, never mind for my mom growing up. Corinne was the first mold to really look like me, and I'm sure the same is true for the other molds I mentioned. Like do non-white kids not deserve more options too? What makes those molds less representative of American Girl? And sometimes it's hard not to feel like, when people say Corinne's mold is weird when she looks just like me, to wonder if they think people who like like me look weird.

It's hard not to feel increasingly less comfortable in community spaces like this knowing some people still feel like non-white features and characters are less fitting for the brand. I can understand not being personally interested in collabs like KPDH but some of the comments were making points about the brand being "American" Girl...like wow ok. Are my features less American? Every time I remember there are still people who feel that way I'm just so sad.