#Corinne tan

[midsummerdolls]

I set up a corner with a good photo backdrop and felt that everyone deserved new portraits that are fun and visually interesting.

[genievillain26]

Doll Day Snow Day

[joshualunacreations]

In 2022, Corinne Tan was announced as the American Girl Doll of the Year and heavily promoted as a way of raising awareness about anti-Asian racism during COVID. But what message did her story send?

When Corinne Tan debuted, AsAms were offended by the synopsis and how it centered a white man in what's supposed to be a COVID racism story. Once I heard the book had been fast tracked for two live-action specials on HBO Max and Cartoon Network, I knew more harm was coming. In the rare instances Western media talks about anti-Asian racism, it's downplayed. Instead, narratives are used to reinforce the 1) Model Minority Myth, 2) Asian gender divide, and 3) "correct" levels of assimilation. Unsurprisingly, Corinne Tan’s story does all of these.

There's a place for stories about divorce and blended families, but this story isn't it. COVID racism is specifically about the threat of AAPI being verbally or physically assaulted by non-AAPI. The author's choice to emphasize conflict within an Asian family is inappropriate.

Instead of empathizing with David Tan's inability to work during the pandemic—a real problem that has devastated many AAPI families and businesses—it's the reason Judy divorces him. The story not only erases racism as a reason for AAPI pandemic joblessness, but victim-blames. It implies her parents have an antagonistic relationship because her dad isn't white and rich, and that makes him an inferior romantic partner. Despite referencing a slur meant for Asian men, the story never acknowledges that her dad experiences racism too.

Another appalling aspect is how Corinne, an 11-year-old girl, is responsible for teaching a grown white man to empathize with her experiences of racism—because her mom won't. Not only does Judy never talk to Arne about racism, she lets him gaslight Corinne in front of her. Judy seems fixated on wealth and achievement over her daughters' emotional safety. When the family lived with David, the walls were decorated with the daughters' artwork. In Arne's house, Judy is concerned with protecting the aesthetic chosen by Arne's professional decorator.

This is why the Eileen Gu poster becomes such a sticking point. While David encourages his daughters to embrace Chinese culture in everything, Judy seems to apply it only to her restaurant. Is it because Arne tells her he hoped marrying a chef would mean never buying takeout?

Meanwhile, Arne, a rich white businessman—who calls himself Goldilocks and whose behavior the author describes as "clueless" racism—gets sympathetic treatment. His fear of heights and dogs is equated to Corinne's fear of racists, as if it's a phobia to overcome via willpower.

Recall that the purpose of Corinne Tan's story is to educate about AAPI experiences with racism during COVID. Mattel, owner of American Girl, hired a panel of AsAm academics and consultants to tell her story with "authenticity and accuracy." So how did it turn out so harmful?

It's because the AsAm consultants for this project and many similar projects—like Dr. Jennifer Ho—are out-of-touch with our community. Insulated by wealth and/or whiteness they've chosen, they think they've acknowledged their privilege, but their work shows they're still reinforcing it.

The broader problem is that racist and misogynist white men control media. Regardless of gender, sexuality, or marital status, AAPI are given media power only when they internalize and repeat white men’s messaging. This isn't limited to fiction—it affects real-life activism too.

A picture says a thousand words, and it speaks volumes that Stop AAPI Hate chose to literally center white men in the photo accompanying their hate crime data report summarizing the past two years. Of those "thousands of voices," it isn't hard to guess who's prioritized. Stop AAPI Hate pushes the same message as Corinne Tan's story: racist white men deserve more humanity and sympathy than actual AAPI male victims. Hating and erasing AAPI men is required to show that you're a "safe" Asian deserving of resources and support. (see my data thread about how hate crime data is manipulated to erase AAPI men as victims)

It's bad enough that an entire gender is being cut out from resources and empathy, but what Corinne Tan’s story reveals is another disturbing trend: AAPI youth are being groomed into normalizing having racist white men in their lives, specifically in their families and homes.

Corinne Tan is a middle grade story (ages 8-12). For its consulting, Mattel partnered with AAPI Youth Rising, a non-profit led by AAPI middle schoolers. At the time, Dr. Ho was president of the Association for Asian American Studies, which helps shape AsAm studies in schools. It's not a stretch to think Corinne's mom Judy, who puts Corinne in harm's way by refusing to address her white husband’s "clueless” racism, is reflective of the behavior of AAPI adults involved in Stop AAPI Hate and other AsAm orgs—they gave the story their stamp of approval.

Anti-Asian hate crimes against AAPI should've brought the community closer together. Instead, we've been segregated further, and the AAPI who hurt the community the most have hoarded the empathy, media attention, and resources for themselves. How can any of us heal like this?

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[lesbianiconmollymcintire]

Week 3: Colors

Corinne wearing her favorite color 💜

[nicki-flemings-curls]

@britishchick09 just posted about this but

THE CORINNE MOVIE JUST DROPPED OUT OF NO WHERE!!?!?!?!?

[enby-dollhouse]

Trick or Treat!

veronica, cecily, and corinne decided to go trick or treating together dressed up as little red riding hood, a pumpkin, and a witch. they are ready to collect some candy!

[americangirlstar]

American Girl + Percy Jackson PicCrew (7/?)

Corinne Tan, daughter of Aquilon

Gwynn Tan, daughter of Aquilon and Oracle of Delphi

Kavi Sharma, daughter of Bacchus

Lila Monetti, daughter of Arcus

[viddywelldolly]

Guess who's here, it's Corinne and Claudie! They got here super fast and I'm so so happy to have them. I've wanted Claudie since they revealed her and I'm so glad I saved up for her. Corinne is actually gorgeous in person too??? I'm glad I got her as well. I also got the Strawberry Shortcake pjs and sleeping bag from Courtney's collection and now I absolutely need to hunt down her Care Bears set too. Plus I got Claudie's travel outfit and Corinne's camping outfit so they have something to wear during Summer.

[americangirlpolls]

[doll-princesse]

Corinne and Claudie ♡♡♡

[mia-st-clair-deserved-to-kill]

Alternate AG book titles PT 2

[timetravelingcourtney]

Yesterday I came into most of Corinne’s collection and I am loosing my mind. Everything is so cute and convertible!

The fireplace turns into a desk and storage area. The couch turns into a bed.

And my favorite part is the roof comes off to make a ski hill!

However, my 12 year old and I discovered that it takes a graduate degree in dolly stuff to get her dressed to hit the slopes. Also, *whispers* Corinne is not a very good skier. I caught her just before she went careening off the table:

[britishchick09]

the corinne movie is finally out!!! :D

[midsummerdolls]

Happy DOC month! I wanted to make a post highlighting all of my dolls of color, but didn’t have enough time to do an entire group shot for them. So here’s a compilation! My black dolls (1st photo), my AAPI dolls (2nd and 3rd photo), and my native/indigenous dolls (last 4 photos). It is so, so important to me to represent the diversity of the human population, and I hope my DOC collection continues to grow in the years to come.

[lesbianiconmollymcintire]

More pics of Corinne at the Mystic Aquarium 🐠🌊

[in-the-dollpalace]

corinne's movie is on netflix now for anyone who wanted to watch it but didn't have prime!