Voices of the Industry Editor's Blog This Editor Gets a Lesson in Doll Play
| This Editor Gets a Lesson in Doll Play |
| Written by Carie Ferg |
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I love dolls. Don’t get me wrong, but today I had an experience that suggests to me that perhaps I’m not cut out for doll play like I was as a child. I had to change a doll’s full outfit for a photo shoot, and it was a painstaking and, at times, emotionally traumatizing process. Taking off tights, shoes, jacket, skirt, shirt, underwear, tie and wig wasn’t too bad but then I had to change feet, and here’s where the emotional part comes in. I love dolls. Don’t get me wrong, but today I had an experience that suggests to me that perhaps I’m not cut out for doll play like I was as a child. I had to change a doll’s full outfit for a photo shoot, and it was a painstaking and, at times, emotionally traumatizing process. Taking off tights, shoes, jacket, skirt, shirt, underwear, tie and wig wasn’t too bad but then I had to change feet, and here’s where the emotional part comes in. First I gently tugged on the feet … nothing. Then I started twisting them, thinking maybe “lefty-loosy, righty-tighty” was the key here. Still nothing. Then I pulled quite heartily. Again nothing. Panic ensued and I resorted to reading directions which indicated “pulling down” was indeed the right method. Bracing myself, I pulled with all my might and finally the foot plucked out, the doll’s body recoiling and its head snapping to the side. Wow … for a minute there I thought the doll would break. There’s something inherently disturbing to this newbie about yanking a body part off of a form that bears a human likeness. |
