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(CNN)At the age of 10, I regularly played with a handful of Barbie dolls and a little neonPink and turquoise plastic doll shop. I loved them, but I had to get some creative licenses to match my pretending fantasy world with my up-and-coming self-esteem.
Barbie's hair was cut off, so it became a small spike-shaped proto. Now-the embankment dressed Ken and smashed them, paired two Barbies as a couple, and filled Matel's children's dolls as relatives. Ken was left behind, exposed to undressed elements, and forced to mow the lawn and look for signs of illegal intrusion into the garage.
I didn't know I was weird yet, and I didn't have any words to explain why I was different or why I liked male Barbie much more than female Barbie. Still I was able to express my future self through play.
The doll is not for me, but for a girly girl, even though I tried to ring a very unrealistic doll with a shoehorn and shape the role I wanted them to play more. I noticed that it was designed for. I was too butch, too fat, too brunette and too strange for Barbie. As I grew up, I also noticed that girls were assigned other gender roles. Some of them forced me to fight. Discussed at a conference by men and treated as a second-class citizen because of being an LGBTQ +, I feel that it doesn't deserve great things in life. From that time on, I gave up buying and playing dolls.
The Cox doll is tall, proud, and" a bright red tulle gown gracefully covered in a dazzling silver metal body suit. " I am wearing the "original design of the triple threat" that is characterized by. Her hair is described as "washed out by the glamorous Hollywood waves."
The world may be the fire of a dump star, but the Laburn Cox Barbie doll gives me hope. Like me 25 years ago, in a toy store or online doll You may have a small child you come across and feel seen. They may be able to feel a connection with something outside of them for the first time-the beginning of a sense of community, safety and affirmation. Upset.
When I ordered my Laverne CoxBarbie online, tears ran down my face.
Not only did I not feel connected to the doll for 25 years?
how far she came and how the society is candid and political and a black trance woman licensed by a toy company. It's really amazing to see if it's embraced. This groundbreaking moment provides LGBTQ +, especially the trance people, a little rest from the increasingly hostile environment in American public life.
Barbie Tribute Collection Laburn Cox Doll is priced at $ 40. However, in reality, it is not possible to put a price tag on an inclusive expression. It's worth it if the Laverne Cox doll makes a trance or even a strange child feel a little lonely and a little scared.
When I received the Laverne Cox Barbie, my 5-year-old kid wanted to open the box and play, but said this was one of the dolls I kept myself. I did. The neon barbie house may be on fire, but the Laburncox doll, and along with it, the trance and quier people survive.