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intensely detailed designers making highly realistic dolls and posing them in all sorts of scenes. each doll is a character with a whole backstory and relationships etc. I love the dedication to making the clothes and the tattoos and the piercings and room decorations just right then photographing them with all this drama.
Feb 28, 2024
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I collect Bratz! I wasn’t allowed to play with the actual dolls as a child. So, I would go through department store catalogs and copy their outfits and styles onto paper dolls. Now I own the actual dolls I drew as a child! This definitely won’t be the last post I make about them.
Dec 17, 2024
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i recently found out that the more joints a toy has, and the more posable it is, that toy makers and collectors call that “articulation” and i am obsessed.
pick up a 3D printed doohickey and drop a nice “wow, so articulate” 🤌
Jun 13, 2024
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I have too much respect for the art of Bratz collecting to pretend like these dolls aren't meant to be played with. They were (and are) mass-produced so keeping them in their box only supports scalper culture and hurts you.
THAT BEING SAID, when I get a new Bratz doll (esp one with lots of fun lil accessories), I keep her in the box for a rainy day. It's hard to be sad while unboxing a new lil fashion doll. I'm a 30-year-old woman, and I'll open my toys whenever I goddamn please.
Jan 14, 2024
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Thanks y’all for the fire tips - I had a blast. Just put everyone’s rec’s into a google maps collection so you can find them at the link📍
My addition is the Empire Garden Restaurant in Chinatown. Built into an old vaudeville theater, the food is solid but the atmosphere is absurd and a must see.
Feb 14, 2024
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You trusted someone with your money or your heart or both, and then that person surprises you by fucking you over. fuck!
This sucks a lot and might mess you up pretty bad and make you lose faith in people, but on the other side there is the potential for new found strength as you now have *experience*.
Trusting people is such an essential thing, so after getting scammed when you eventually find ways to trust people again, you’ll do it with a better sense of who to give it to and how much to give and when. That’s a powerful thing, and not easy to understand until you’ve been burned.
Keep trusting, keep getting burned, but hopefully a little less so each time.
Feb 15, 2024
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🏠decent living situation — awful roommates, deadbeat landlords, or psycho neighbors will make you super miserable so try to get this one locked down!
🫂 homies — making new friends can take a long time, but if you commit to putting yourself out there over and over you’ll connect with some truly inspiring and amazing people
🤑 income (even a little) — yes you can get by on dumplings, no Ubers, no bars, etc. but being broke here feels particularly like a prison because most things are stupid expensive. Be on your grind and then blissfully spend it all away
If you end up getting all 3 of these you’re probably gonna be hopelessly addicted to being here just like me. Welcome to NYC :)
Feb 21, 2024