Towards the end of middle school, all my friends were growing into their bodies. All except me. My friends were gaining pounds and starting to look womanly. I got taller but remained thin as ever. I wasn’t too concerned about it until high school when boys (and some girls) started taunting me with painful nicknames. […]
It was the first day of third grade. I had some brand new pink sneakers on my feet, big, obnoxious flower clips in my dark-brown pigtailed hair, and a sun-kissed tan from the summer I had spent on Lake Simcoe with my little brother and loving parents. I loved school, and entered the classroom to […]
When I was in elementary school, I was the only person in my grade who hadn’t gotten braces. Everyone’s smiles were either laced with metal or already pearly white and perfectly straight. I was also the only redheaded girl in the school, my hair forever bushy and slightly out of control. My glasses didn’t fit […]
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Originally released September 23, 2014 Check out “Da Period Talk” video which shows why Period Party can help be part of the conversation. On average, a woman between the ages of 12 and 51 spends a total of 6 years on her menstrual period. Yet, while being a huge part of female life, this perfectly […]
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1900s The dawn of a new century still kept young girls looking very childlike and innocent. Girls fashion included white cotton dresses with machine embroidered lace for spring and summer, with soft pastel colors used in basic stripes or tiny florals. Large hair bows and long curly hair were also very in style. 1910s Beginning […]
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There’s no question that women face beauty standards in ways that most men don’t have to deal with. But that doesn’t mean that men haven’t felt the pressures. What follows is a study of how perception of the men’s “perfect body” has changed through the years. 1870s Today, obesity is often associated with poor economic status, […]
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This video was filmed at St. Edmund’s Academy, an independent, preschool – 8th grade day school in Pittsburgh, PA. It shows the reaction of 2nd graders comparing a typical fashion doll with the Lammily doll. The Lammily doll was designed with realistic human proportions using the average measurements of a typical 19 year old woman. […]
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If we have to put up with so many beauty standards, imagine what dolls have to go through! Thank you to E Online, ABC, HuffingtonPost, Seventeen, Daily News, Elle, The Stir, BuzzFeed, and more for talking about Lammily’s ‘Do You’ Ad.
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Thank you to Huffington Post, Huffington Post UK, BuzzFeed, Business Insider, Cosmopolitan,Mail Online, Today, International Business Times, and others for publishing these images. Originally published on April 9, 2013.
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What would fashion dolls look like if they were real people? Originally published on May 2, 2013. Thank you to Huffington Post, …love Maegan, Yahoo!, Daily Mail, Business Insider, and other for publishing this project.
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