Inside The Disturbing World Of Doll Reader
LatestWe enjoyed playing with dolls when we were little, but no Barbie or Baby Alive could prepare us for Doll Reader, the magazine for adults who make, collect, and occasionally dismember ultra-realistic dolls.
The “Out And About” section is what we imagine Vogue would look like if it were written for three-year-olds. Apparently Corolle Dolls are a major status symbol among filthy rich preschoolers.
Little girls love it when their dolls look like them, but what if you’re one of the magazine’s older readers? Doll Reader has you covered.
We missed the episode of Entertainment Tonight in which Mary Hart was presented with a doll modeled after a childhood picture of herself by Marie Osmond. Though Mary and Marie “giggled over the doll like two schoolgirls,” Mary immediately suggesting that they give the doll away to charity makes us think she wishes she missed that episode too.
In the feature “Heaven’s Light Nursery” we learn about doll maker Vikki Ebbeling. “My babies reflect who I am and what I am thinking at the time,” says Ebbeling. “As I work closely with my own Creator, I feel the culmination of his divine plan. I am making a statement as it is revealed to me in a very profound way: that life is considered to be a gift to us, and that a child is given to us as a perfect statement from the “Universal Creator” himself, to be of the purest for of love.”