There is no real point to this post I am afraid, there are just some doll-themed links I want to share with the wider world. As a treat I have included a picture of me and my fabulous feminist fingerpuppets (L-R Joan of Arc, Frida Kahlo, Sojourner Truth and Virginia Woolf) which I got as a gift at the weekend. The weekend before International Women’s Day! Oh yeah, I’m topical.
Anyway. It all started when I watched a cute documentary on 4oD about the people who build and buy doll’s houses. They are all – you may not be surprised to hear – gently eccentric. It’s lovely, anyway: ‘Hello Dollies’
Which reminded me of three things, as well as delivering a crushing desire to get myself a proper doll’s house rather than the fugly beige plastic 70s disaster I actually had as a child.
- Phoebe’s excellent DIY doll’s house in Friends, which beats Monica’s posh one hands down. Here’s the clip, with Spanish subtitles for your amusement and education.
- The wonderful and rather godlike fact that you can buy small bags of trees and shrubs from any good hobby shop. Why don’t I have them all over my flat?
- A website of modded, one-of-a-kind fantasy / celebrity Barbies which are Quite Something to look at. Here’s my favourite – vampire pirate Barbie.
That is all from me on dolls for now. Over and out.
