#rebecca rubin

[autisticmckennabrooks]

healing my inner child one matching fit at a time

[pancreasnostalgia]

Rebecca is glad to have someone to celebrate Hanukkah with. She and Lindsey are sharing a variety of old-fashioned and modern treats.

[paperstarzz]

🦅 American Girl 🦅

My favorites were always Kirsten and Rebecca, although the only doll I have is Caroline (third favorite)

Linktree

[desertdollranch]

Spring has Sprung photo challenge Week 2: Theater

Rebecca Rubin is a natural on the stage. When her school puts on a performance of Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It, Rebecca plays the part of Rosalind, the brave heroine who flees to the forest after being dismissed from the king's court.

Dear Celia, I show more mirth than I am mistress of; and would you yet I were merrier? Unless you could teach me to forget a banished father, you must not learn me how to remember any extraordinary pleasure.

Costume made by me.

[girloftheisland]

This is the primary AG holiday decor in our house. Seemed unlikely that we could afford to collect all the historical holiday outfits, so this is the next best thing.

[pleasantsamantha]

The gang is ALL here dressed in their best for December ❄️

[in-pleasant-company]

I have been reading Becoming American Women: Clothing and the Jewish Immigrant Experience, 1880-1920 by Barbara A. Schreier.

I highly recommend it for anyone interested in this topic. I found the book to be written in clear, accessible language and well researched. There are lots of pictures as well. I learned a lot of new information that helped me fill in the gaps about things that weren't mentioned in the Rebecca series and answered a lot of my questions.

[manymanydolls]

Happy Hanukkah!

Rebecca is hosting a Hanukkah party tonight with a few of her friends. Everyone is so excited for sunset!

Each girl celebrates Hanukkah a little differently. Nancy and Amanda come from an interfaith family, where their father’s side is Jewish and their mother’s side is Greek Orthodox. Amanda prefers to celebrate just the Jewish holidays, while Nancy likes to explore both. Rebecca is a conservative Jewish girl, so it’s all Jewish holidays, all the time. Katherine’s family celebrates Christian and Jewish holidays secularly as a way to keep in touch with their family history, even though none of them are religious. Coming together tonight lets the girls talk about different perspectives and share new traditions. (And show off their new winter outfits, of course!)

The hanukkiah looks beautiful! But wait a second- where are the candles?

Didn’t Nancy say she’d bring them?

Nancy says she miiiiight’ve forgotten them at home. Oh, well. She and Amanda will dash down to the store and grab some candles, and maybe some sufganiyot too. Good luck, you two! Chag Urim Sameach!

[bohemian-rhapsody-in-blue]

So...I may have impulse-purchased my first American Girl doll since 2011 (when I was 7)...

AGblr, meet Rebecca Rubin!

I've been obsessed with American Girl ever since I was 5 and checked out allllll the historical girls' books I could from the library, and my obsession had a resurgence in March of 2022 when my family visited Chicago and, for nostalgia's sake, popped into the American Girl store for like five seconds. Since then, I've been lurking on AGIG and AGblr, admiring everyone's beautiful dolls and collections and wishing I had the money to buy one myself.

Now that I'm working a few jobs and have some money saved, I impulse-bought Rebecca a few days ago as a "congratulations on getting through the semester" present to myself! I've loved her books since I was young (I think she was the newest historical doll when I was into AG—I wasn't following the company closely anymore by the time Marie-Grace and Cecile were released). And back in March 2022 when we visited the Chicago store, I was reading Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska, a book about a girl from a Russian-Jewish immigrant family growing up as one of several siblings in a tenement on the Lower East Side of NYC...hmm, sound familiar?! (The book is really good, by the way—I'd 100% recommend it!)

I saw the Mercari listing for this girl and immediately fell in love with her sweet face—and the fact that she still had her mostly-complete pre-Beforever meet outfit, with that beautiful drop-waist! (One of my friends kept saying she wished she had that outfit herself. Honestly, same.)

Her hair's a little dry, and I think it's been cut a bit—said friend had to trim an errant long strand that had been missed. Some of her fingernails have been painted (subtly—you can't really tell unless you look closely), and her limbs are slightly loose. I don't have nearly the expertise or equipment to fix any of these things, and honestly, I'm not sure I want to. Maybe when I have some more experience and don’t have to be afraid of damaging her. But for now, I think these things give her charm—they show she's been well-loved in her previous life!

And as a bonus—I didn't plan this, but I ended up getting her on the first night of Hanukkah! Diversity win—and the best Hanukkah present I could have asked for 💖

Bonus: Rebecca meets Nina Zenik, my handmade plushie of the character from Six of Crows! (See the others here!) As two girls of Russian (or, in Nina's case, fantasy-Russian) heritage with a talent for acting, a flair for the dramatic, and red-and-gold outfits, I think they'd get along very well together :)

Now that I'm a wage-earner and I've proven to myself that if I want a doll I can just...go online...and buy a doll...I'm currently talking myself out of buying every single doll I see online for a decent price (Josefina and Luciana and Kaya and Kit and, and, and, and...). Maybe—and this is a big maybe—I'll get another one in a few months as a "congratulations on getting through the NEXT semester" present, but for now I think my American Girl collection is going to stay at one, or two counting my Molly back at home. But Rebecca won't be lonely—she'll have plenty of friends in my other plushies and Funko Pops, and my (human) friends serve as her loving "friendparents". And, of course, she'll have lots of love from me. 💖

[americangirlstar]

American Girl + Percy Jackson PicCrew (2/?)

Samantha "Sam" Parkington, daughter of Hades

Nellie O'Malley, daughter of Hephaestus

Rebecca Rubin, daughter of Dionysus

Claudie Wells, daughter of Hermes

Margaret "Kit" Kittredge, daughter of Hermes

Ruthie Smithens, daughter of Aphrodite

Alice Nanea Mitchell, daughter of Ares

Molly McIntire, daughter of Nike

Emily Bennett, daughter of Athena

[red-black-aesthetic-bout]

Round 1: Match 31

Rebecca Rubin (American Girl Dolls) vs. Lucifer (Obey Me)

Rebecca

- her og outfit is black and red….. ignore her current purple one that is ugly :/

Lucifer

- Honestly I hate him but I want a win for Obey Me

mod notes: hi, verdell!!

[autisticmckennabrooks]

My Collection!

From left to right:

Blair: (eras shirt) I got her in January of 2024. She’s Truly Me 101

Rebecca Rubin: from the historical collection. I’ve had her for 14 years, give or take. Her limbs are extremely loose from years of play- to the point where she can no longer stand on her own. So my Rebecca is disabled (I imagine her having hypermobile ehlers danlos syndrome because of her loose limbs)

Little Rory: my Just Like Me doll! I named her after myself when I was a kid. I’m not sure what number she is but she’s a pleasant company doll from around 13 years ago. I’ve started giving giving her medical and mobility aids to match the ones I have/had irl

Mckenna Brooks: the 2012 girl of the year! I got her when she came out in 2012

[pancreasnostalgia]

Rebecca, Lindsey and Pearl are dressed in their best Queen Esther costumes for Purim. Everyone gets an apricot hamantaschen to celebrate.

[historicalfictionsims]

Lily Armstrong - A 1915 Lookbook

Instead of making a lookbook for Rebecca Rubin herself, I chose one of my favorite side characters from her stories. Lillian Armstrong (née Arnovitch) comes from a family of Ukrainian immigrants. She shows Rebecca that it's possible to follow her dreams while staying true to tradition, and encourages her to stand up for what she believes in.

Lily's aspiration is World Famous Celebrity and her traits are Ambitious, Family-Oriented, and Foodie.

Hair (updated for EA swatches).

Portrait Dress*.

Off the Set Outfit: Hat, dress*.

Dressing Gown.

Coney Island Outfit: Hat, dress.

*Unable to find individual download links for Gilded's CC, but above I linked a SFS folder with all the packages. The portrait dress is named "Ravishing Rosette" "and the off the set dress is "Lofty Layered."

CC thanks to: @blueplumbbob, @gilded-ghosts, @linzlu, @simverses, @vintagesimstress, @waxesnostalgic

[desertdollranch]

This post is a few days late, but Rebecca and Ana celebrated most nights of Hanukkah together this past week. This is Rebecca's favorite time of the year, so she makes it special for herself and her family. Check out their little handmade dreidel and see how fast it spins!

[nicki-flemings-curls]

Doll house photos under the read more

Alright so I haven’t had time to buy contact paper for the flooring, or figure out wallpaper, or even finish decorating some of these rooms but here’s the current progress!

First up, Kits room! Kit, Ruthie and Sterling (played by Eli) are plotting their next adventure!

Below that we have Samantha’s room, where Rebecca is also hanging out! I got Samantha’s bed, nightstand and Clara (plus the dress that Nellie is in) from a really great Facebook marketplace find! Also I wanted Rebecca’s menorah to be on display until I have the space for a room specifically for Rebecca!

Next up we have the parlor! At the moment it’s Elizabeth and Felicity taking tea in there (with Lydia serving tea) but I plan to switch between it being for Elizabeth and Felicity, Caroline and Lydia, & Cecile and Marie-Grace! So my goal is to try and get the back walls looking similar to Caroline’s parlor! Also I don’t know if I’ve properly introduced Lydia because I got her in the same week as Lindsey and Emily (I didn’t intend to buy 3 dolls that week lol), but this is my gorgeous truly me #21 that I found for pretty cheap on Mercari about a month or 2 ago.

Then on the other bookcase we have Courtney’s bedroom! I plan to move the shelf above this up to give it a higher ceiling and set out more of Courtney’s sleepover stuff but for now her and Abby are enjoying just hanging out!

Above that we have the game room, which currently only has my GOTY’s on display. Joss and Corrine are in a heated game of air hockey, while Kailey and Lindsey are on the computer. I was shocked to see the twin’s computer at the benefit sale this past year and I’m soooo glad I picked it up!

Here’s a better look at Kailey and Lindsey on the computer.

Then finally we have the room that I plan to change out for different scenes. Right now it’s a camping scene. Originally it just had Nicki, Mia and Sprocket, but my mom was like “you should add Luciana and her telescope!” So now Luci is third wheeling Mia and Nicki’s camping date 😂 (did I mention my Nicki and Mia are dating? Bc they’re dating)

I can’t wait to figure out wallpaper and flooring but that’ll probably take a few weeks since I know I’m traveling next weekend, and then pride is the weekend after that. (Yes I know it’s October but they wait til it’s cooler out where I live bc it’s unsafe to hold pride in the middle of summer bc of the heat). But hopefully I’ll have some wallpaper and flooring done by Halloween!